Patent ID: 6557470
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: B41F,B41P

Abstract:
An apparatus for cleaning a rubber coated cylinder mounted in an offset printing machine for transferring a print from a printing plate cylinder to a paper web running in contact with the rubber coated cylinder, the apparatus comprising:a ramp mounted in parallel with the rubber coated cylinder; reciprocating means for reciprocating the ramp in an axial direction of the rubber coated cylinder; a brush on the ramp that extends along the ramp and that has substantially the length thereof to be engaged with a surface of the rubber coated cylinder; and a number of spray nozzles for supplying cleaning liquid, the spray nozzles being distributed along the ramp after the brush as seen in a rotational direction of the rubber coated cylinder for spraying a surface thereof with cleaning liquid during rotation of said rubber coated cylinder.