Patent ID: 6979387
Filing Date: 2005-12-27
Classification: D21F,D21G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. In an apparatus comprising a doctor blade comprising a fibrous lamination impregnated with resin, and a mating member movable relative to the doctor blade, said doctor blade being in contact with said mating member for removing water from said mating member, and said fibrous lamination comprising a fibrous contacting layer in contact with said mating member, and at least one layer in addition to said fibrous contacting layer, said at least one layer being out of contact with the mating member, wherein fibers in said fibrous contacting layer are oriented substantially in the direction of movement of said mating member relative to said contacting layer, the improvement wherein the resin impregnation rate of said fibrous contacting layer is less than the resin impregnation rate of said at least one layer.