Treating transport mechanism in a printing press

US7532846B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Soenke Schmidt · Kiel, DE
• Detlef Schulze-Hagenest · Molfsee, DE
• Udo Draeger · Speyer, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 30, 2004
• Grant date: May 12, 2009
• Expiry date: Apr 24, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G03G2215/1661
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Treating a transport mechanism (5) for transporting print material (2) in a printing press (1) that uses toner in which oil-bearing substances (27) adhere to the transport mechanism (5). A cleaning device (30) is provided with at least one cleaning element (33) movable relative to the surface of the transport mechanism (5) for application of at least one oil-repelling substance (37) that reduces the adherence of the oil-bearing substances (27) to the transport mechanism (5). Accordingly, this cleaning element (33) can strip the surface of the transport mechanism (5) of oil-bearing substances (27).