Global Patent Index - EP 0715956 B1

EP 0715956 B1 19980527 - Method and apparatus for cleaning a cylinder of a rotary printing machine

Title (en)

Method and apparatus for cleaning a cylinder of a rotary printing machine

Title (de)

Verfahren und Anordnung zur Reinigung eines Zylinders einer Rotationsdruckmaschine

Title (fr)

Méthode et dispositif de nettoyage d'un cylindre d'une machine à imprimer rotative

Publication

EP 0715956 B1 19980527 (DE)

Application

EP 95118753 A 19951129

Priority

DE 4443357 A 19941206

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0715956A2] The cleaning system uses a washing roller (2) or a washing cloth, brought into contact with the surface of the cylinder to be cleaned. At the beginning of each new cleaning cycle the time interval since the last cleaning cycle and the counted number of printed sheets are used to determine the quantity of supplied cleaning fluid and the number of cleaning cycles. Pref. the next cleaning of the cylinder is initiated in dependence on the number of printed sheets and the amount of cleaning fluid is determined independence on the elapsed time from the last cleaning cycle.

IPC 1-7

B41F 35/00; B41F 35/06; B41F 35/02

IPC 8 full level

B41F 35/00 (2006.01); B41F 35/02 (2006.01); B41F 35/06 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B41F 35/00 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0715956 A2 19960612; EP 0715956 A3 19961127; EP 0715956 B1 19980527; AT E166616 T1 19980615; DE 4443357 A1 19960613; DE 4443357 C2 19980514; DE 59502329 D1 19980702

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 95118753 A 19951129; AT 95118753 T 19951129; DE 4443357 A 19941206; DE 59502329 T 19951129