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US 12,162,047 B2Granted
Cleaning system and method
AssigneeAbsolute Engineering Limited
InventorsStephen Broadbent, Antony Whiteside
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AssigneeAbsolute Engineering Limited
InventorsStephen Broadbent, Antony Whiteside
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There is disclosed an ultrasonic cleaning bar for cleaning a roller of a printing machine. The ultrasonic cleaning bar comprises: an elongate body defining a longitudinal axis; a doctor blade supported by the body; an ultrasonic transducer for generating ultrasonic waves within the cleaning fluid; and first and second formations positioned at longitudinally opposite ends of the body, the first formation being releasably engageable with a first mounting bracket of the printing machine and the second formation being releasably engageable with a second mounting bracket of the printing machine; and wherein, when the first and second formations are engaged with the first and second brackets, the doctor blade engages a surface of the roller, such that the body, the doctor blade and the roller define a trough therebetween configured to contain a cleaning fluid which contacts the roller.
An ultrasonic cleaning bar for cleaning a roller of a printing machine, the ultrasonic cleaning bar comprising:
An ultrasonic cleaning bar bracket assembly for a printing machine, wherein the bracket assembly comprises first and second brackets for mounting either end of a roller, wherein each bracket comprises a first formation and a second formation, the first and second formations being configured to releasably engage corresponding formations of the ultrasonic cleaning bar, wherein the first formation of each bracket defines an upper channel and the second formation of each bracket defines a lower channel, each of the upper and lower channels being configured to receive a corresponding protrusion of the ultrasonic cleaning bar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.