Patent ID: 7922830

Claim:
A method of washing a printing cylinder in a printing cylinder washer, the method comprising the steps of: placing a drive assembly on a support table of a printing cylinder washer having a reservoir defining a volume in which a cleaning solution and the support table are disposed, the washer also having a pump with an inlet in fluidic contact with the cleaning solution, a first outlet connected to a spray bar, and a second outlet connected to a directional nozzle, and where the drive assembly includes a drive wheel, a transmission, a drive cylinder, a printing cylinder support; placing a printing cylinder to be washed on the printing cylinder support; aligning the directional nozzle with the drive wheel and the printing cylinder with the spray bar; and initiating the pump to direct the cleaning solution through the spray bar via the first outlet to clean the printing cylinder and to direct the cleaning solution through the directional nozzle via the second outlet to energize the drive wheel and rotate the printing cylinder.