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Self aligning doctor/applicator blade assembly
Assignee: Corning Glass Works
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Filing: 1981-12-21
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Granted: 1984-04-24
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Expires: 2001-12-21
Abstract
Abstract The apparatus of the present invention includes a self aligning applicator/doctor blade assembly having at least two working surfaces adapted to engage an ink carrying conical roll wherein the working surfaces lie along the roll surface. A geometric apex for the cone and the working surfaces are coincident. An inking device circulates ink along a path including a zone adjacent to at least one working surface and the roll.
Inventors
- 👤 Edwin E. Clark
- 👤 William E. Lock
- 👤 Paul E. Paiement, deceased
- 👤 executrix by Paula J. Miles
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 13:19
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41F; B41F9/00; B41F9/06; B41F9/08; B41F17/00; B41F17/006; B41F17/28; B41F31/00; B41F31/02; B41F31/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 32
Claim 1
Independent Claim
118 words
In an apparatus for applying ink to an ink carrying roll, a self aligning roll and doctor assembly comprising: a tapered conical roll having a conical surface mounted for rotation about a longitudinal axis having an apex therealong; doctoring means including a pair of blade members fixed within said doctoring means and each having a working surface, means for mounting said doctoring means in aligned engagement with said conical surface with freedom to gimbal the working surface of each of said blade members so as to lie in close contact with said conical surface along lines of contact each having a locus of points common to the conical surface of said conical roll and intersecting the apex thereof.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
118 words
In an apparatus for applying ink to an ink carrying roll, a self aligning roll and doctor assembly comprising: a tapered conical roll having a conical surface mounted for rotation about a longitudinal axis having an apex therealong; doctoring means including a pair of blade members fixed within said doctoring means and each having a working surface, means for mounting said doctoring means in aligned engagement with said conical surface with freedom to gimbal the working surface of each of said blade members so as to lie in close contact with said conical surface along lines of contact each having a locus of points common to the conical surface of said conical roll and intersecting the apex thereof.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein the mounting means includes means for urging the working surfaces against the conical surface under predetermined pressure.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the means for urging the working surface includes an actuator in radial opposition with the conical surface for engaging said doctoring means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 3 wherein the actuator means comprises a piston having a distal end coupled to the doctoring means and urging it towards the conical surface.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
35 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 4 wherein the actuator includes a floating bearing intermediate between the doctoring means and the piston for coupling the piston with the rearwardly remote portion of the doctoring means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
39 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 5 wherein the floating bearing includes a ball bearing means intermediate the piston and the doctoring means, said ball bearing means permitting circumferential gimballing of the doctoring means relative to the conical roll.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
The apparatus of claim 6 wherein said doctoring means has an opening therein in the form of a socket in opposition to the blade members for receiving the ball bearing therein.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
34 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 6 wherein the floating bearing includes means for maintaining the ball bearing means and the doctoring means in fixed ray relation with each other relative to said apex.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 1 including means for locating the conical roll and doctoring means in common ray relation with each other relative to said apex.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
62 words
An apparatus as described in claim 9 further including: means for depositing an ink fluid at one end of the conical roll near the doctoring means, means for collecting overflow from an opposite end thereof, the said doctoring means and conical surface being oriented for allowing gravity flow of the inking fluid from the first mentioned end to the opposite end thereof.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
56 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 2 further including the means for circulating an ink comprising a reservoir of ink, a pipe in communication therewith, said pipe having an outlet located near an end of the conical roll and means for pumping the ink through the pipe to the outlet thereof for deposition on the roll.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
36 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein the ink is a thermoplastic material and said pipe conical roll and reservoir include heating means for maintaining the temperature of the ink at a selected working temperature.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
37 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 11 wherein the reservoir has an opening located at the end of the conical roll remote from the pipe, said opening for receiving overflow of the ink from said conical roll.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
81 words
An apparatus as described in claim 9 further including: means for depositing a viscous ink fluid onto the conical surface near said doctoring means, the conical roll being rotatable for carrying the ink against the doctoring means in order to produce a zone of relatively higher pressure in the ink at an interface of the doctoring means and the conical roll along the line of contact therebetween for urging the ink therealong from one end of said conical roll to another.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
51 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 9 wherein the conical roll has an axial bore therein and a shaft is sleevably located therein for supporting said conical roll, and said means for locating the conical roll includes means for establishing an axial position of the conical roll relative to the shaft.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
20 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 15 further including means for locating the conical roll circumferentially relative to the shaft.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
49 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein the working surfaces of said blade members are fixed relative to each other, and said mounting means including gimbal means for causing said blade members to slidably seat against the roll along their rays in apex coincidence with said conical roll.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
23 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein said doctoring means comprises an integral block and said blade members are projections extending therefrom.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
65 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 1 further including second doctoring means for engaging the conical surface at a circumferentially located portion downstream of the first mentioned doctoring means, said second doctoring means having working surfaces for closely engaging said conical surface along a line of contact having a locus of points common to the surface of the conical roll and intersecting the apex thereof.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
117 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 1 further including a second tapered conical surface for intimately contacting the first mentioned conical surface, said second conical surface having a centrally located longitudinal axis and apex therealong and being mounted for rotation along said axis with its apex coincident with that of the first mentioned conical roll, said second conical roll having a conical surface portion engaging, in a nonslip relation, the first conical roll for receiving therefrom ink deposited on the latter along a line of contact having a locus of points common to each one of said first and second conical rolls and intersecting said coincident apexes and the apex of the rays along said working surfaces.
