Gap filling member for blanket cylinder

A gap filling member for a blanket cylinder which fills a concave portion of a blanket face which is generated along the opening portion of a groove of the blanket cylinder, in which the inner wall of the groove opened at the outer peripheral face of the cylinder in parallel with an axial line is provided at a fixed sharp angle against the radius direction of the cylinder at the center of the cylinder peripheral face of the opening portion, the blanket being wound on the outer peripheral face of the cylinder, an initial winding end side and a terminal winding end side of the blanket respectively being linked with a blanket installation means which is provided in the groove by a bar for blanket installation and the blanket being strained approximately parallel with the inner wall face by the blanket installation means,

• comprising:
• a wedge-shaped limb portion;
• a head portion for filling the concave portion;
• wherein the limb portion is strengthened to be inserted between a surface of the terminal winding end side of the blanket face and a surface of the initial winding end side of the blanket face approximately parallel with the surfaces in a condition in which one face of the limb portion is contacted with the surface of the terminal winding end side of the blanket strained along the inner wall face and is formed in a shape in which the one face and another face forming a wedge-shape with the one face can be pushed on both surfaces of the blanket which face approximately parallel to at least a site adjacent to the head portion,
• the head portion is formed in a shape to fill the concave portion when the limb portion is inserted between the initial winding end side and the terminal winding end of the blanket,
• the limb portion is comprised of material that is harder than material comprising the head portion, and
• a top face of the head portion is not covered when inserted into the blanket cylinder.