Abstract: A rubber blanket for a printing cylinder of a printing machine, comprising at least an upper printing layer made of compact elastomeric material, at least a lower layer having a contact surface in contact with the printing cylinder, and at least one fabric reinforcement layer interposed between the upper layer and the lower layer, the lower layer being made of expanded elastomeric material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a printing blanket for mounting on a rotating supporting cylinder of a printing machine. The printing blanket is in the form of a sheet whose ends are configured as leading edges and trailing edges that are adapted for being engaged in an axial fixing gap of the supporting cylinder. The blanket is characterized in that it has a multilayer structure consisting of film and reinforcing fibers. The invention can be used in the area of the printing machines.

Abstract: A method for making a printing blanket having an outer lithographic layer and at the back, on the side opposite to the lithographic layer, a layer made of polymer material, entails providing polymer material that can be rectified, and then rectifying the polymer material to help control a thickness of the blanket. The invention is useful in the field of printing machines.

Abstract: The invention concerns an offset printing blanket. The blanket is of the type comprising an outer printing layer, an inner layer whereby the blanket is in contact with a support cylinder and at least one compressible intermediate layer. The blanket is characterized in that it comprises a printing layer (10) whereof the printing surface has very slight surface roughness (Ra) advantageously less than 0.4 micrometer. The invention is useful in the field of offset printing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a printing blanket for mounting on a rotating supporting cylinder of a printing machine. The printing blanket is in the form of a sheet whose ends are configured as leading edges and trailing edges that are adapted for being engaged in an axial fixing gap of the supporting cylinder. The blanket is characterized in that it has a multilayer structure consisting of film and reinforcing fibers. The invention can be used in the area of the printing machines.

Abstract: A method for making a multilayer printing blanket whereof at least an outer layer is provided with embedded particles has the embedded in the surface of the outer layer by exerting pressure on said particles. Such a printing blanket is useful in the field of printing machines.

Abstract: A method for securing a mounting bar at one end of a blanket including a lithographic layer and a support layer and, interposed between those two layers, at least one reinforcing woven layer. The end of the blanket, where the bar is to be fixed, is stripped until the main or single reinforcement of the blanket is exposed and the bar is fixed at least on the stripped part on the end of the blanket. The invention is applicable to printing machines.

Abstract: A method for securing a mounting bar at one end of a blanket including a lithographic layer and a support layer and, interposed between those two layers, at least one reinforcing woven layer. The end of the blanket, where the bar is to be fixed, is stripped until the main or single reinforcement of the blanket is exposed and the bar is fixed at least on the stripped part on the end of the blanket. The invention is applicable to printing machines.

Abstract: A printing blanket comprising: a) at least one lithographic or printing layer comprising elastomer; b) a compressible layer, c) a reinforcement layer comprising at least one material selected from the group consisting of threads and fibers, wherein at least one free extremity edge has a thickness which is reduced by at least 25% in relation to the thickness of the remainder of the blanket, wherein the at least one free extremity edge having reduced thickness comprises between 5-15% of the overall surface area of the blanket, and wherein the lithographic or printing layer, the compressible layer and the reinforcement layer are continuous from one edge of the blanket to the other.

Abstract: A method for making a multilayer printing blanket whereof at least an outer layer is provided with embedded particles has the embedded in the surface of the outer layer by exerting pressure on said particles. Such a printing blanket is useful in the field of printing machines.

Abstract: A method for making a printing blanket having an outer lithographic layer and at the back, on the side opposite to the lithographic layer, a layer made of polymer material, entails providing polymer material that can be rectified, and then rectifying the polymer material to help control a thickness of the blanket. The invention is useful in the field of printing machines.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved printing blanket as well as to a printing cylinder fitted with this blanket.This printing blanket essentially comprises a lithographic or printing layer, a compressible layer, an external reinforcing fabric layer, and a layer of polymeric material extending over substantially the whole surface of the reinforcing layer and closely connected to the latter so as to form an integral part of the blanket.This blanket may be mounted in a tight manner onto cylinders for machines for printing newspapers and the like.

Abstract: A belt-shaped element for printing textiles. The belt is a sandwich structure shaped to conform around two textile printing machine cylinders, and operative to move fabric articles thereon past printing stations with minimal registration error. An exemplary belt has at least one outer elastomer layer, or "working layer," and an inner "cylinder" layer that is innermost against the printing machine cylinders. An exemplary cylinder layer comprises a sheet of fibers oriented longitudinally and having a rigidity of 10.sup.6 -10.sup.7 megapascals in the longitudinal direction. Other exemplary belts comprise an intermediate layer between the outer elastomer and inner fiber sheet layers. An exemplary intermediate layer comprises a layer of transverse fibers.