Abrégé

A micro-fibre anilox cleaning blanket having a cleaning surface area defined by a first pair of parallel edges located on opposing ends of the blanket and a second pair of edges that run between said end edges along either side of the blanket is provided. A connection strip is provided on each end edge of the blanket. The connection strips are configured to form non-permanent slotted relationships with complementary connection elements on print cylinder attachment means such that the blanket can be mounted on a print cylinder. Also provided is a system that includes a plurality of cleaning blankets and a variety of different types of print cylinder attachment means that can be combined to achieve a wide range of cleaning blanket assemblies that correspond to different print cylinder designs.

Classes IPC  ?

• B41F 35/04 - Systèmes ou dispositifs de nettoyage des rouleaux d'encrage

Abrégé

A double-sided adhesive flexographic printing plate underlay for use in the manufacture and mounting of flexographic printing plates is provided. The underlay is carrier sheet with a solvent acrylic adhesive stripe-coating provided on both sides thereof. In addition, a siliconized release liner is provided to cover one of the coated sides of the carrier sheet. Both the carrier sheet and the release liner are formed from a glass clear polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and the solvent acrylic adhesive is transparent such that ultraviolent light can readily pass through the underlay. The construction of the underlay is such that it can withstand the washout conditions employed in the manufacture of both liquid and solid photopolymer flexographic printing plates.

Classes IPC  ?

• B41N 6/02 - Moyens chimiques de fixation des formes d'impression sur les blocs de montage
• B41C 1/18 - Formes d'impression courbes ou cylindres d'impression
• B41N 1/16 - Clichés d'impression courbes, en particulier cylindres