EP0335967B1 - Automatic blanket wash system with flow through spray bar - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to printing presses and more particularly to systems for automatically washing blankets on blanket cylinders of offset printing units.
- the present invention provides an automatic blanket wash system that overcomes difficulties in the prior art by providing for a flow through spray bar.
- a plurality of spray system units are disposed in a first fluid path.
- Each spray system unit has a fluid input and a fluid output and includes upper and lower spray bars for spraying the mixture respectively onto the upper and lower blankets of the printing unit with which the spray system unit is associated.
- a spray control arrangement associated with each spray unit, causes, upon activation, the mixture to be sprayed by the spray bar.
- a supply line is in fluid communication with a reservoir and the spray system units.
- a return line is also in fluid communication with the spray system units and the reservoir.
- a delivery arrangement delivers quantities of water and solvent into the reservoir in predetermined proportions.
- a pumping arrangement causes circulation of the mixture from the reservoir through the supply line, through the first fluid path, through the return line, and then back to the reservoir.
- the circulation of the mixture prevents settling of the solvent and to ensure homogeneity of the mixture throughout the system.
- a wash control arrangement implements the wash cycle, including actuating the spray control arrangement so as to cause the mixture to be sprayed by the spray bars.
- the pumping arrangement circulates the mixture through the system.
- a pressure control arrangement upon actuation by the wash control arrangement, increases fluid pressure in the system upon implementation of the wash cycle.
- each spray bar includes a second fluid path therethrough disposed between a unit fluid input and a unit fluid output.
- a diverter arrangement is disposed between the unit fluid input and the second fluid path and is normally closed. Upon actuation by the wash control arrangement, the diverter arrangement permits the mixture to flow through the second fluid path in each spray bar.
- the pumping arrangement circulates the mixture throughout the system normally at low pressure.
- the wash control arrangement includes an arrangement for implementing a wash cycle as follows. First, the wash control arrangement actuates the diverter arrangement to permit the mixture to flow through the second fluid path within the spray bar. Then the wash control arrangement actuates the pressure control arrangement to increase the fluid pressure within the second fluid path within the spray bars. Finally, the wash control arrangement actuates the spray control arrangement so as to cause the mixture to be sprayed by the spray bars.
- FIG. 1 shows the basic fluid flow in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- a system control enclosure and mixture reservoir 11 receives water over line 114 and solvent over line 113. These are permitted to enter a common reservoir in item 11 where they mix.
- the washing mixture is delivered via supply line 111, to a plurality of unit controls 121, 122, 123, and 124; each unit control is associated with a single printing unit having upper and lower blankets that may be in need of cleaning.
- These printing units are identified as items 131-134 respectively.
- upper spray bar 125 and lower spray bar 126 associated with the upper and lower blanket cylinders of unit 134.
- similar spray bars are disposed with respect to each of the other printing units.
- Each spray bar is in fluid communication with the unit control for its particular printing unit. From each unit control, here item 124, there is provided a return line 112 back to the reservoir in item 11.
- the washing mixture is circulated continuously through the supply line 111 and back through the return line 112 to the reservoir. In this fashion, the washing mixture is mixed on a continuous basis.
- the system handles effectively a mixture of TEX 300 Concentrate, with water, available from Printex Products Corp., P.O. Box 1479, Rochester, NY 14603. This solvent forms a milky-white emulsion when mixed with water, but is subject to settling unless the mixture is continuosly agitated.
- the present invention provides the agitation inside a mixing tank in the reservoir and by continuous circulation. A chemical solvent in the mixture, upon spraying of the blanket, lifts foreign matter from the blanket of the blanket cyclinder. The printed paper web, by way of absorbtion, then carries the lifted foreign matter away from the blankets.
- the automatic blanket wash system described so far herein can also be configured to service multiple press lines.
- a central supply line 141 is in direct fluid communication with the reservoir 11 and the supply line 111 for a press line subsystem servicing an individual press line.
- a central return line 142 is also in direct fluid communication with the reservoir 11 and the return line 112 from the press line subsystem servicing the press line.
- the central supply line 141 and the central return line 142 have one way check valves 139 disposed therein for insuring circulation of the mixture in only one direction through the system.
- Supply line 111 in a preferred embodiment, has associated therewith a pneumatic accumulator 137 disposed along supply line 111 and in communication with a central air supply line 145.
- the accumulator 137 is pre-charged by compressed air to between 65 and 75 psig. Prior to spraying, the hydraulic pressure within the system is increased to 80 psig.
- the accumulator 137 provides a stored cushion of pneumatic pressure in the range of 75 psig against the hydraulic pressure in the system. As the fluid pressure in the system drops below 80 psig upon the commencement of spraying the accumulator 137 provides a pressure back-up to maintain pressure in the system during spraying at 65-75 psig.
- the return line 112 also has a one way check valve 139 associated therewith for insuring circulation of the mixture in only one direction through the return line 112.
