Mounting device for adhesive-backed blankets

A device for installing an adhesive-backed printing blanket on a cylinder having a gap extending axially along the surface thereof, the printing blanket having a leading edge substantially perpendicular to the edges thereof, said device comprising:

• an angle bar having an inside corner for receiving contiguously the leading edge of the printing blanket on said inside corner, one leg of said angle bar having an inside surface being an adherend of limited adhesion which is sufficiently nonadhesive so that it does not diminish significantly the adhesiveness of the adhesive backing when the leading edge is removed therefrom for attaching to the adhesive-backed portion of the printing blanket;
• and,
• means, extending generally perpendicular from the outside surface of said leg and axially aligned with said angle bar, for engaging the gap of the cylinder so that the angle bar is axially aligned with the cylinder when placed thereon;
• whereby, the leading edge of the printing blanket is held squarely in place on said angle bar while the printing blanket is wrapped evenly around the cylinder.

A method for installing a printing blanket on a cylinder, the printing blanket having an adhesive backing for holding it on the cylinder and a leading edge substantially perpendicular to the edges thereof, comprising the steps of:

• providing an angle bar having an inside corner and one leg with said one leg having an inside surface of limited adhesion which is sufficiently nonadhesive so that it does not diminish significantly the adhesiveness of the adhesive backing when the leading edge is removed therefrom;
• positioning the leading edge of the printing blanket contiguous with the inside corner of said angle bar, said one leg of the angle bar having an outside surface axially aligned with the cylinder when placed thereon;
• pressing the periphery of the adhesive backing adjacent the leading edge against the inside surface of the leg so that it removably adheres thereto;
• positioning the outside surface of the leg on the cylinder so that the angle bar is axially aligned therewith;
• whereby the leading edge of the printing blanket is held squarely in place on the angle bar;
• and,
• wrapping the printing blanket evenly around the cylinder.

A method for installing an adhesive-backed printing blanket on a cylinder, the printing blanket having a leading edge substantially perpendicular to the edges thereof, comprising the steps of:

• providing an angle bar having an inside corner and one leg with said one leg having an inside surface of limited adhesion which is sufficiently nonadhesive so that it does not diminish significantly the adhesiveness of the adhesive backing when the leading edge is removed therefrom;
• inserting the leading edge of the printing blanket into the inside corner of said angle bar so that the printing blanket adheres to the inside thereof;
• aligning the angle bar axially on the cylinder;
• wrapping the remaining portion of the printing blanket around the cylinder;
• peeling the leading edge of the printing blanket off the angle bar and removing the angle bar from the cylinder;
• and
• flattening the peeled leading edge of the printing blanket on the cylinder.