Patent ID: 9156247
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: B41F,B41P

Abstract:
1. A method for dry, absorbent and non-abrasive cleaning and removing wet ink and debris from a raised printing surface of a flexographic printing plate carried on a plate cylinder, comprising: rotating a plate cylinder having a flexographic printing plate with a raised surface having wet ink and debris; providing a cleaner apparatus for holding a web of dry absorbent, cleaning material; while the plate cylinder is rotating, urging a dry non-abrasive pad against a portion of the web to engage the portion of the web with the raised printing surface of the flexographic printing plate to absorb wet ink and to remove debris; and while the portion of the web is non-abrasively urged against the raised surface, traversing the cleaner apparatus across the raised printing surface of the rotating flexographic printing plate whereby the portion of the web urged against the raised printing surface absorbs ink and removes debris from the raised printing surface during said traverse.