Patent · US Expired

Variable-width spray applicator for a printing press

US6484635B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

David Charles Burke · Portsmouth, US
Matthew Boyer · Sunnyvale, US
Clifford Allen Zabkar · Dover, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 29, 2000
Grant date	Nov 26, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 29, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41P2235/26
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for providing cleaning or other solution in a printing press including a spraying device, the spraying device having a liquid exit disposed along a width of the spraying device for delivering a liquid to a press component and a spray shield selectively covering at least one part of the liquid exit so as to block delivery of the liquid through the at least one part to the press component. Also disclosed is a method for providing cleaning or other fluid to a printing press component comprising the steps of spraying a fluid over a fixed width of a press component, and blocking part of the fluid over a part of the fixed width so that the part of the fluid does not reach the press component.

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