EP0562281B1 - Vorrichtung zur wahlweisen Reinigung mehrerer Zylinder - Google Patents

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EP0562281B1
EP0562281B1 EP93102614A EP93102614A EP0562281B1 EP 0562281 B1 EP0562281 B1 EP 0562281B1 EP 93102614 A EP93102614 A EP 93102614A EP 93102614 A EP93102614 A EP 93102614A EP 0562281 B1 EP0562281 B1 EP 0562281B1
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Gerhard Loos
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F35/00—Cleaning arrangements or devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41P—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO PRINTING, LINING MACHINES, TYPEWRITERS, AND TO STAMPS
    • B41P2235/00—Cleaning
    • B41P2235/10—Cleaning characterised by the methods or devices
    • B41P2235/20—Wiping devices
    • B41P2235/24—Wiping devices using rolls of cleaning cloth
    • B41P2235/246—Pressing the cleaning cloth against the cylinder

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  • the invention relates to a washing device for the optional cleaning of several cylinders of a sheet-fed printing machine.
  • a device for washing several cylinders of a sheet-fed printing press in which a washing roller mounted on a lever can be brought into cleaning contact by pivoting the lever either with a rubber cylinder or with a printing cylinder.
  • Two separate drive mechanisms are provided for cleaning the two cylinders. When swiveling away from the one cylinder, the first pressure connection is released, while swiveling towards the other cylinder, the second pressure connection is established.
  • the use of two pressure mechanisms requires the provision of two complete, independent drive systems. The cost of material, manufacture, assembly and maintenance is undesirably high in such a device with high quality requirements.
  • a washing device for cleaning a plurality of cylinders is known from EP 0 334 173 A1.
  • pivoting of a pressure element between two cylinders to be cleaned is provided, for example, an additional pressure element being required for cleaning a third cylinder.
  • An elaborate control of the cloth feed is intended to prevent the piece of cloth soiled by one cylinder from being used to clean the next cylinder.
  • a blanket washing device in which a wash cloth is in cleaning contact with the blanket cylinder with the aid of a pressure brush.
  • the wipe and pressure brush are arranged in a swivel frame. After the cleaning process is finished, the wiping cloth and the pressure brush are turned off by slightly swiveling the swivel frame from the cleaning position. Before the washing process is carried out again, the swivel frame with the wiping cloth and the pressure brush is swiveled back into the cleaning position.
  • the present invention is based on the problem of making a washing device for the optional cleaning of a plurality of cylinders of a printing press simple and with a minimum of effort.
  • the problem is solved by an embodiment of a washing device for the optional cleaning of a plurality of cylinders of a sheet-fed printing machine in accordance with the features of claim 1.
  • Advantageous refinements result from subclaims 2 to 6.
  • Another advantage is the reduction of the resources used, as well as the manufacturing and adjustment effort for the contact. Due to the swiveling training the Control effort for the cloth feed is minimized when cleaning several cylinders while maintaining an optimal cleaning quality.
  • An advantageous feature is an optimal cleaning of the cylinders with easy access to the cylinders.
  • the means for pivoting the cylinders can be provided entirely in the area of the machine side frames. Since neither air hoses nor other pivoting elements are thus required on the insertable device for the optional cleaning of a plurality of cylinders, this can also be designed simply and inexpensively while maintaining the advantages of pushing the washing device in and out. At the same time, the space between the two machine side frames can be kept free of additional space-grabbing elements for pivoting.
  • the design according to the invention enables a particularly simple design and arrangement of all drive means required for such a device in a sheet-fed printing press. Additional protection and space provision measures for the drive means in the space between the machine side frames are not required.
  • the arrangement of the moistening system for the cleaning cloth is particularly advantageous. Due to the one-time arrangement which is fixed to the machine in a device for the optional cleaning of several cylinders of a sheet-fed printing press, there is no need to operate the supply line and storage container for reliable moistening for a pivotable arrangement.
  • a washing device 1 is arranged between the machine side frames 29 and 30 for cleaning a blanket cylinder 2, as shown in FIG. 1, and for cleaning a printing cylinder 3 of a sheet-fed offset printing press, as shown in FIG. 2.
  • the washing device 1 consists of two bearing plates 7a facing the machine side frames 29 and 30 and 7b (not shown), in which a clean cloth winding roll 4 and a dirty cloth winding roll 6 are rotatably mounted parallel to the cylinders 2 and 3.
  • a cleaning cloth 5 is stretched between the cleaning cloth winding roll 4 and the dirty cloth winding roll 6.
  • the cleaning cloth 5 is guided over a pressure element 9, which, as shown in FIG. 11, consists of a membrane 40 which is stretched over a sealing body 42.
  • a pressure chamber 43 which is connected to a compressed air connection, not shown.
  • a spherical central region 41 of the pressure membrane 40 is pressed outwards by the pressure chamber 43.
