ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,653, issued on May 27, was assigned to Proshim Supplies UK Ltd. (St. Helens, Great Britain).
"Anilox roll cleaning blanket and assembly" was invented by Matthew Barker (St. Helens, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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 complemen...