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Sumitomo Rubber Industries Limited

Toshikazu Kinoshita

Hiromasa Okubo

Seiji Tomono

The present invention provides a cylindrical printing blanket comprising a seamless sleeve and a sheet-like blanket having a fabric layer, a compressive layer and a surface printing layer, said sheet-like blanket being bonded onto the outer surface of said seamless sleeve. The blanket is made by cutting a long sheet-like blanket that has the fabric layer, the compressive layer and the surface printing layer and is bonded to the outer surface of the seamless sleeve, thus the operation can be done with good workability.

Printing blanket

There is provided a printing blanket having no seam in the circumferential direction thereof, which realizes high quality of printings in a wide range from normal printing to high, speed printing, and which has high strength to facilitate the handling and prolonged life, thus enabling the reuse of the sleeve and the like. Specifically, on the peripheral surface of the cylindrical sleeve 21, the base layer 1, the compressible layer 2, the non-stretchable layer 3 and the surface printing layer 4 are laminated by interposing the adhesive layers 31, 32, 33 and 34, respectively. All of the above layers comprise a seamless elastomer. The non-stretchable layer 3 is prepared by winding a wire rod in helical fashion.

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Kobe, Japan

Toshikazu Kinoshita