US3194156A - Cleaning scrapers for twin cylinder stencil duplicators - Google Patents

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US3194156A
US3194156A US293523A US29352363A US3194156A US 3194156 A US3194156 A US 3194156A US 293523 A US293523 A US 293523A US 29352363 A US29352363 A US 29352363A US 3194156 A US3194156 A US 3194156A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41L—APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR MANIFOLDING, DUPLICATING OR PRINTING FOR OFFICE OR OTHER COMMERCIAL PURPOSES; ADDRESSING MACHINES OR LIKE SERIES-PRINTING MACHINES
    • B41L41/00—Cleaning arrangements or devices
    • B41L41/04—Cleaning arrangements or devices for inking rollers
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    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F35/00—Cleaning arrangements or devices
    • B41F35/003—Cleaning arrangements or devices for screen printers or parts thereof
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F35/00—Cleaning arrangements or devices
    • B41F35/003—Cleaning arrangements or devices for screen printers or parts thereof
    • B41F35/004—Cleaning arrangements or devices for screen printers or parts thereof for cylindrical screens
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41L—APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR MANIFOLDING, DUPLICATING OR PRINTING FOR OFFICE OR OTHER COMMERCIAL PURPOSES; ADDRESSING MACHINES OR LIKE SERIES-PRINTING MACHINES
    • B41L13/00—Stencilling apparatus for office or other commercial use
    • B41L13/04—Stencilling apparatus for office or other commercial use with curved or rotary stencil carriers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41L—APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR MANIFOLDING, DUPLICATING OR PRINTING FOR OFFICE OR OTHER COMMERCIAL PURPOSES; ADDRESSING MACHINES OR LIKE SERIES-PRINTING MACHINES
    • B41L13/00—Stencilling apparatus for office or other commercial use
    • B41L13/18—Inking units

