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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7958593 | Wiper mechanism In one embodiment, the present invention includes a protective member to be adapted about a roller of a moving assembly and to ride along a path of the roller. In this way, debris is prevented from contacting the roller. In one particular embodiment, the protective ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7913350 | Device for setting a brush onto a roll The invention relates to a device for placing a brush (1) against rollers (2), for example in roll stands, in particular against the working and/or support roller of a roll stand for the hot rolling of aluminium, wherein the brush (1) is mounted... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7805801 | Apparatus for cleaning a rubbing cloth An apparatus for cleaning a rubbing cloth disposed on an alignment roller includes: a first support member to be disposed parallel to the alignment roller; a second support member to be disposed parallel to the alignment roller and spaced apart from the first suppor... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7788762 | Method for shaping a roll cleaning brush, and a cleaning brush shaped according to the method The invention relates to a method for shaping a roll cleaning brush (1), particularly for working rolls, for use in metal and, in particular, aluminum hot strip mills, comprising a brush lining (2). The inventive brush also comprises a supporting base ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7665178 | Scraper blade mounting device The invention relates to a scraper blade holding device which comprises a cover plate and a base plate. The cover plate and the base plate are pivotable relative to one another about an axis. The axis is formed by a bearing tube, which is a component of the base pla... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7559111 | Apparatus for cleaning a rubbing cloth An apparatus for cleaning a rubbing cloth disposed on an alignment roller includes: a first support member to be disposed parallel to the alignment roller; a second support member to be disposed parallel to the alignment roller and spaced apart from the first suppor... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7431801 | Creping blade A creping blade including a body having a leading side, a trailing side, and working end including a bevel surface. The bevel surface is defined by a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein the trailing edge of the creping blade has a trailing edge radius of great... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7424946 | Roller cleaning system A roller cleaning system (10) for an oven (20) equipped with a series of motorized rollers (21) each of which is in turn connected to a relative motor-reducer (24) for rotation activation, in turn connected to a relative frequency convert... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7399382 | Device for cleaning a roll in a paper production plant A device for cleaning a roll in a paper production plant has a doctor blade assigned to the surface of the roll. The doctor blade is mounted such that it can be pivoted with respect to the roll by two bearing journals that are aligned parallel to the axis of the rol... | 07/15/2008 |
| RE40373 | Card cleaning device A card cleaning device for use in an image forming machine includes a frame adapted for installation into an appropriately configured image forming machine, a bottom card cleaning roller having a shaft removably coupled to the frame and adapted for cleaning a card b... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7332033 | Doctor bed A doctor bed is provided for holding a circularly cylindrical metering rod, including a housing of a homogenous material, which is designed with a cross section at right angles to the cylinder longitudinal axis of the metering rod and has a circularly cylindrical re... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7311804 | Universal doctor blade with indicia Doctor blades are provided for multiple positions within a paper or board making machine. A single doctor blade of a standard length or a reel of doctor blade material has markings which permit a variety of doctor blade sizes to be readily cut. If a standard length ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7287297 | Pressure pad for cleaning fabric A cleaning apparatus includes a pressure pad for a cleaning fabric. The pressure pad comprises a particular portion formed on a base portion. The base portion has a predetermined hardness. The particular portion has a predetermined hardness which is lower than the h... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287471 | Ink reservoir doctor blade A color chamber doctor blade has two doctor blade knives oriented in a roof-like fashion against a roller, from which the two doctor blade knives can be fixed on a doctor blade chamber body by means of a clamping plate. The clamping plate is in active connection wit... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7283781 | High load low load cleaning blade assembly A high load low load cleaning blade assembly provided for cleaning a toner image bearing surface includes a blade member having a first edge mounted to a frame, a second and opposite edge for contacting and loading against the toner image bearing surface, and a blad... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278910 | Wheel scraper for a floor sander A wheel scraper for a floor sander attaches to the swivel support wheel of a floor sander and scraper debris from the support wheel in order to prevent debris accumulation on the support wheel. The device includes a frame that attaches to the floor sander and that p... | 10/09/2007 |
| RE39797 | Cleaning device for pressure cylinders of rotary printing presses A cleaning device (1) having a guide rail (3) with a longitudinally moveable carriage, to which carriage (4) a washing apparatus (5) is releasably affixed. The guide rail (3) is positionally adjustable for operationally placing the... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7251432 | System for collecting an unfixed developer with an airflow The invention provides a fixing unit including a fixing roller and a pressure roller pressed against the fixing roller inside a housing, for holding and conveying a sheet carrying an image formed by a developer between the fixing roller and the pressure roller thus ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7240393 | Automatic clean device An automatic clean device includes a base body, a transmission element, a cleaning element and an elastic member. Wherein the transmission element and the cleaning element are disposed on the base body, the elastic member has an end connected to the cleaning element... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7175742 | Doctor blade In a doctor blade, which suppresses abrasion of a mating member and excels in water removal capability and shape retention capacity over a long time, resin is impregnated into a fibrous laminate composed of base materials and batt layers integrated by needle punchin... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7152526 | Surface treated doctor blade Disclosed is a surface treated doctor blade in which the surface of at least the blade edge portion thereof consists of a surface treatment coating film composed of a first layer consisting of a specific nickel-based plating and a second layer provided thereon which... