Adjustable height forming blade apparatus
AssigneeBeloit Technologies, Inc.
InventorJames Dodds
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Abstract
An adjustable blade apparatus including an operative surface which cooperates with a forming wire of a forming section. The apparatus includes a stationary support which extends in a cross machine direction relative to the forming wire. The support defines a guide rail having a front and a back end. The front end is disposed at a different elevation relative to the back end. The arrangement is such that the guide rail slopes in a cross machine direction. A blade defines the operative surface and the blade cooperates with the guide rail such that the blade is adjustably supported by the support. The arrangement is such that relative cross machine directional movement between the guide rail and the blade adjust the elevation of the operative surface relative to the wire.
Claims11
An adjustable blade apparatus, said blade apparatus having an operative surface which cooperates with a forming wire of a forming section, said apparatus comprising:
- a stationary support means extending in a cross machine direction relative to the forming wire, said support means defining a guide rail having a front and a back end, said front end being disposed at a different elevation relative to said back end such that said guide rail slopes in a cross machine direction;
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- a blade defining the operative surface, said blade cooperating with said guide rail such that said blade is adjustably supported by said support means, such that relative cross machine directional movement between said guide rail and said blade adjusts elevation of the operative surface relative to the wire.
An adjustable blade apparatus, said blade apparatus having an operative surface which cooperates with a forming wire of a forming section, said apparatus comprising:
- a stationary support means extending in a cross machine direction relative to the forming wire, said support means defining a guide rail having a front and back end, said front end being disposed at a different elevation relative to said back end such that said guide rail slopes in a cross machine direction;
- a blade defining the operative surface, said blade cooperating with said guide rail such that said guide rail such that said blade is adjustably supported by said support means, such that relative cross machine directional movement between said guide rail and said blade adjusts elevation of the operative surface relative to the wire;
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- said blade cooperating with said guide rail such that when said blade is moved in a cross machine direction relative to said guide rail, the operative surface remains parallel to the forming wire while a distance between the operative surface and the forming wire is adjustable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.