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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2007
Thomas Allen Holecek, Lexington, KY (US);
Robert L. Paterson, Nicholasville, KY (US);
Thomas Allen Holecek, Lexington, KY (US);
Robert L. Paterson, Nicholasville, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A method for measuring geometric deviations of a doctor blade using an apparatus, including initializing the apparatus, mounting the doctor blade to a doctor blade holding device, illuminating the doctor blade with light, positioning a first portion of the doctor blade at an optical axis of a camera, obtaining a first image signal from the camera that corresponds to the first portion of the doctor blade, generating a first doctor blade geometry value associated with the first image signal, and determining if a first geometric deviation of the doctor blade is within acceptable tolerance using the first doctor blade geometry value.