Claim 22
Independent Claim
104 words
A method for applying inking fluid to an ink carrying surface comprising the steps of: mounting a conical surface for rotation about a central axis, establishing an apex for said conical surface along said axis; gimbal mounting at least one doctoring means having a pair of doctoring surfaces for engagement in close contact with the conical surface so that each doctoring surface will lie along a line of contact having a locus of points common with the conical surface and intersecting the apex of the conical surface, and rotating the conical surface about its axis while at the same time applying inking fluid thereon.
Claim 23
Independent Claim
104 words
A method for applying inking fluid to an ink carrying surface comprising the steps of: mounting a conical surface for rotation about a central axis, establishing an apex for said conical surface along said axis; gimbal mounting at least one doctoring means having a pair of doctoring surfaces for engagement in close contact with the conical surface so that each doctoring surface will lie along a line of contact having a locus of points common with the conical surface and intersecting the apex of the conical surface, and rotating the conical surface about its axis while at the same time applying inking fluid thereon.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method as defined in claim 21 further including the step of urging the doctoring surfaces against the conical surface under predetermined pressure.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method as defined in claim 22 wherein urging the doctoring surfaces includes the step of floatably bearing the doctoring surfaces against the conical surface.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
32 words
A method as defined in claim 23 wherein floatably bearing said doctoring surfaces includes the step of allowing the doctoring surface to gimbal circumferentially relative to axis of rotation of the surface.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
33 words
A method as defined in claim 21 including the step of fixing the doctoring surfaces relative to each other and slidably seating the same against said conical surface along rays intersecting said apex.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
62 words
A method as defined in claim 25 wherein the step of applying inking fluid includes the steps of: depositing an inking fluid at one end of the doctoring surfaces and collecting overflow from an opposite end thereof; orienting the respective doctoring and conical surfaces for allowing gravity flow of the inking fluid from the first mentioned end to the opposite end thereof.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
36 words
A method as defined in claim 26 wherein the inking fluid is a thermoplastic material and the step of applying the inking fluid includes the step of heating the inking fluid at a selected working temperature.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
41 words
A method as defined in claim 26 wherein the step of applying the inking fluid comprises piping inking fluid from a reservoir in communication therewith, to an outlet thereof near an end of the surface and pumping the inking fluid therethrough.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
68 words
A method as defined in claim 25 wherein the step of applying the inking fluid includes the step of depositing an inking fluid onto the conical surface, further including the step of rotating the conical surface into the doctoring surfaces and establishing a relatively higher fluid pressure in the inking fluid along an interface between the conical surface and the doctoring surfaces for driving the inking fluid therealong.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
107 words
A method as defined in claim 25 further including the step of intimately contacting a second surface with the first mentioned surface, establishing an axis and apex for said second surface, mounting said second surface for rotation about said axis with its apex coincident with that of the first mentioned surface, engaging the first and second surfaces, rotating the surfaces in intimate nonslip rolling contact and transferring inking fluid deposited on the first mentioned surface onto the second surface along a line of contact having a locus of points common to each and intersecting said coincident apexes and the apex of the rays along said doctoring surfaces.
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