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US 6,283,028 B1Granted
Offline tubular blanket washing system
AssigneeHeidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
InventorPeter Walter Walczak
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Abstract
An offline tubular blanket washing system includes a tube washer for cleaning blanket tubes removed from a printing unit. A storage rack receives the blanket tubes cleaned in the tube washer and stores the blanket tubes for installation in the printing unit.
Claims9
An offline tubular blanket washing system for cleaning blanket tubes, comprising:
- a tube washer, the tube washer including side frames and a brush, the brush being rotably supported between the side frames, the tube washer receiving at least one blanket tube, the at least one blanket tube being mounted on storage chucks and being rotably supported between the side frames, the tube washer cleaning the at least one blanket tube removed from a printing unit;
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- a storage rack, the storage rack having two side walls defining a slot therebetween, the blanket tubes being inserted into the slot through a pickup region, the storage rack receiving the blanket tubes cleaned in the tube washer and storing the blanket tubes for installation in the printing unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.