Patent ID: 8474378

Claim:
A chamber blade/sealing assembly for use with a fluid chamber which supplies fluid to a roll, said chamber blade/sealing assembly comprising: a containment blade including an elongated thin plate having opposite ends; a wear element which increases at least one of stiffness and wear of the thin plate, the wear element mounted to a surface of the thin plate at said opposite ends thereof; and first and second end seals for sealing first and second ends of the fluid chamber, each of said first and second end seals including: at least one supporting wall, an upper concave surface on said at least one supporting wall and adapted to engage an outer surface of the roll, and a first upper supporting surface extending from one end of the upper concave surface, said first upper supporting surface adapted to receive said wear element such that said wear element does not substantially increase pressure from the roll on said containment blade at said first upper supporting surface.