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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| RE39797 | Cleaning device for pressure cylinders of rotary printing presses A cleaning device (1) having a guide rail (3) with a longitudinally moveable carriage, to which carriage (4) a washing apparatus (5) is releasably affixed. The guide rail (3) is positionally adjustable for operationally placing the... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7240393 | Automatic clean device An automatic clean device includes a base body, a transmission element, a cleaning element and an elastic member. Wherein the transmission element and the cleaning element are disposed on the base body, the elastic member has an end connected to the cleaning element... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7217341 | Treatment equipment, including a beam, for a paper machine The invention relates to treatment equipment, including a beam, for a paper machine. The beam (12) is equipped with a shaft (15), which has a bearing assembly (16) adapted to allow the beam (12) to pivot in relation to the bearing assembl... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7207431 | Conveyor belt drip pan assembly A conveyor belt drip pan assembly having a deck frame with a main surface section for receiving falling particles from a traveling conveyor belt. Elongated upright ramp members are secured to the sides of the deck frame. A scraper blade is reciprocally movable by a ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7055675 | Conveyor belt cleaning system An assembly for cleaning a conveyor belt system is disclosed. The cleaning assembly is for a conveyor belt system with the type having first and second endless belts which each traverse a separate belt travel path and together define a generally upright article tran... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7017488 | Washing and cleaning device for cylinders, especially printing form cylinders and offset blanket cylinders in a printing machine comprising a timing mechanism for a continuous cleaning cloth An erasing and cleaning apparatus for cylinders an erasing and cleaning apparatus for cylindrical surfaces in a printing press includes a positioning unit with side walls and a cleaning cloth transport device arranged in said positioning unit and having a clean clot... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7013526 | Equipment and method for changing a blade Equipment and a method for changing a blade which is intended to be placed in a blade holder (10) and which is preferably arranged as a flexible band (16). The equipment has reels (14, 15) for keeping the band (16) reeled and transfer dev... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7011025 | Flexographic printing plate cleaner A flexographic printing plate cleaner comprises a linear actuator operably mounted relative to a plate cylinder carrying a flexographic printing plate; a frame carried by the linear actuator for movement along a path parallel to an axis of rotation of the plate cyli... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6916081 | Conveyor cleaner and ink-jet printing apparatus including it A conveyor cleaner according to the present invention comprises an adhesive layer formed by a viscous body, and a cleaning roller whose circumferential surface is covered with the adhesive layer. The cleaning roller is rotatable with the adhesive layer being in cont... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6858082 | Device for coating an element and coating process A device for coating an element is described. The device is capable of bearing and using a swab impregnated with a coating composition and includes a mobile carriage for bearing the swab. The carriage is movable along a guiding path. The device further includes an e... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6749724 | Method and arrangement in doctoring in a paper or board machine A method and arrangement in doctoring in a paper or board machine is disclosed in which the web travels through at least one press nip, in which the press nip is formed by at least a press roll and its backing roll and in which at least one roll is doctored using at... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6701105 | Cleaning member, charging device, transfer device and image forming apparatus The present invention provides a cleaning member including melamine resin foam in at least a portion that contacts an object to be cleaned. A charging device and a transfer device including the cleaning member are provided as well. An image forming appara... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6630035 | Cleaning unit for recording rotational drum and cleaning method There are provided a solution applying portion 104 disposed opposite to the outer surface of the recording rotational drum 34 such that sliding on the outer surface of the drum is permitted and arranged to apply cleaning solution to the outer surface of t... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6561096 | Cleaning device for pressure cylinders of rotary printing presses A cleaning device (1) having a guide rail (3) with a longitudinally moveable carriage, to which carriage (4) a washing apparatus (5) is releasably affixed. The guide rail (3) is positionally adjustable for operationally placing the washing apparatus (5) a... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6544388 | Oscillating doctor blade holder An apparatus for doctoring a moving surface includes a blade holder component extending longitudinally across the moving surface and carrying a doctor blade. A support component is parallel to and supports the blade holder component. A first operating mec... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6523208 | Flexible web cleaning system A web cleaning system including a stationary frame and a rotatable frame being rotatable about an axis while supported by the stationary frame. The rotatable frame supporting first and second contact cleaning rolls that are rotatable about axes and are sp... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6513432 | Device for cleaning a cylinder in a printing machine A device for cleaning a cylinder in a printing machine, the cylinder having a jacket surface with at least one raised element, includes a cleaner engageable with the jacket surface of the cylinder and being rotatable about an axis of rotation for cleaning... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6447646 | Doctor assembly in a paper machine with a jointed bearing The invention relates to a doctor assembly in a paper machine, which is intended to clean, e.g., a roll, and which includes a surface against which a doctor blade is set, a blade support for supporting the doctor blade, a frame, a jointed bearing assembly... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6401618 | Printing machine having reciprocating carriage carrying both cleaning and ink delivery devices A rotary printing machine having a cylinder, two doctor blades acting on the cylinder, and a gravity fed ink dispensing mechanism and a drum cleaning spray system provided on a reciprocating carriage. Ink is applied in excess to one of the doctor blades a... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6371025 | Apparatus and method for cleaning a tubular printing blanket An apparatus for cleaning a tubular printing blanket, comprises a first end cap mounted to a first end portion of the tubular printing blanket; a second end cap mounted to a second end portion of the tubular printing blanket, a compressed air inlet passin... