Patent ID: 6651303
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: B05C,B08B,B31F,B41F,D21G,Y10T

Abstract:
A doctor blade assembly comprising:a continuous and substantially infinite doctor blade (11); a real (100), said reel (100) structured and arranged for storing the continuous and substantially infinite doctor blade (11); a feeding device (12), said feeding device (12) being structured and arranged for unwinding said continuous and substantially infinite doctor blade (11) from said reel (100); a blade holder (14) structured and arranged to receive said doctor blade (11) from said feeding device(12); and wherein the doctor blade (11) includes a plurality of notches (18a1,18a2 . . . ) formed along an edge thereof, the doctor blade being fed over a length equal to a distance (E1) between the notches, while the notches (18a1,18a2) are placed, during operation of the doctor blade (11), at both ends of the blade holder (14) and permit bending of the doctor blade (11).