Integrated doctor blade and back-up blade

Details Integrated doctor blade and back-up blade Integrated doctor blade and back-up blade

1994-10-26

1997-06-17

Burr, Edgar S.

Printing

Intaglio

Wipers

101 15, 118261, B41F 1542, B41F 382

Patent

active

056387512

ABSTRACT:
A wiping blade, especially useful as a doctor blade for gravure printing and made from a single piece of unitary material, e.g., metal, is provided. The doctor blade has a top surface and a planar bottom surface spaced from the top surface. Front and rear longitudinal edges are spaced from and parallel to each other. The blade has a backup portion which has a first thickness and extends a first distance from the rear edge toward the front edge. The blade also has a doctor blade portion that extends a second distance from the backup portion toward the front edge and has a second thickness less than the first thickness. Furthermore, the doctor blade can include a blade tip portion that extends a third distance from the doctor blade portion to the front longitudinal edge and which has a third thickness less than the second thickness. The blade tip portion may also have an angled tip end at the front longitudinal edge angled upward from the planar bottom surface. A method of manufacturing the doctor blade is also provided.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3884145 (1975-05-01), Datwyler
patent: 4184429 (1980-01-01), Widmer
patent: 4586212 (1986-05-01), Gasser
patent: 4895071 (1990-01-01), Benton
patent: 5145724 (1992-09-01), Yanai et al.

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