Patent ID: 7618518

Claim:
A doctor and doctor support in a web forming machine or web handling machine, comprising: a beam structure of composite material in the shape of a basic tube and which extends in a longitudinal direction; a doctor blade extending in the longitudinal direction and in a lateral direction; a profile piece formed of plastic or composite material having two side parts and a middle part therebetween, wherein the two side parts are sufficiently flexible so as to engage tubes of various selected diameters and are fitted over and fastened to the basis tube; a first form-locked mounting counterpiece formed by the middle part of the profile piece; a mounting piece, having a first edge fitted movably in the axial direction and fixed in the lateral direction of the blade to the beam structure by the first form-locked mounting counterpiece; and a blade holder, wherein the doctor blade is mounted to the blade holder, and the blade holder is mounted to the mounting piece.