Cleaning device for the surface of a cylinder of a printer and/or copier

A cleaning device for a surface of a cylinder of at least one of a printer and a copier, the cleaning device comprising:

• a rotatably driven cylindrical cleaning element having a longitudinal alignment, an outer periphery and a cleaning fitting on said outer periphery;
• a suctioner conducting at least one suction medium;
• said suctioner including at least one suction channel aligned towards said outer periphery of said cleaning element, extending along said longitudinal alignment of said cleaning element and having a suction channel cross section;
• said suctioner including at least one suction slit extending longitudinally of said at least one suction channel, being aligned towards said cleaning element and opening into said at least one suction channel tangentially to said suction channel cross section;
• and
• a humidifier having at least one spray bar extending longitudinally of said at least one suction channel, said at least one spray bar of said humidifier including at least one first spray bar for spraying said cleaning element with water and at least one second spray bar for spraying said cleaning element with detergent, said first and second spray bars being disposed on opposing sides of said at least one suction channel.

A cleaning device for a surface of a cylinder of at least one of a printer or a copier, the cleaning device comprising:

• a rotatably driven cylindrical cleaning element having a longitudinal alignment, an outer periphery and a cleaning fitting on said outer periphery;
• a suctioner conducting at least one suction medium;
• said suctioner including at least one suction channel aligned towards said outer periphery of said cleaning element, extending along said longitudinal alignment of said cleaning element and having a suction channel cross section;
• said suctioner including at least one suction slit extending longitudinally of said at least one suction channel, being aligned towards said cleaning element and opening into said at least one suction channel tangentially to said suction channel cross section;
• a humidifier having at least one spray bar extending longitudinally of said at least one suction channel;
• a first module including said cleaning element and drive components;
• and
• a second module including said suctioner, components of said suctioner and said humidifier;
• said second module being demountable from at least one of the printer or the copier without having to demount a component of said first module from at least one of the printer or the copier.