Patent ID: 6041711
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: B41F,B41P

Abstract:
A cylinder cleaning device for use with a supply roll having a diameter and a core about which a cleaning fabric is wound to form an outer surface, said cleaning fabric being supplied from said supply roll to a cylinder which has an outer surface, said cleaning fabric being pressed against said outer surface of the cylinder to clean said outer surface of the cylinder, the device comprising:frame means;roll receiving means mounted on said frame means, said outer surface of the supply roll being engaged with and received by the receiving means; androll stabilizing means for stabilizing said supply roll on said receiving means when said supply roll is rotated on said receiving means to supply said cleaning fabric, said stabilizing means comprising guide means for guiding said core for movement toward said receiving means in accordance with a decrease in the diameter of said supply roll to stabilize said supply roll on said receiving means.