Patent ID: 6547369
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A layered cleaning blade comprising an elongated flat blade body forming a flat first surface, a thickness and an opposite flat second surface, a cleaning end and a distal mounting end, a smaller first flat wiper blade disposed on the first surface near the cleaning end to expose a first scraper edge comprised in the cleaning end, an outer surface of the first wiper blade near the cleaning end forming a first wiper surface comprised of a relatively low-hardness material, the first scraper edge comprised of a relatively high-hardness material, and a smaller second flat Wiper blade disposed on the second surface near the cleaning end to expose a second scraper edge comprised in the cleaning end, the outer surface of the second wiper blade near the cleaning end forming a second wiper surface comprised of a relatively low-hardness material, the second scraper edge comprised of a relatively high-hardness material.