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Cylinder cleaning method

US6042655A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Filing dateJan 20, 1998
Grant dateMar 28, 2000
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Expiry dateJan 20, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41P2235/242
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of cleaning the outer surface of a cylinder by using a cleaning fabric intermittently fed from a supply, and engaged with and pressed against the outer surface of the cylinder. The method includes predetermining periods for each of which the cleaning fabric is engaged with the outer surface of the cylinder a time so that at least some of the periods are different in length from other periods in a cleaning cycle.

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