- a restrictive orifice is disposed in the central return line 142 at the mixing tank (see item 21, Fig. 2) disposed inside the reservoir 11.
- the restrictive orifice causes the mixture to enter the mixture reservoir 11 under increased pressure, thereby aiding in the agitation of the mixture within the reservoir 11 and, thus, further insuring a homogeneous mixture for recirculation.
- a press line shut off valve 138 is also disposed in the supply line 111 to each press line subsystem servicing an individual press line for shutting off the plurality of spray system units servicing the individual press line under conditions described below.
- each spray system unit includes a diverter valve (shown in Figure 3) in the unit controls 121-124.
- the diverter valve in a first position, the diverter valve shunts out the second fluid path to permit fluid to flow directly from the unit's fluid input 135 to its fluid output 136, such diverter valve being normally disposed in the first position.
- the diverter valve permits fluid flow from the unit's fluid input 135, through the fluid path within the spray bars 125 and 126, to the unit's fluid output 136.
- the diverter valve is actuatable by the wash control arrangement and, in a preferred embodiment, is pneumatically activated.
- the wash control arrangement includes an arrangement for actuating the diverter valve to dispose the valve in the second position, so as to permit recirculation of the mixture in the spray system unit just prior to actuation of the spray valves.
- the mixture is circulated through the system under low pressure.
- the unit controls 121-124 are actuated to open the respective diverter valves permitting fluid flow from the unit control input to the spray bars associated with each unit control.
- a wash valve in the return line 142 (shown as item 211 in Figure 2) is closed, causing an increase in pressure in the system. Diverting circulation away from the fluid paths within the spray bars until just prior to commencement of spraying prevents leakage of the mixture from the spray valves disposed in each spray bar.
- circulation of the mixture through the system under low pressure until just prior to the commencement of spraying prevents leakage of the mixture throughout the system.
- a solenoid valve (shown in Fig 3) in each unit control box 121-124 is in communication with an air supply line 115 and controls the flow of air from the air supply line 115 to pneumatically actuated valves in each spray system unit. ( Figures 4-6, 8-9).
- the solenoid Upon activation by the wash control arrangement, the solenoid activates the pneumatic valve associated with each spray nozzle so as to cause the mixture to be sprayed by the spray nozzle.
- the air supply line 115 for each press line subsystem is in direct communication with a central air supply line 145.
- Figure 1 shows the spray system units disposed in parallel along the first fluid path, between the supply line 111 and the return line 112.
- the fluid input 125 of each spray system unit is in direct communication with the supply line 111 and the fluid output 136 of each spray system unit is in direct communication with the return line 112.
- each press line subsystem in the multiple press line configuration, is disposed in parallel between the central supply line 141 and the central return line 142.
- the spray system units are disposed in parallel along the first fluid path
- the spray system units can also be disposed in series along the first fluid path.
- one of the spray system units is the first spray system unit in the series and another of the spray system units is the last spray system unit in this series.
- the fluid output of each spray system unit is then in communication with the fluid input of the next spray system unit in the series.
- the fluid input of the first spray system unit is then in direct communication with the supply line and the fluid output of the last spray system unit is in direct communication with the return line.
- solvent is pumped by pump 242 from solvent reservoir 27 through solvent metering valve 252 into the mixture reservoir 21 holding the wash mixture.
- Water enters under line 114 through water pressure reducing regulator 113 and water metering valve 251.
- Pressure in the solvent flow is regulated by pressure valve 243.
- Specific gravity of the wash mixture is monitored by density sensor 261 and a specific gravity readout 263 is provided, so that if a specific gravity is outside predetermined limits, the system may be shut down or the quantities of water or solvent in the reservoir 21 may be altered.
- pump system 23 pumps the wash mixture from reservoir 21 over lines 141 and 111 past the mixture density sensor 261, past each of the unit control boxes, including unit control box 12, which is illustrated with its associated spray bars. There is also provided a return lines 112 and 142 back to the mixture reservoir 21.
- all the seals throughout the system are either Teflon or Viton and are essentially inert to the mixture circulating through the system.
- the wash control valve 211 On initiation of the wash cycle, the wash control valve 211 is closed, in a preferred embodiment, by the wash control arrangement 22 and pressure builds up in the supply line 111. Maximum pressure in the fluid supply line is regulated by pressure valve 231 interposed between the supply line 111 and the reservoir 21. Typically, the pressure build-up is regulated in the vicinity of 80 pounds per square inch (550 K Pa).
- the actuation of the wash control valve is performed by the spray control system 22 in accordance with systems well known in the art.
- spray of the wash mixture is permitted to emanate from the spray bar in a range of about one-half to one second.
- the web, or paper, itself serves to blot out the wash mixture from the blanket cylinder.
