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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2006
Christoph Henninger, Heidenheim, DE;
Horst Kaipf, Lauingen, DE;
Eckard Wozny, Heidenheim, DE;
Martin Schaubmaier, Rohrbach, AT;
Michael Heitzinger, Linz, AT;
Rüdiger Keinberger, Aigen, AT;
Christoph Henninger, Heidenheim, DE;
Horst Kaipf, Lauingen, DE;
Eckard Wozny, Heidenheim, DE;
Martin Schaubmaier, Rohrbach, AT;
Michael Heitzinger, Linz, AT;
Rüdiger Keinberger, Aigen, AT;
Voith Patent GmbH, Heidenheim, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a doctor device for metering and/or leveling a liquid to pasty medium applied to a moving surface, the surface in the case of direct application being a paper, board or other fibrous web and in the case of indirect application being the surface of a transfer element which transfers the medium to the fibrous web. The doctor device includes a cylindrical metering rod and a pressure tube, with which the metering rod can be pressed against the moving surface for the purpose of metering and/or leveling the medium applied. Additionally, the doctor device is of modular design, having a top part and a bottom part, the top part being provided with a first holder for holding the pressure tube, and the bottom part being provided with a second holder for holding a clamping tube.