Erasing and cleaning device for cylinders, in particular printing-form and rubber-blanket cylinders of a printing machine

摘要

In an erasing and cleaning device for cylindrical surfaces, in particular of printing-form and rubber-blanket cylinders of a printing machine, with the aid of a cleaning cloth capable of being moved by cleaning-cloth transport means, the cleaning-cloth transport means comprising a fresh-cloth roll, a pressure element, which presses the cleaning cloth against the cylindrical surface, and a dirty-cloth roll for receiving the spent cleaning cloth and cooperating with a positioning unit for the operating position and a drive, to make it easier to change the cleaning cloth and to achieve a reduction in the time taken by this change and, moreover, to make this erasing and cleaning device capable of being used universally, there is provision for the cleaning-cloth transport means together with the cleaning cloth, to be packaged in an independent cassette and to be exchangeable in this form and for the positioning unit, in the form of a running mechanism with a drive for the cassette, to be arranged permanently as a module in the printing machine.