Squeegee holder
AssigneeM&R Printing Equipment, Inc.
InventorsRichard C. Hoffman, JR., Boguslaw W. Magda, Jerzy J. Podstawka, Remigiusz Kryszczuk
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Abstract
In an embodiment of the present invention, a squeegee blade holder is provided. The holder includes a first side member, a second side member, and a pivot portion between the first and second side members. The holder also includes a separator between the first and second side members for maintaining compression of the side members against the squeegee blade.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A squeegee blade holder comprising:
- a pair of arms joined at an intermediate portion of the arms by a pivot, each of the arms having a jaw at one end with a facing surface, the facing surfaces are spaced from one another to define a squeegee blade receiving area, each of the pair of arms further have an attachment member at an end opposed to the jaws;
- a first channel between the pair of arms for receiving a compression maintenance member for biasing the facing surfaces toward one another;
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- a ridge extending inwardly from the facing surface of one of the pair of arms and spaced from a distal end of the jaws by a distance to define a maximum depth for receiving a squeegee blade.
A squeegee blade holder system comprising:
- a pair of arms joined at an intermediate portion of the arms by a pivot, each of the arms having a jaw at one end with a facing surface, the facing surfaces are spaced from one another to define a squeegee blade receiving area, each of the pair of arms further have an attachment member at an end opposed to the jaws;
- a first squeegee blade having a first thickness;
- a second squeegee blade having a second thickness less than the first thickness;
- a first channel between the pair of arms for receiving a first compression maintenance member for biasing the facing surfaces toward one another when the first squeegee blade is positioned in the squeegee blade receiving area;
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- a second channel between the pair of arms and spaced from the first channel for receiving a second compression maintenance member for biasing the facing surfaces toward one another when the second squeegee blade is positioned in the squeegee blade receiving area.
The squeegee blade holder system of claim 41 wherein the first channel has a first diameter and the second channel has a second diameter less than the first diameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.