Patent 7677174 was granted and assigned to Heidelberger Druckmaschinen on March, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
In a method for cleaning an anilox inking unit, a doctor bears against a roller and an intermediate roller bears against the roller and on an engraved roller. During cleaning, the intermediate roller has been or is displaced axially. Because the intermediate roller can be displaced axially, edge regions of the engraved roller can also be cleaned during a cleaning operation.