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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2014
Kadant Inc., Westford, MA (US);
Allen Brauns, Sturbridge, MA (US);
David Leeman, Worcester, MA (US);
Robert Johnson, Sutton, MA (US);
Kadant, Inc., Westford, MA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a doctor blade holder system that includes a doctor blade support structure, an adjustment profiling plate, and a series of adjustment mechanisms. The doctor blade support structure includes an elongated slot for receiving a doctor blade and a separate elongated slot to house mounting hardware. The adjustable profiling plate causes pressure to be applied to the working blade in a continuous manner along the length of the working blade, wherein the profiling plate is mounted to a holder mounting plate with a series of pairs of mounting structures allowing unconstrained flexure, or rotation, of the profiling plate with respect to holder mounting plate around two axes. The series of adjustment mechanisms attach to the holder mounting plate and acting on the profiling plate, wherein the adjustment mechanisms are capable of displacing the profiling plate in a bi-directional manner.