- the valves in the unit controls may be actuated in any desired sequence. Under one protocol, the spray system unit associated with the printer spray system unit associated with the unit most remote from the web dryer is actuated first, then the next remote, etc.; this protocol minimizes the amount of web wasted since the portion of the web serving to blot the most remote unit may also serve to blot the next most remote unit, etc.
- Figure 3 shows the unit control box 31 in detail.
- the mixture in a preferred embodiment, is normally circulated through the system under low pressure and circulated from the supply line through the unit input connection 33 through the diverter valve 32, which is normally closed.
- the mixture therefore, normally circulates from the unit fluid input connection 33 through the diverter valve 32 and through circulation line 312 and out through the unit fluid output connection 310.
- the diverter valve 32 Upon initiation of the wash cycle, the diverter valve 32 is pneumatically actuated by a solenoid valve 39 to allow the mixture to flow through the upper and lower spray bars associated with the unit control 31. Upon actuation of the diverter valve 32, the mixture flows through the fluid path within each the upper and the lower spray bars via input lines 38A and 38B, respectively, and then out of each spray bar via return lines 38C and 38D, respectively.
- a flow detector 35 is located downstream of the diverter valve 32 to monitor if a failure has occurred to the diverter valve 32 and the mixture is flowing into the spray bars at any time other than during the wash cycle.
- the flow detector 35 In the event the flow detector 35 detects flow of the mixture at any time other than during the wash cycle, the flow detector 35 will transmit a fail signal to the wash control arrangement thereby setting in motion a command to shut off the mixture supply valve 138 (see Fig 1) to the press line subsystem servicing the individual press line.
- fluid pressure within the fluid paths is increased, as described above.
- the spray valves in the spray bars are pneumatically activated by two small three-way solenoid valves 36A and 36B, associated with the upper and lower spray bars respectively, thereby causing the spray valves to spray the mixture.
- Each solenoid valve 36A and 36B has a pressure switch 37A and 37B associated therewith for monitoring the proper operation of the solenoid valves 36A and 36B respectively.
- the switches are electrically wired to assure a fail safe mode. If either solenoid valve 36A or 36B opens at anytime other than during the wash cycle, the respective pressure switch, 37A or 37B, will transmit a fail signal to the wash control arrangement thereby setting in motion a command to shut off the mixture supply valve 138 (see Fig.1) to the press line subsystem servicing the individual press line.
- each return line 38C and 38D has a spring-loaded check valve 34 therein placed near the circulating line 312 within the unit control, to assure circulation of the mixture through the spray bar in only one direction and preventing any flow of the mixture from the circulation line 312 into the spray bar through the return lines 38C and 38D.
- a venturi insert 313 is incorporated into a connecting tee 314, between the unit spray bar return line 38D and the circulation line 312, to produce a low pressure status over the two intersecting return lines 38C and 38D, thereby assuring that the static pressures inside the spray bars are lower than the circulating mixture pressure.
- FIG. 4 shows an integral flow through spray bar in accordance with the embodiment discussed herein.
- Spray bar manifold 41 has integral valve bodies disposed therein. Each valve body has a nozzle assembly 44 protruding from the surface of the spray bar manifold 41 and from which the spray mixture emanates.
- Each spray bar in a preferred embodiment, is divided into sections, preferably quadrants. A quadrant, or web size, control valve 42 regulates spraying of the mixture by the valve bodies disposed within the section.
- the spray bar manifold contains as many spray valves as required to provide proper distribution of the mixture across the face of a blanket. The number, in a preferred embodiment of the invention, is always a multiple of four so the blanket wash system can accomodate running a quarter web, half web, three quarter web or a full web.
- Each spray valve disposed within the spray bar manifold 41 also has an overriding manual valve stop 43 associated therewith.
- the overriding manual stop 43 on each nozzle prevents the spray valve from opening and the spray nozzle from spraying even when a pneumatic signal is applied to the spray valve. This allows a pressman to control the width of the spray pattern to conform to web widths other than the quarter, half, three quarters and full web adjustable by the quadrant control valves 42.
- the spray bar manifold 41 of Fig. 4 is shown with four passages running lengthwise through the manifold.
- Two passages 51 and 52 are approximately a half inch in diameter and provide a passageway for supply and return of the mixture through the spray bar.
- the spray bar manifold also has two smaller passages 54 and 55 running therethrough for pneumatic pressure to actuate the spray valves.
- a series of machined cavities 59 to house the nozzle assembly 56, pneumatic actuated valve 57 and the overriding manual stop valve 58.
- a valve spring 64 forces a piston stem 62 containing the piston seat 61 against the base of the nozzle assembly 66, thus preventing any mixture from passing through the nozzle.
- pneumatic pressure is applied to the piston 65, forcing the piston seat 61 to move away from the base of the nozzle 66, thus opening a flow path for the mixture to enter the nozzle 66.
- the valve spring 64 closes the valve.
