Patent ID: 6546591
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: B41F,B41P

Abstract:
An apparatus for cleaning an outer surface of a cylinder with a cleaning fabric, said cleaning fabric being directed between a pressure pad and said cylinder so that said cleaning fabric can be pressed against said outer surface of the cylinder by said pressure pad to clean said outer surface of the cylinder, said apparatus comprising:a pair of side plates spaced from and opposed to each other; and a support bar extending between said side plates to be mounted directly or indirectly on said side plates for supporting said pressure pad, said support bar comprising a metal plate which includes a first planar portion, a second planar portion which defines a pressure pad support portion perpendicularly extending from the first portion and which faces the cylinder, a first bend being formed by metal plate working between said first and second planar portions, and a third planar portion perpendicularly extending from the second portion in a direction away from the cylinder, a second bend being formed by metal plate working between said second and third planar portions, said first, second, and third planar portions defining a space behind said second planar portion and between said first and third planar portions and utilized for installing a supply roll from which said cleaning fabric is supplied.