  • the cleaning cloth 5 for cleaning is applied to the corresponding cylinder 2 or 3 to be cleaned.
  • the pressure membrane 40 relaxes and that Cleaning cloth 5 is returned in a known manner to the starting position shown in a line.
  • each bearing plate 8 and 15 is mounted on pivot shafts 22 and 16 which are rotatably mounted concentrically with one another in the machine side frames 29, 30.
  • the bearing plate 15 assigned to the left machine side frame 30 is, as shown in FIG. 5, fastened on the pivot shaft 16.
  • the pivot shaft 16 is extended to the outside by the left machine side frame 30.
  • a lever 17 is attached to this extension.
  • the piston rod 18 of a pneumatic cylinder 19 is articulated.
  • the pneumatic cylinder 19 is pivoted on the machine side frame 30.
  • the bearing plate 8 assigned to the right machine side frame 29 is rotatably mounted on the pivot shaft 22, as shown in FIG. 8.
  • a bearing plate 21 is rotatably mounted on the extension of the pivot shaft 22 which extends through the machine side frame 29 to the outside.
  • a lever 23 is fastened to the bearing plate 8 and is rotatably mounted concentrically to the pivot shaft 22 in the machine side frame 29 at one end.
  • a piston rod 24 of a pneumatic cylinder 25 is articulated.
  • the pneumatic cylinder 25 is pivotally articulated on the bearing plate 21.
  • the two bearing plates 8 and 15 are each formed on their side facing the washing device 1 with parallel guide rails 11.
  • the two bearing plates 7a and 7b of the washing device 1 are each on the machine side frames 29, 30 behind externally pointing sides two bearing bolts 45, 47 and 44, 46 attached.
  • the two bearing bolts 45 and 44 or the two bearing bolts 46 and 47 are each aligned coaxially with one another.
  • the bearing bolts 44 to 47 are designed so that they serve to safely guide the washing device by engagement of the bearing bolts in the guide rails 10 and 11, respectively.
  • the pivot shaft 22 is, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 10, formed in its end region to a driving fork 35.
  • a driver 36 corresponding to the shape of the driver fork 35 is rotatably mounted.
  • a gear 37 is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the driver 36 and is in engagement with an intermediate gear 38 which is rotatably mounted in the bearing plate 7.
  • the gearwheel 38 meshes with a gearwheel 39 which is rotatably fastened on the axis of the dirty tissue winding roller 6 and which is connected to the dirty tissue winding roller 6 via a one-way clutch.
  • the washing device 1 is inserted to produce the working position with the aid of the bearing bolts 44 to 47 via the guide 12 fixed to the housing and then via the guide rails 10 and 11 set and locked in their pivoting position for cleaning the blanket cylinder until the bearing bolts 44 and 45 cooperate with a stop in the guide rails 10 and 11.
  • the device By means of the bolts 46 and 47, the device can be locked by engaging in the bores 49 in the bearing plates 7 and 8.
  • the pivot shaft 16 and thus the bearing plate 8 can be pivoted from its blanket cylinder washing position, as shown in FIG. 3, into the printing cylinder washing position, as shown in FIG. 4.
  • the pivoting path is limited by the two stops 13 and 14 in the machine side frames.
  • the driver 36 and with it the gear 37 can be pivoted via the pivot shaft 22 and the driving fork 35, as shown in FIGS. 8 to 10.
  • the gear 39 is rotated via the intermediate gear 38, as a result of which the dirty-cloth winding roll 6 is rotated for further rolling up the cleaning cloth 5.
  • the Dirt winder roll can only be moved in one direction using the freewheel.
  • a sheet guide plate 20 can be attached to the washing device 1 for safe sheet guidance during sheet travel so that it is in the rest position of the washing device 1, which corresponds to the working position for cleaning the blanket cylinder 2, in the area above of the printing cylinder 3 from the printing cylinder 3 with the help of grabs conveyed paper sheets from above in their course. In this way, damage to the paper sheets and the washing device 1 by flutter effects can be avoided.
  • the washing device If the washing device is to be removed from its position in order to provide better access to the blanket cylinder 2 or the impression cylinder 3, it will be in its working position for cleaning the blanket cylinder after releasing the locking with the bearing bolts 46 and 47 to the bearing plates 8 and 15 opposite the Guide rails 10 and 11 and after the driving fork 35 has been aligned with its fork opening parallel to the guide rail 11, retracted along the guide rails 10, 11 and 12 into a waiting position, not shown, or, in particular for changing the washcloth, removed from the machine.
  • the position of the fork opening is advantageously chosen so that it is aligned parallel to the guide rail 11 in the starting position of the cloth feed. After each cloth advance, the fork opening is brought back into this parallel position by moving the pneumatic cylinder piston back to its starting position. A freewheel prevents the cloth from turning back.
  • a cleaning agent application device 48 is of a known type fastened between the machine side frames 29, 30 in the area of the rubber cylinder 2 above the washing device 1 in the direction of rotation of the rubber cylinder 2.
  • the detergent can be applied to the cleaning cloth in a known manner from the outside in the rubber cylinder washing position, which is used more frequently due to the higher degree of soiling.

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