- the piston 65 is the pneumatically actuated portion of the spray valve. It is a machined part of primarily two diameters. One diameter of approximately ⁇ 75 inches is the pneumatic piston 65 with its own packing to seal between the body of the piston and the valve body cavity 53. The other diameter of approximately ⁇ 25 inches is the stem portion 62 of the piston. It contains two o-rings 63 for sealing purposes. The o-ring 63A toward the nozzle is the seal to prevent solvent from entering the pneumatic portion of the nozzle assembly. The second o-ring 63B toward the piston prevents leakage of air into the mixture side of the nozzle assembly. The stem portion 62 of the piston is counterbored to contain the valve seat.
- the nozzle assembly 66 includes the hydraulic nozzle 67, mounting flange 68 for holding the nozzle in the extruded manifold in the proper orientation and an o-ring seal 63A to prevent solvent leakage around the assembly.
- the hydraulic nozzle 67 of the preferred embodiment of the invention with a supply pressure of 80 psig, produces a fan shaped spray pattern which has an included angle of approximately 89 degrees and a flow rate of approximately 0.14 GPM.
- the nozzle assemblies 66 in conjunction with the appropriate nozzle-to-nozzle spacing, provides the necessary distribution of mixture across the face of the blanket.
- the back portion of the nozzle assembly serves as the mating surface for the valve seat 61 contained in the stem 62 of the piston.
- Figure 7 shows the web size control valve 71 disposed in the spray bar 72.
- the web size control valve 71 when in the closed position, prevents the pneumatic signal from the unit control from activating the spray nozzles in the quadrant or section.
- the flow through spray bar of figure 8 performs the same functions as the integral flow through spray bar of figure 4 and, in addition, the valve assembly 81 thereof is commercially available.
- the pneumatically actuated valve assembly 81 performs all the functions of the integral valve assembly described above in reference to figures 4 and 5 with the exception that the valve is external to the spray bar manifold 84, as shown in figure 8.
- the spray valve 81 is secured to the spray bar manifold 84 by a nut 85 and cotter pin 86.
- Each spray valve 81 also has a manual shut-off valve 82.
- Figure 8 also shows the web size control valve 83.
- Figure 9 shows a cross section of the spray bar manifold 84 of figure 8 with the spray nozzle 90 disposed therein.
- the spray bar manifold 94 has two passageways 91 and 92 running lengthwise therethrough thereby forming a fluid path.
- Each spray valve 90 has a fluid port 93 for intake of the mixture during spraying when the spray valve 90 is pneumatically activated.
- the spray bar manifold 94 also has two smaller passages 96 and 97 running lengthwise therethrough for delivering a pneumatic signal via pneumatic port 95.
- Figure 9 also shows the manual override valve 98 and the nut 99 and cotter pin 991 for securing the spray valve 90 to the spray bar manifold 94.
- Figure 10 shows the web size control valve 101 disposed in the spray bar manifold 102 of the embodiment depicted in Fig. 8.
- the passageways 103 and 104 for fluid and the smaller passageways 105 and 106 for the pneumatic signal are also shown.
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- The present invention relates to printing presses and more particularly to systems for automatically washing blankets on blanket cylinders of offset printing units.
- Automatic blanket cleaning systems are known in the art and one such system, for example, is disclosed in the United States Patent No. 4,344,361, issued for an invention of MacPhee, et al. This patent discloses a cleaning system requiring a cloth supply roll to bring a cleaner fabric in contact with the blankets; solvent is sprayed onto the fabric. Another system is disclosed in United States Patent No. 3,486,448, issued for an invention of Anderson, et al. The Anderson patent discloses a cleaning system that does not require the use of a cloth, but does not provide an arrangement for dealing with cleaning mixtures that may be subject to settling after the mixing has been accomplished. United States Patent No. 3,508,711, issued for an invention of Switall, discloses another blanket wash system that does not address the settling problem associated with certain cleaning mixtures.
- Other cleaning systems for printers are disclosed in United States Patents No. 3,896,730 and No. 4,534,291, issued for inventions of Garrett, et al. and Sabota, et al. respectively.
- Recirculation systems for retaining mixtures of fountain solutions are disclosed in United States Patents No. 4,151,854, issued for an invention of Patsko and No. 3,485,257, issued for an invention of Gegenheimer.
- There remains a need for a blanket wash system that avoids the cumbersome aspects of the cloth approach while providing a spray system that maintains mixing of wash components that may be subject to settling while still providing high pressure that are necessary for spraying.
- The present invention provides an automatic blanket wash system that overcomes difficulties in the prior art by providing for a flow through spray bar. A plurality of spray system units are disposed in a first fluid path. Each spray system unit has a fluid input and a fluid output and includes upper and lower spray bars for spraying the mixture respectively onto the upper and lower blankets of the printing unit with which the spray system unit is associated. A spray control arrangement, associated with each spray unit, causes, upon activation, the mixture to be sprayed by the spray bar. A supply line is in fluid communication with a reservoir and the spray system units. A return line is also in fluid communication with the spray system units and the reservoir. A delivery arrangement delivers quantities of water and solvent into the reservoir in predetermined proportions. A pumping arrangement causes circulation of the mixture from the reservoir through the supply line, through the first fluid path, through the return line, and then back to the reservoir. The circulation of the mixture prevents settling of the solvent and to ensure homogeneity of the mixture throughout the system. A wash control arrangement implements the wash cycle, including actuating the spray control arrangement so as to cause the mixture to be sprayed by the spray bars.
