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(11) | EP 0 364 918 A3 |
(12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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(54) | Printing cylinder with washing means particularly for rotary printing machines |
(57) A printing cylinder comprising a cylindrical body inside which a color feed bar (2)
extends; the bar is provided with a coupling inlet arranged outside the cylindrical
body and is adapted to feed the color at a doctor blade (10) which acts on the inner
surface of the cylindrical body. A washing water feed chamber (20) is defined around
the color feed bar (2) and is connected to an inlet coupling arranged outside the
cylindrical body; the chamber is provided with a first plurality of nozzles (30) for
feeding the washing water toward the blade (10) and with a second plurality of nozzles
for feeding the washing water toward the heads of the cylindrical body. |