Appeal No. 1999-0231 Application No. 08/472,354 The properly interpreted claim must then be compared with the prior art. Accordingly, we will initially direct our attention to the appellants' claim 1, which is the only independent claim on appeal, to derive an understanding of the scope and content thereof. Claim 1 calls for an apparatus for reducing procession of a gapless tubular printing blanket in an offset printing press comprising: a gapless tubular printing blanket; a blanket cylinder having an outer circumference which is greater than the inner circumference of the printing blanket; means [e.g., air canal 60, Fig. 3] for radially expanding the gapless printing blanket during installation of the blanket onto and removal of the printing blanket from the blanket cylinder; a print cylinder in rolling engagement with the blanket cylinder; and means extending axially across a length of the blanket cylinder circumferential surface, for connecting an interface of the blanket cylinder and the printing blanket to a low 5Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007