Patent ID: 6159289
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: B05C,D21H

Abstract:
A doctoring device for an apparatus configured for applying a coating medium onto a moving base surface having a width and a direction of movement, said doctoring device comprising:a metering unit including a coater rod and a coater rod bed carrying said coater rod, said metering unit being configured for being pressed against the base surface at a contact area;a support beam attached to said coater rod bed; anda pressure-elastic support arrangement disposed between said support beam and said coater rod bed, said pressure-elastic support arrangement being supported by said support beam in at least two support directions, said support directions being perpendicular to each other, each said support direction being away from an imaginary line tangent to the base surface at the contact area, said pressure-elastic support arrangement exerting at least two forces upon said coater rod bed, each said force being independently adjustable in a respective one of said at least two support directions.