Printing plate

Claim 1

A FLEXIBLE PRINTING KPLATE COMPRISING A FACING LAYER OF RESILIENT ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL, A BACKING LAYER OF RESILIENT ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL, AND A DIMENSIONALLY STABLE FABRIC REINFORCEMENT INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID FACING LAYER AND SAID BACKING LAYER, SAID BACKING LAYER BEING FORMED OF AN ELASTOMERIC COMPOSITION HAVING A HIGHER MODULUS THAN THE ELASTOMERIC COMPOSITION FROM WHICH THE FACING LAYER IS FORMED, SAID FACING LAYER, FABRIC REINFORCEMENT ADVANCE THE THREADS INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH THE MACHINE, COMBS GUIDING THE TENSIONED THREADS AT A PREDETERMINED SPACING, A MOVABLE BELT INCLUDING A RETILINEAR STRAND OVER WHICH THE THREADS ARE ADAPTED TO PASS, MEANS FOR APPLYING A LAYER OF SIZING ONTO SAID BELT, MEANS FOR ENGAGING SAID THREADS AFTER THE SAME HAVE PASSED THROUGH SAID COMBS TO URGE THE THREADS ONTO THE BELT WITH THE SIZING THEREON WHEREBY SAID THREADS ADHERE TO SAID BELT, FRAMES CARRYING DYESTUFFS AND INCLUDING A SHEET STENCILED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PREDETERMINED PATTERN, SAID FRAMES BEING ADAPTED TO BE URGED AGAINST THE THREADS PASSING OVER THE RECTILINEAR BELT STRAND TO IMPRESS THE SAME THROUGHTOUT WITH DYESTUFFS, A DRYING CHAMBER FOR THE PRINTED WARP THREADS PASSING OFF SAID RECTILINEAR BELT STRAND, AND AT LEAST ONE OUTPUT COMB SPACING THE SIZED, PRINTED AND DRIED WARP THREADS AND GUIDING THEM ONTO THE WARP BEAM OF THE WEAVING LOOM.