Doctor blade device

US6971312B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

• Wolfgang Bayer · Meitingen, DE
• Andreas Berchtold · Lingen (Ems), DE
• Thomas Bock · Neuss, DE
• Robert Konrad · Wiesenbach, DE
• Harald Lesti · Aichach, DE
• Xaver Bachmeir · Aichach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 6, 2001
• Grant date: Dec 6, 2005
• Expiry date: Feb 7, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41F31/007
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A doctor blade device for the removal of dampening medium from a soft surface of an ink applicator roller in the inking unit of a printing machine, having at least one doctor blade placed against the surface of the roller and having an edge radius in the range of 2 mm to 10 mm.