Patent Document:

referring now to the drawings in detail , and firstly to fig1 thereof , it will be seen that a washing material 2 is fed from a supply roll 1 via an elastic hollow member 7 loaded with pressure medium and arranged on a printing cylinder 6 to be cleaned . the washing material is transported by means of a periodically driven transporting roller 8 , which cooperates with a counter pressure roller 9 , from the hollow member 7 to a cutting device 10 . the supply roll is arranged in two opposite plates 4 with the aid of a shaft butt 11 ( fig4 ) which is provided with a brake and a shaft butt 12 in which a locking device 13 is employed . the hollow member 7 which is loaded with pressure medium as mentioned above is positioned between two plates 4 . the hollow member 7 is comprised in the exemplified embodiment of a base member 14 and two clamping strips 15 to which an elastic material 16 is secured at the front side of the base member 14 so that escape of the pressure medium from the hollow body or member 7 is impossible . as shown in fig5 a scanning device 5 is arranged in plates 4 . furthermore , a bearing pin 19 is also positioned in plates 4 . two opposite plates 4 are held together by means of traverses 17 , 18 . traverse 18 is provided at two sides with a locking device which can be actuated by means of a lever 20 . the counter pressure roller 9 is positioned in the plates 4 so that it is biased against the transporting roller 8 by a compression spring 21 . the function unit which is limited by the plates 4 is identified in the description as a washing unit or washing beam . fig2 shows a cleaning device without the washing unit . the side walls 22 of the device are provided each with a bearing shell 23 and a mounting 24 and are connected with walls 32 , 33 ( fig3 ) of the printing press by means of bolts 26 . the above mentioned cutting device 10 , a spraying hopper 29 with spraying tubes 25 , a cutting or terminal strip 31 , a washing material - container 34 and the transporting roller 8 are all positioned between the side walls 22 . the transporting roller 8 has axial extensions by means of which as clearly shown in fig3 this roller is rigidly secured to respective inner rings of two opposite direction - of - rotation - switching couplings 27 and 28 . the outer ring of the direction - of - rotation switching coupling 28 is rigidly connected to the wall 32 of the printing press whereas the outer ring of the direction - of - rotation switching coupling 27 is connected via a crank 36 and a link or joint 37 with a work cylinder 35 which is hinged in the wall 33 of the printing press and is pivotally supported in and operatively connected to the side wall 32 . a gear 38 is rigidly secured to one axial extension of the transporting roller 8 , this gear being rigidly connected ( when the washing unit is inserted in the cleaning device ) with the axle of the counter pressure roller 9 and is in cooperation with a counter gear not shown herein . the mode of operation of the cleaning device of this invention is as follows : after the washing unit has been provided with the supply roll 1 outside the printing machine ( fig5 ) this unit is inserted with its bearing pins 19 into bearing shells 23 of the side walls 22 , then it is pivoted about these pins to the position immediately against the cylinder 6 and is locked in this position by levers 20 and by means of the non - illustrated but any suitable conventional locking device and the mounting 24 . thereby the counter gear rigidly mounted to the axle of the counter pressure roller 9 is automatically brought into engagement with the gear 38 so that the washing material 2 is pressed by the spring - biased pressure roller 9 against the transporting roller 8 and the connection to the pressure medium feeding is established . furthermore , the connection between the scanning device 5 and an end switch is also extablished automatically so that the control is possible via the washing material supply on the supply roll 1 . during the washing process the washing liquid or water is sprayed from the spraying tubes 25 onto the upper surface of the printing cylinder 6 . thereafter or simultaneously therewith the hollow member 7 is periodically filled with a pressure medium and thereby brings the washing cloth or material 2 in contact with the upper surface of the cylinder 6 . the washing material 2 is rolled from the supply roll 1 in accordance with a contamination degree of the printing cylinder 6 in respective intervals and is fed to the hollow member 7 and further between the counter pressure roller 9 and transporting roller 8 , which is driven in the transport direction by the work cylinder 35 . after the completion of the cleaning process the circular blade 30 is fed by the non - shown but any suitable conventional means along the strip 31 so that the contaminated portion of the washing cloth is cut off . then the separated washing cloth which falls into the container 34 is removed from the latter . after the washing material of the supply roll 1 is used up the washing unit is removed from the side walls 22 and a new supply roll is installed into the unit , which roll is held by the shaft butts 11 and 12 . the brake positioned on the shaft butt 11 is adjusted so that the washing material 2 is continually transported without any problems . the supply roll 1 is axially fixed on the shaft butt 12 by the locking device 13 of any suitable design . in order to ensure a better access to the cylinder 6 the side walls 22 can be pivoted away about an axis parallel to the cylinder 6 , this axis being formed by the two opposite bolts 26 . the control of the whole device is obtained by a non - shown but any suitable conventional means . the succession of individual operation steps , their timing and adjustment as well as their number can be defined by various programs which can be selected in accordance with operation requirements . it will be understood that each of the elements described above , or two or more together , may also find a useful application in other types of devices for cleaning cylinders of a printing machine differing from the types described above . while the invention has been illustrated and described as embodied in a device for cleaning cylinders of a printing machine , it is not intended to be limited to the details shown , since various modifications and structural changes may be made without departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention . without further analysis , the foregoing will so fully reveal the gist of the present invention that others can , by applying current knowledge , readily adapt it for various applications without omitting features that , from the standpoint of prior art , fairly constitute essential characteristics of the generic or specific aspects of this invention .

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