- In one embodiment of the invention, the pumping arrangement circulates the mixture through the system. A pressure control arrangement, upon actuation by the wash control arrangement, increases fluid pressure in the system upon implementation of the wash cycle.
- In another embodiment of the invention, each spray bar includes a second fluid path therethrough disposed between a unit fluid input and a unit fluid output. A diverter arrangement is disposed between the unit fluid input and the second fluid path and is normally closed. Upon actuation by the wash control arrangement, the diverter arrangement permits the mixture to flow through the second fluid path in each spray bar.
- In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the pumping arrangement circulates the mixture throughout the system normally at low pressure. The wash control arrangement includes an arrangement for implementing a wash cycle as follows. First, the wash control arrangement actuates the diverter arrangement to permit the mixture to flow through the second fluid path within the spray bar. Then the wash control arrangement actuates the pressure control arrangement to increase the fluid pressure within the second fluid path within the spray bars. Finally, the wash control arrangement actuates the spray control arrangement so as to cause the mixture to be sprayed by the spray bars.
- These and other features of the invention will be more readily apparent in the following discussion, taken with the accompanying drawings, in which:
- Fig. 1 is a schematic showing the basic fluid flow in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
- Fig. 2 is a more detailed schematic of the embodiment of the invention depicted in Fig. 1 showing the manner in which fluid control of the wash system is maintained;
- Fig. 3 shows the unit control of the upper and lower spray bars of the embodiment of the invention depicted in Fig. 1;
- Fig. 4 is a schematic showing the spray bar of the embodiment depicted in Fig. 1;
- Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view along the line A-A the embodiment depicted in Fig. 4;
- Fig. 6 is a schematic showing the valve body assembly of the embodiment depicted in Fig. 5;
- Fig. 7 is a cross sectional along the line B-B of the embodiment depicted in Fig. 4;
- Fig. 8 is a schematic showing the spray bar and spray nozzle assembly of another embodiment of the invention;
- Fig. 9 is a cross sectional along the line B-B of the embodiment depicted in Fig. 8;
- Fig. 10 is a cross sectional along the line A-A of the embodiment depicted in Fig. 8.
- Figure 1 shows the basic fluid flow in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. A system control enclosure and
mixture reservoir 11 receives water overline 114 and solvent overline 113. These are permitted to enter a common reservoir initem 11 where they mix. The washing mixture is delivered viasupply line 111, to a plurality ofunit controls upper spray bar 125 andlower spray bar 126 associated with the upper and lower blanket cylinders ofunit 134. As indicated, similar spray bars are disposed with respect to each of the other printing units. Each spray bar is in fluid communication with the unit control for its particular printing unit. From each unit control, hereitem 124, there is provided areturn line 112 back to the reservoir initem 11. - Except when the wash cycle has been commenced, the washing mixture is circulated continuously through the
supply line 111 and back through thereturn line 112 to the reservoir. In this fashion, the washing mixture is mixed on a continuous basis. The system handles effectively a mixture of TEX 300 Concentrate, with water, available from Printex Products Corp., P.O. Box 1479, Rochester, NY 14603. This solvent forms a milky-white emulsion when mixed with water, but is subject to settling unless the mixture is continuosly agitated. The present invention provides the agitation inside a mixing tank in the reservoir and by continuous circulation. A chemical solvent in the mixture, upon spraying of the blanket, lifts foreign matter from the blanket of the blanket cyclinder. The printed paper web, by way of absorbtion, then carries the lifted foreign matter away from the blankets. - The automatic blanket wash system described so far herein can also be configured to service multiple press lines. In this configuration, as depicted in Figure 1, a
central supply line 141 is in direct fluid communication with thereservoir 11 and thesupply line 111 for a press line subsystem servicing an individual press line. Acentral return line 142 is also in direct fluid communication with thereservoir 11 and thereturn line 112 from the press line subsystem servicing the press line. Thecentral supply line 141 and thecentral return line 142 have oneway check valves 139 disposed therein for insuring circulation of the mixture in only one direction through the system. -
Supply line 111, in a preferred embodiment, has associated therewith apneumatic accumulator 137 disposed alongsupply line 111 and in communication with a centralair supply line 145. Theaccumulator 137 is pre-charged by compressed air to between 65 and 75 psig. Prior to spraying, the hydraulic pressure within the system is increased to 80 psig. By means well know in the art, theaccumulator 137 provides a stored cushion of pneumatic pressure in the range of 75 psig against the hydraulic pressure in the system. As the fluid pressure in the system drops below 80 psig upon the commencement of spraying theaccumulator 137 provides a pressure back-up to maintain pressure in the system during spraying at 65-75 psig. - The
return line 112 also has a oneway check valve 139 associated therewith for insuring circulation of the mixture in only one direction through thereturn line 112. - In a preferred embodiment, a restrictive orifice is disposed in the
