Patent ID: 7644659

Claim:
A cleaning device for surfaces of cylinders of a printing machine, comprising a plurality of nozzles ( 23 ), each having a nozzle opening ( 4 ) for a jet of cleaning fluid ( 13 ), a distribution line ( 22 ) for cleaning fluids having a plurality of openings defined in a sidewall thereof, into which the nozzles ( 23 ) are inserted, a cleaning element ( 20 ) for lifting contaminants, dissolved by the cleaning fluids, off the surface of a cylinder, the nozzles ( 23 ) each being defined as a separate component and are detachably inserted into the distribution line ( 22 ), the nozzles ( 23 ) being made from a soft-plastic material, and the nozzles ( 23 ) each having a deflector surface ( 6 ), arranged thereon downstream from the nozzle opening ( 4 ), for deflecting and fanning a jet ( 13 ) exiting the nozzle opening, and including an elastic base ( 1 ) inserted into the openings in the distribution line ( 22 ) and a channel ( 11 ) which is elastically expandable in response to pressure pulses of the cleaning fluid extends, on one side, to a base opening ( 3 ) and, on the other side, to the nozzle opening ( 4 ).