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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
May. 17, 2001
John Rocco Elia, Arden, NC (US);
Darren Reed McCracken, Clyde, NC (US);
Thomas Gerald Ferguson, Waynesville, NC (US);
Day International, Inc., Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
A carton is provided for packaging, shipping, and dispensing a metal-backed printing blanket onto a printing press cylinder in a controlled fashion. A lengthwise slit or opening can easily be formed in a panel of the carton from which only an end of the metal-backed printing blanket may be removed. Parallel reference lines may also be included on the carton which permit alignment marks to be drawn on the printing blanket such that it may be properly inserted into a locking device of the printing press cylinder. Graspable sides of the carton facilitate tension and alignment control as the printing blanket is dispensed onto the cylinder.