central return line 142 at the mixing tank (seeitem 21, Fig. 2) disposed inside thereservoir 11. The restrictive orifice causes the mixture to enter themixture reservoir 11 under increased pressure, thereby aiding in the agitation of the mixture within thereservoir 11 and, thus, further insuring a homogeneous mixture for recirculation. - A press line shut off
valve 138 is also disposed in thesupply line 111 to each press line subsystem servicing an individual press line for shutting off the plurality of spray system units servicing the individual press line under conditions described below. - In a preferred embodiment of the invention, each spray system unit includes a diverter valve (shown in Figure 3) in the unit controls 121-124. Referring by way of example to
unit 124, in a first position, the diverter valve shunts out the second fluid path to permit fluid to flow directly from the unit'sfluid input 135 to itsfluid output 136, such diverter valve being normally disposed in the first position. In a second position, the diverter valve permits fluid flow from the unit'sfluid input 135, through the fluid path within the spray bars 125 and 126, to the unit'sfluid output 136. The diverter valve is actuatable by the wash control arrangement and, in a preferred embodiment, is pneumatically activated. The wash control arrangement includes an arrangement for actuating the diverter valve to dispose the valve in the second position, so as to permit recirculation of the mixture in the spray system unit just prior to actuation of the spray valves. - In operation, in a preferred embodiment, the mixture is circulated through the system under low pressure. At the commencement of a wash cycle, the unit controls 121-124 are actuated to open the respective diverter valves permitting fluid flow from the unit control input to the spray bars associated with each unit control. Thereafter a wash valve in the return line 142 (shown as item 211 in Figure 2) is closed, causing an increase in pressure in the system. Diverting circulation away from the fluid paths within the spray bars until just prior to commencement of spraying prevents leakage of the mixture from the spray valves disposed in each spray bar. In addition, circulation of the mixture through the system under low pressure until just prior to the commencement of spraying prevents leakage of the mixture throughout the system. A solenoid valve (shown in Fig 3) in each unit control box 121-124 is in communication with an
air supply line 115 and controls the flow of air from theair supply line 115 to pneumatically actuated valves in each spray system unit. (Figures 4-6, 8-9). Upon activation by the wash control arrangement, the solenoid activates the pneumatic valve associated with each spray nozzle so as to cause the mixture to be sprayed by the spray nozzle. In the multiple press line configuration, theair supply line 115 for each press line subsystem is in direct communication with a centralair supply line 145. - Figure 1 shows the spray system units disposed in parallel along the first fluid path, between the
supply line 111 and thereturn line 112. Thefluid input 125 of each spray system unit is in direct communication with thesupply line 111 and thefluid output 136 of each spray system unit is in direct communication with thereturn line 112. In addition, each press line subsystem, in the multiple press line configuration, is disposed in parallel between thecentral supply line 141 and thecentral return line 142. - While in a preferred embodiment of the invention as shown in Figure 1 the spray system units are disposed in parallel along the first fluid path, the spray system units can also be disposed in series along the first fluid path. In the series configuration one of the spray system units is the first spray system unit in the series and another of the spray system units is the last spray system unit in this series. The fluid output of each spray system unit is then in communication with the fluid input of the next spray system unit in the series. The fluid input of the first spray system unit is then in direct communication with the supply line and the fluid output of the last spray system unit is in direct communication with the return line.
- Turning now to Figure 2, solvent is pumped by
pump 242 from solvent reservoir 27 throughsolvent metering valve 252 into themixture reservoir 21 holding the wash mixture. Water enters underline 114 through waterpressure reducing regulator 113 andwater metering valve 251. Pressure in the solvent flow is regulated bypressure valve 243. As a result, when solvent and water enter through their respective metering valves, they enter in proportions that may be determined in advance. Specific gravity of the wash mixture is monitored bydensity sensor 261 and aspecific gravity readout 263 is provided, so that if a specific gravity is outside predetermined limits, the system may be shut down or the quantities of water or solvent in thereservoir 21 may be altered. In the case of TEX 300 Concentrate, a specific gravity of 0.878 ±.005 is typical for a proper concentration of the solvent and water of about 65 percent of solvent by volume. Further control arrangements relating to specific gravity of wash solution are disclosed in United States Patent No. 3,848,618, issued for an invention of Ryse, as well as the Patsko and Gegenheimer patents described above. - In normal operation,
pump system 23 pumps the wash mixture fromreservoir 21 overlines mixture density sensor 261, past each of the unit control boxes, includingunit control box 12, which is illustrated with its associated spray bars. There is also provided a return lines 112 and 142 back to themixture reservoir 21. - It is noted that, in a preferred embodiment of the invention, all the seals throughout the system are either Teflon or Viton and are essentially inert to the mixture circulating through the system.