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147754 | System for keeping calender rolls of a paper machine clean A system for maintaining calender rolls of a paper machine clean when producing high-gloss paper or coated paper, such as LWC or MWC. To prevent a coating agent, such as coating dye, from adhering onto and soiling a smooth surface of a calender roll, with an overhea... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7114437 | Method and apparatus for shifting a doctor blade A method for shifting a doctor blade in its longitudinal direction, the doctor blade being set against a cylinder of a printing machine, wherein the shift movement of the doctor blade is such that, for most of the time of the print operation, the shift velocity of t... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7114610 | Conveyor belt cleaning system An assembly and method for cleaning a conveyor belt system is disclosed. The cleaning assembly is for removing liquids and solids from an endless conveyor belt, the assembly includes a plurality of laterally extending liquid absorbent material sheets disposed adjace... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7104216 | Coating liquid application apparatus for ink-printed medium and image printing apparatus having same A coating liquid application apparatus is capable of automatically and properly applying to a printed surface of a print medium a coating liquid, such as coating materials that improve weatherability of the printed surface. For that purpose, the apparatus includes a... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7096529 | Box finishing machine with cleaning apparatus and method A corrugated box finishing machine has a station where dust, debris and other particles are cleaned from the corrugated boards before they are conveyed to the printing station. Electrostatic charges on the particles are neutralized by a static bar and the particles ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7056384 | Strip brush bowling lane dressing application mechanism A bowling lane conditioning machine has dressing application mechanism that includes an elongated, non-rotating strip brush which transfers dressing from a dispensing means to another surface, such as a bristle-type, lane-engaging applicator roll, a metal transfer r... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7033459 | Arrangement for doctoring a belt or a soft roll surfacing in a paper or board machine An arrangement for doctoring a belt or a soft roll surfacing in a paper or board machine includes a doctor set in connection with a surface with a doctor blade fitted in it for doctoring the surface. The doctor blade is at least partly of a material, the hardness of... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7024127 | Image forming apparatus including a cleaning member featuring a changeable abutting pressure An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit for forming a developer image on a first image bearing member, a transferring unit for transferring the developer image on the first image bearing member onto a second image bearing member, a cleaning member ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7017488 | Washing and cleaning device for cylinders, especially printing form cylinders and offset blanket cylinders in a printing machine comprising a timing mechanism for a continuous cleaning cloth An erasing and cleaning apparatus for cylinders an erasing and cleaning apparatus for cylindrical surfaces in a printing press includes a positioning unit with side walls and a cleaning cloth transport device arranged in said positioning unit and having a clean clot... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7013526 | Equipment and method for changing a blade Equipment and a method for changing a blade which is intended to be placed in a blade holder (10) and which is preferably arranged as a flexible band (16). The equipment has reels (14, 15) for keeping the band (16) reeled and transfer dev... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6979387 | Doctor blade for removing water In laminated, resin-impregnated doctor blades for removing water from a grooved belt in the press part of a papermaking machine, fibers of the belt-contacting layer are oriented in the direction of travel of the belt. The doctor blade so constructed exhibits greater... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6977029 | Doctor blade A doctor blade for removing water, which excels in water removal capability and shape retention capacity, and suppresses abrasion of the belt or other mating member with which it cooperates, is a fibrous laminate comprising integrated base material and batt fiber la... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6969691 | Doctor blade for removing water A doctor blade for removing water from a mating member, such as a grooved elastic belt in the press part of a papermaking machine, comprises a resin-impregnated fibrous laminate, in which at least a part of the warp of a base material in the laminate, which comes in... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6963703 | Image forming apparatus with changeable-pressure cleaning member An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit for forming a developer image on a first image bearing member, a transferring unit for transferring the developer image on the first image bearing member onto a second image bearing member, a cleaning member ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6955121 | Methods and apparatus for cleaning a stencil A stencil wiper apparatus for wiping a stencil of a stencil printer includes a material supply assembly having a supply roller to deliver a roll of material, a take-up roller to receive the material, and a drive to move the material across the stencil between the su... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6954603 | Fuser oil contamination prevention and clean-up method In order to prevent an imaging forming process of an electrostatographic reproduction apparatus from becoming contaminated with fuser release oil, a substantially uniform layer of pigmented marking particles from a development subsystem of the image forming process ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6936111 | Method and device for washing a rubber blanket During a washing cycle of a rubber blanket on a blanket cylinder some revolutions of the blanket cylinder are initially performed during which the cleaning element is lifted off the blanket cylinder temporarily when the clamping channel passes under the cleaning ele... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6928930 | Device for cleaning printing cylinders A complete cleaning system for printing cylinders within a rotary printing press, by which a reactive erasing of ink-bearing layers, including the removal of filling materials from a gravure printing form, and a cleaning of ink from all form and transfer cylinders a... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6868252 | Cleaning device and image forming apparatus using the same In an image forming apparatus, after the development of a latent image formed on an image carrier effected by using toner, which has a volume mean grain size of 5 μm to 10 μm and in which 60 number percent to 80 number percent of toner grains have a grain size of ... | 03/15/2005 |
