Device for cleaning bearing surfaces on rotating cylinders

Device for cleaning cylinder bearers of rotary printing-unit cylinders having cylinder bearers mounted at respective end faces of at least two of the cylinders for attaining a defined spacing between respective axes of the two cylinders, the cylinder bearers being rotatable with the two cylinders, respectively, and being rollable on one another while being in continuous contact with one another, comprising at least one cleaning element movable toward and into engagement with a bearing surface of one of the cylinder bearers, respectively, by a pressure medium, and movable away from the bearing surface, said cleaning element being impregnatable with a fluid;

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• a guide having guide surfaces surrounding said at least one cleaning element and providing a travel path for said at least one cleaning element in said movement toward and away from the bearing surface of one of the cylinder bearers.