- On initiation of the wash cycle, the wash control valve 211 is closed, in a preferred embodiment, by the wash control arrangement 22 and pressure builds up in the
supply line 111. Maximum pressure in the fluid supply line is regulated bypressure valve 231 interposed between thesupply line 111 and thereservoir 21. Typically, the pressure build-up is regulated in the vicinity of 80 pounds per square inch (550 K Pa). The actuation of the wash control valve is performed by the spray control system 22 in accordance with systems well known in the art. - In a typical application, spray of the wash mixture is permitted to emanate from the spray bar in a range of about one-half to one second. The web, or paper, itself serves to blot out the wash mixture from the blanket cylinder. The valves in the unit controls may be actuated in any desired sequence. Under one protocol, the spray system unit associated with the printer spray system unit associated with the unit most remote from the web dryer is actuated first, then the next remote, etc.; this protocol minimizes the amount of web wasted since the portion of the web serving to blot the most remote unit may also serve to blot the next most remote unit, etc. However, in order to minimize the concentration of wash mixture on the web (to further reduce the risk of combustion in the web dryer), another protocol would initiate wash of the printer unit closest to the web dryer first, then wash of the printer unit next closest to the web dryer, etc. Under this protocol, it is possible to ensure that the portion of the web that has blotted the printer unit closest to the web dryer has fully emerged from the web dryer before the portion of the web blotting the printer next closest to the web dryer has entered the dryer.
- Figure 3 shows the
unit control box 31 in detail. The mixture, in a preferred embodiment, is normally circulated through the system under low pressure and circulated from the supply line through theunit input connection 33 through thediverter valve 32, which is normally closed. The mixture, therefore, normally circulates from the unitfluid input connection 33 through thediverter valve 32 and throughcirculation line 312 and out through the unitfluid output connection 310. - Upon initiation of the wash cycle, the
diverter valve 32 is pneumatically actuated by asolenoid valve 39 to allow the mixture to flow through the upper and lower spray bars associated with theunit control 31. Upon actuation of thediverter valve 32, the mixture flows through the fluid path within each the upper and the lower spray bars viainput lines 38A and 38B, respectively, and then out of each spray bar viareturn lines 38C and 38D, respectively. Aflow detector 35 is located downstream of thediverter valve 32 to monitor if a failure has occurred to thediverter valve 32 and the mixture is flowing into the spray bars at any time other than during the wash cycle. In the event theflow detector 35 detects flow of the mixture at any time other than during the wash cycle, theflow detector 35 will transmit a fail signal to the wash control arrangement thereby setting in motion a command to shut off the mixture supply valve 138 (see Fig 1) to the press line subsystem servicing the individual press line. - In a preferred embodiment, after actuation of the
diverter valve 32 has permitted the mixture to flow through the fluid paths in each of the upper and lower spray bars associated with eachunit control 31, fluid pressure within the fluid paths is increased, as described above. After the pressure within the fluid paths within the spray bars is increased, the spray valves in the spray bars (Figure 4) are pneumatically activated by two small three-way solenoid valves 36A and 36B, associated with the upper and lower spray bars respectively, thereby causing the spray valves to spray the mixture. - Each solenoid valve 36A and 36B has a
pressure switch - In a preferred embodiment, each
return line 38C and 38D has a spring-loadedcheck valve 34 therein placed near the circulatingline 312 within the unit control, to assure circulation of the mixture through the spray bar in only one direction and preventing any flow of the mixture from thecirculation line 312 into the spray bar through thereturn lines 38C and 38D. In addition in a preferred embodiment, aventuri insert 313 is incorporated into a connecting tee 314, between the unit spray bar return line 38D and thecirculation line 312, to produce a low pressure status over the two intersectingreturn lines 38C and 38D, thereby assuring that the static pressures inside the spray bars are lower than the circulating mixture pressure. - Figure 4 shows an integral flow through spray bar in accordance with the embodiment discussed herein.