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  • This invention concerns improvements in or relating to duplicators, and more particularly twin cylinder stencil duplicators, i.e. duplicators in which the stencil is adapted to. be fitted over an ink screen mounted around two printing cylinders rotatable about parallel axes and positioned one above the other.
  • An existing apparatus used to ole-an the cylinders comprises a frame which carries an elongated rectangular cleaning card and which is, after removal or" the ink screen and inking rollers, adapted to be clipped into the space between the printing cylinders so that the card extends with its direction of length parallel to the cylinder axes and with its plane parallel to the plane passing through such axes, so that the upper edge of the card engages the periphery of the upper cylinder, whilst the lower edge of the card engages the periphery of the lower cylinder.
  • Cleaning is effected by applying such apparatus to the cylinders and then rotating the latter thereby causing the ink to be scraped from the cylinders onto the edges of the card.
  • Such apparatus suffers from the disadvantage that it requires considerable etlcrt on the part of the operator to turn the cylinder against the force provided by the card and that, when the cylinders are stopped and the apparatus removed, lines of ink deposit remain on the cylinders along the line of contact therewith of the edges of the card, particularly the lower card edge.
  • 1 t is an object of this invention to provide an improved cleaning apparatus for twin cylinder stencil duplicators.
  • the apparatus of this invention comprises a holder adapted, in use of the apparatus, to receive a card or cards in such a position that the card or cards have two cleaning edge portions which can be applied against the two cylinders so that such edge portions are in contact with the cylinders, one with each cylinder, the cleaning edge portions projecting from the holder at angles of less than 90 to a plane which is parallel to the plane through the cylinder axes, such angles being measured in the same direction in such plane.
  • a duplicator stands on a horizontal surface and the plane through the cylinder axes is Vertical.
  • each of the said cleaning edge portions will project at an angle of less than 90 to the vertical and they will both be generally directed upwardly or downwardly.
  • both cylinders of a twin cylinder duplicator rotate in the same rotational direction.
  • the cylinders would be rotated in the diretcion which would cause each cleaning edge to have a shaving action on the cylinder which it engages.
  • the known apparatus previously men tioned, because one edge portion of the cleaning card projects upwardly and the opposite edge portion projects downwardly, has one edge portion shaving its cylinder and the other edge portion riding over its cylinder whatever the direotion of rotation of the two cylinders.
  • the apparatus of this invention gives better and more uniform cleaning results.
  • the edge portions are arranged to extend upwardly in use of the apparatus so that ink scraped from the cylinders will tend to run onto the card, rather than drip or fall therefrom, as might occur if the edge portions extended downwardly.
  • the edge portions may conveniently be arranged so that each makes the same angle with the tangent to the appropriate cylinder at the point of contact of the edge portion with the latter. A suitable value for such angle is between 20 and 30.
  • the holder could be adapted to receive a single wide card retain the latter in such a bent form that the upper and lower edges of the card project from the holder at the appropriate angles, advantageously the holder is adapted to receive and retain two narrow strips of card with longitudinal edges of such strips projecting from the holder at the appropriate angles.
  • the holder is provided with two spaced strip-receiving slots arranged at the appropriate angles.
  • the card or cards when mounted in the holder, project outwardly from one side thereof for easy removal of the card or cards without the necessity of touching the inky edges thereof.
  • the holder may comprise a body having the said edges projecting from its upper and lower sides and having between such edges a hollow space serving as a ma azine or container for unused cards or strips.
  • the holder could be of a form adapted simply to be held in the hand and pressed between the cylinders so that the card edges are pressed onto the cylinders, preferably the holder is adapted to be mountable on the duplicator itself for accurate positioning of the cleaning edges relatively to cylinders.
  • the holder is pivotably mountable on the duplicator, for example by the body of the holder being carried on two transversely spaced arms projecting outwardly from a shaft adapted to be mounted at its ends removably in journals in the side frames of the duplicator between which the cylinders are mounted.
  • the apparatus could be bi-assed, e.g. spring biassed, towards the cylinders to maintain the edges against the latter.
  • FIGURE 1 is a front elevation'of one embodiment of cleaning apparatus according to the present invention.
  • FIGURE 2 is a cross-section on the line 11-41 of FIG" URE 1, to an enlarged scale, and shown in the operative position, adjacent portions of the twin cylinders of a rotary duplicator.
  • the apparatus of the present invention comprises a card holder ill having transversely spaced side arms 11 projecting outwardly from a shaft 12 adapted to be mounted at its ends removably in journals 3-9 in the side frames 31 of the duplicator between which the cylinders are mounted. Between the side arms 11 extend a cover sheet 13 to which is secured a handle 14 by which the holder may be manually pivoted. A plate 15 having an aperture 16 defines with cover plate 13 a chamber 17. i
  • the holder also includes two sets of spaced apart jaws 1d and 19, each having a card receiving slot therebe-tween.
  • the drawings show two cards 26 and 21 fitted into these slots and 19 respectively.
  • a mounting bar for the ink screen extends across the cylinders parallel to the axes thereof and it is necessary, in such duplicators, for the apparatus according to this invention to be periodically moved away cleaning from the cylinders, to allow the mounting bar to pass by the apparatus. Although such periodic movement could be carried out manually, it is preferred that means he provided to ensure that it occurs automatically.
  • the position and angles of jaws 1'8 and 19 is such that a piece of card placed therebetween is arranged to project therefrom in a plane at an angle of less than 90 to the vertical plane passing through the axes of the cylinders of the duplicating machine. As shown, the angles are such that the plane of the projecting portion of each of the cards 20 and 21 is at an angle of approximately 26 30 minutes to the tangent of each cylinder at the point of contact of the edge portion with the latter.
  • the silk screen is removed from the cylinders of the rotary duplicating machine and the latter are rotated slowly in a clockwise direction, as shown in FIGURE 2, and the holder 16 ⁇ is urged manually or by spring 32 towards the axes of the cylinders, the cards 20 and 21 thus scraping the ink from the two cylinders.
  • the moving of the cleaning edges away from the cylinders is effected by the operating cam of the duplicating machine acting on lug 22. Because such movement occurs as the cylinders are rotating, no lines of ink deposit remain on the cylinders and thus the movement is advantageously made even in dnp-licators where it is not otherwise necessary to provide for such movement away from the cylinders.
  • the chamber 17 is of such a shape that it is particularly convenient to use it as a magazine or container for the strips or cards. A quantity of strips or cards are simply flexed and sprung into place in the chamber 17, where they are retained in place by their own resilience and by plate 15,
  • a rotary duplicator comprising side members, two cylinders mounted between said side members, surfaces on said cylinders and means for rotating said cylinders about parallel axes and in the same direction, an apparatus for cleaning said cylinder surfaces, such apparatus including a holder, a shaft in said holder, journal means on said side members for receiving said shaft for pivota-lly mounting said holder, a pair of parallel spaced apart jaws secured to said holder, means defining in each said jaw a card receiving slot parallel to said axes, a strip of card held in each said slot and extending beyond one end of said slot and two cleaning edge portions, one on each said card, operatively positioned by said slot defining means to be pressed against said twin cylinders simultaneously at an angle between 20 and 30 to said cylinder surfaces so as to be in shaving relation therewith, means defining a chamber between said jaws said chamber serving as a container for unused strips of card, spring means uring said holder towards said twin cylinders, support means associated with said journal means, cam follower means connected to

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US1138342A (en) * 1912-03-07 1915-05-04 Wood & Nathan Company Cleaning device for intaglio plates.
US1872727A (en) * 1930-02-01 1932-08-23 Dick Co Ab Duplicating machine
US1906374A (en) * 1931-03-30 1933-05-02 Dick Co Ab Duplicating with the aid of stencils
US2011657A (en) * 1934-10-23 1935-08-20 Simon Abraham Coupon ticket printing machine
US2203273A (en) * 1936-12-11 1940-06-04 Gardiner S Conveyors Ltd Milling machinery
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US4311094A (en) * 1979-03-12 1982-01-19 Ellison Lloyd W Method and apparatus for removing foreign matter from a printing press plate cylinder
DE3824236C1 (de) * 1988-07-16 1989-12-28 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Ag, 6900 Heidelberg, De
US5020433A (en) * 1988-07-16 1991-06-04 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Ag Device for cleaning a plate cylinder and/or a blanket cylinder of an offset printing machine, and method of operating the device
US5021124A (en) * 1989-02-15 1991-06-04 Valmet Paper Machinery Inc. Double doctor for a paper machine and method for adjustment of same
DE19524640A1 (de) * 1995-07-06 1997-01-09 Heidelberger Druckmasch Ag Wascheinrichtung für Zylinder einer Druckmaschine

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