公开(公告)号：US20180056645A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-01

申请号：US15244841

申请日：2016-08-23

Applicant: PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED

Inventor： Timothy D. STOWE ,  Gregory B. ANDERSON ,  Martin J. SHERIDAN

IPC: B41F35/06 ,  B41F7/02

Abstract: A variable lithographic cleaning apparatus, system and method works on the principle that dust and ink residue may be transferred from a lower surface energy reimageable conformable blanket surface to a higher surface energy surface low durometer cleaning member, such as the tacky roller, and then to an even higher surface energy cleaning member, such as the hard roller, which is hard and robust to scratching. The hard roller can then been scrubbed clean by an ink flushing device having a third cleaning member, such as a melamine sponge, wetted with a cleaning solution with the hard roller dried upon each rotation.