Cleaning apparatus for printing press

US6799514B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Donn Nathan Boatman · Morganfield, US
• George Vincent Wegele · Lancaster, US
• Krista Beth Comstock · Mason, US
• Glen Charles Fedyk · Hamilton, US
• Mark Edwin Forry · Hamilton, US
• David A. Peterson · Cincinnati, US
• Timothy Paul Fiedeldey · Hamilton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 11, 2002
• Grant date: Oct 5, 2004
• Expiry date: Mar 4, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41P2235/26
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A cleaning apparatus for a printing press. The cleaning apparatus of the present invention allows for effective removal of contaminants from printing press print plates while the printing press is running. Furthermore, the cleaning apparatus of the present invention effectively applies and removes cleaning fluids such as water from the printing plate without resulting in the formation of water drops and streaks on the printed substrate.