Spray bar manifold 41 has integral valve bodies disposed therein. Each valve body has anozzle assembly 44 protruding from the surface of thespray bar manifold 41 and from which the spray mixture emanates. Each spray bar, in a preferred embodiment, is divided into sections, preferably quadrants. A quadrant, or web size,control valve 42 regulates spraying of the mixture by the valve bodies disposed within the section. The spray bar manifold contains as many spray valves as required to provide proper distribution of the mixture across the face of a blanket. The number, in a preferred embodiment of the invention, is always a multiple of four so the blanket wash system can accomodate running a quarter web, half web, three quarter web or a full web. - Each spray valve disposed within the
spray bar manifold 41 also has an overridingmanual valve stop 43 associated therewith. The overridingmanual stop 43 on each nozzle prevents the spray valve from opening and the spray nozzle from spraying even when a pneumatic signal is applied to the spray valve. This allows a pressman to control the width of the spray pattern to conform to web widths other than the quarter, half, three quarters and full web adjustable by thequadrant control valves 42. - Turning to Figure 5, the
spray bar manifold 41 of Fig. 4 is shown with four passages running lengthwise through the manifold. Twopassages smaller passages 54 and 55 running therethrough for pneumatic pressure to actuate the spray valves. Along the length of the manifold are a series of machinedcavities 59 to house thenozzle assembly 56, pneumatic actuatedvalve 57 and the overridingmanual stop valve 58. - Turning now to Figure 6, showing one spray valve assembly as disposed in one of the cavities 59 (as shown in Fig. 5), a
valve spring 64 forces apiston stem 62 containing thepiston seat 61 against the base of thenozzle assembly 66, thus preventing any mixture from passing through the nozzle. On a pneumatic signal, pneumatic pressure is applied to thepiston 65, forcing thepiston seat 61 to move away from the base of thenozzle 66, thus opening a flow path for the mixture to enter thenozzle 66. Once the pneumatic pressure is removed, thevalve spring 64 closes the valve. - The
piston 65 is the pneumatically actuated portion of the spray valve. It is a machined part of primarily two diameters. One diameter of approximately · 75 inches is thepneumatic piston 65 with its own packing to seal between the body of the piston and the valve body cavity 53. The other diameter of approximately · 25 inches is thestem portion 62 of the piston. It contains two o-rings 63 for sealing purposes. The o-ring 63A toward the nozzle is the seal to prevent solvent from entering the pneumatic portion of the nozzle assembly. The second o-ring 63B toward the piston prevents leakage of air into the mixture side of the nozzle assembly. Thestem portion 62 of the piston is counterbored to contain the valve seat. - The
nozzle assembly 66 includes the hydraulic nozzle 67, mounting flange 68 for holding the nozzle in the extruded manifold in the proper orientation and an o-ring seal 63A to prevent solvent leakage around the assembly. - The hydraulic nozzle 67 of the preferred embodiment of the invention, with a supply pressure of 80 psig, produces a fan shaped spray pattern which has an included angle of approximately 89 degrees and a flow rate of approximately 0.14 GPM. The
nozzle assemblies 66 in conjunction with the appropriate nozzle-to-nozzle spacing, provides the necessary distribution of mixture across the face of the blanket. - The back portion of the nozzle assembly serves as the mating surface for the
valve seat 61 contained in thestem 62 of the piston. - Figure 7 shows the web
size control valve 71 disposed in thespray bar 72. The websize control valve 71, when in the closed position, prevents the pneumatic signal from the unit control from activating the spray nozzles in the quadrant or section. - An alternative embodiment of the spray bar is shown in figures 8-10.
- The flow through spray bar of figure 8 performs the same functions as the integral flow through spray bar of figure 4 and, in addition, the valve assembly 81 thereof is commercially available. The pneumatically actuated valve assembly 81 performs all the functions of the integral valve assembly described above in reference to figures 4 and 5 with the exception that the valve is external to the spray bar manifold 84, as shown in figure 8. As shown in figure 8, the spray valve 81 is secured to the spray bar manifold 84 by a nut 85 and cotter pin 86. Each spray valve 81 also has a manual shut-off valve 82. Figure 8 also shows the web
size control valve 83. - Figure 9 shows a cross section of the spray bar manifold 84 of figure 8 with the
spray nozzle 90 disposed therein. Thespray bar manifold 94 has twopassageways 91 and 92 running lengthwise therethrough thereby forming a fluid path. Eachspray valve 90 has afluid port 93 for intake of the mixture during spraying when thespray valve 90 is pneumatically activated. Thespray bar manifold 94 also has twosmaller passages pneumatic port 95. Figure 9 also shows themanual override valve 98 and thenut 99 andcotter pin 991 for securing thespray valve 90 to thespray bar manifold 94. - Figure 10 shows the web size control valve 101 disposed in the
spray bar manifold 102 of the embodiment depicted in Fig. 8. Thepassageways smaller passageways
Claims (9)
(i) each spray system unit includes diverter means for, in a first position, permitting fluid flow from the unit's fluid input through the spray bar to the unit's fluid output and, in a second position, shunting out the fluid path through the spray bar to permit flow directly from the unit's fluid input through an alternate fluid path to the unit's fluid output, such diverter means being actuated by the wash control means; and (ii) the wash control means includes means for actuating the diverter means in the course of the wash cycle.
low pressure means, associated with each spray system unit, for producing a fluid pressure inside the fluid path in the spray bar lower than the fluid pressure in the automatic blanket wash system outside the fluid path in the spray bat at any time other than during the wash cycle.
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