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6334903 | Method and apparatus for cleaning a moving surface Method and apparatus for cleaning a moving surface, for example a roller, wire or conveyor belt. The surface is cleaned by a doctor blade having several separate blades which move in a direction transverse to the surface to be cleaned so that the blades c... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334042 | Side shifting cleaning apparatus and method A method and apparatus for increasing the useful life of cleaning members within an image forming apparatus by side shifting a cleaning member laterally in relation to a photoreceptor. In various exemplary embodiments, the cleaning apparatus includes a cl... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6299732 | Doctor beam fitted in connection with a roll or a cylinder in a paper machine or a board machine A doctor beam for mounting a doctor to a roll or cylinder in a paper or board machine. The doctor beam including a shaped face having a curvature that conforms to the curvature of the roll or cylinder being doctored.... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6248170 | Swab device for coating an element The device for coating an element with a swab impregnated with a coating composition includes a mobile carriage bearing the swab wherein the carriage is movable along a guiding path, a member for pushing the swab towards the element to be coated so that a... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6052871 | Device and method for cleaning the coverings of the mobile flats in a flat carder Device for cleaning the coverings of the mobile flats in a flat carder, consisting of a rotary brush which is parallel to the to the cards, provided with mobile cleaning equipment, comprising a toothed rake which moves transversely to the brush, and a fix... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5983050 | Image forming apparatus with variable capacity cleaning means An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrying member for carrying an image; a recording material carrying member for carrying a recording material; a transfer device for transferring the image from the image carrying member to the recording mater... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5964007 | Apparatus to clean ink and coating from contact cleaning rolls A method and cleaning system to clean ink and coating from contact cleaner rolls. The contact cleaning rolls are located on a turret and as one contact cleaning roll is indexed sequentially out of contact with the imaging surface and into contact with a p... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5893450 | Roller conveyor cleaning apparatus An apparatus for cleaning the rollers of a roller conveyor. The apparatus comprises a platform frictionally engaging a plurality of the rollers such that the apparatus is conveyed along the roller conveyor by the rotation of the rollers, and a first clean... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5884751 | Method for cleaning the rollers of a roller conveyor A method for cleaning the rollers of a roller conveyor. The method comprises engaging a first cleaning element in contact with the rollers and conveying the first cleaning element along the roller conveyor such that the first cleaning element engages a po... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5868841 | Blade holder with swiveling device for positioning with respect to a device for transporting a material web A blade holder for disposing a blade proximate to a roll for transporting a continuous web of material includes a blade positioned transversely to a direction of movement of a continuous web of material. The blade tensioning device is disposed on a blade ... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5851392 | Process and apparatus for doctoring solids from a rotary filter The present invention provides a self cleaning doctor blade which is a floating blade containing beveled edges or "relief gaps" comprising beveled mitered leading edges on each blade. This arrangement allows for the blades as a whole to remain free from b... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5689769 | Semi-automatic exit window cleaner A semi-automatic exit window cleaner which includes a wiper for contacting an exit window. The wiper attaches to a wiper operation mechanism which swipes the wiper across the exit window when an operator accessed compartment or drawer is moved. Beneficial... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5674361 | Apparatus for adjusting creping blade load and maintaining creping blade angle of a doctor blade A creping system includes a Yankee dryer rotatable about its axis, a blade support mechanism which includes (a) a pair of guide rails, (b) a fixed attitude linear bearing engaging and translatable along each of the guide rails, each fixed attitude linear ... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5655252 | Dust-removing apparatus A dust-removing apparatus for removing dust from a dusty surface of a material. The apparatus includes a dust-removing member for picking up dust from a dusty surface in association with continuous and alternate movement of various portions of a dust-remo... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5597419 | Slow brush rotation in standby to avoid brush flat spots An apparatus and method for moving a cleaning brush, periodically or continuously, to avoid flat spots or voids in the cleaning brush fibers when the printing machine is in standby or off. Periodic movement of the cleaning brush or slow rotation of the cl... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5575327 | Strip casting apparatus Apparatus for casting metal strip comprises casting rolls (12), metal delivery means (13, 14, 15, 16) into the nip (17) between the casting rolls (12) whereby to produce a cast metal strip (19). Roll cleaning brush devices (21) comprise brush head mountin... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5534983 | Image forming apparatus having a transfer member cleaning device An image forming apparatus having a first convey device for conveying recording material to an image forming position where a toner image is formed on the recording material, the first convey device having a recording material bearing member for bearing t... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5519914 | Contact type automatic roll cleaner Cleaning cloth supply and take-up spools are mounted by rodless supports for rotation about spaced, parallel axes in a frame that is connected to a pneumatic cylinder for reciprocation between opposite ends of a rotating process roll the surface of which ... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5489364 | Method for adjusting creping blade load and maintaining creping blade angle of a doctor blade A creping system includes a Yankee dryer rotatable about its axis, a blade support mechanism which includes (a) a pair of guide rails, (b) a fixed attitude linear bearing engaging and translatable along each of the guide rails, each fixed attitude linear ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5375285 | Apparatus for cleaning cylindrical outer surface of a disk The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for manufacturing a disk-type information recording medium such as an optical disk. The method and apparatus of the present invention involves the concept of automatically removing any surplus organi... | 12/27/1994 |
