Patent ID: 6053102
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
A chamber doctor for inking a cylinder in a printing machine, which cylinder has depressions for receiving ink, the chamber doctor comprising: a chamber doctor body; at least one doctor blade; lateral side parts, the chamber doctor body, the at least one doctor blade and the side parts being arranged to define an ink chamber that is open toward the cylinder; means for movably supporting the doctor blade at the chamber doctor body; means for moving the doctor blade relative to the chamber doctor body so that the doctor blade is automatically readjusted to compensate for wear, and further so that parts of the doctor blade and chamber doctor body which come into contact with ink are movable away from one another; and sealing means having an element attached to the doctor blade and a further element attached to the chamber doctor body, the elements cooperating to form a seal and being moveable away from one another.