摘要 |
Method and apparatus for cleaning a rubber coated cylinder (10) mounted in an offset printing machine for transferring the print from a printing plate cylinder (11) to a paper web (12) running in contact with the rubber coated cylinder, while the offset printing machine is running. The surface of the rubber coated cylinder is brushed by means of a brush (16) which extends in parallel with the cylinder and has substantially the length thereof and which is engaged with the rubber coating and imparted an axially reciprocating movement for loosening the contaminants and distribution thereof over the surface of the cylinder. Washing liquid is sprayed onto the surface of the rubber coated cylinder from a ramp (14) mounted in parallel with the cylinder and having a number of spray nozzles distributed along the ramp for dissolving the contaminants. Washing liquid and contaminants are removed from the surface of the cylinder by means of the paper web running through the offset printing machine.
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