Chamber blade/sealing assembly for a printing press

A chamber blade/sealing assembly for use with a fluid chamber which supplies fluid to a roll, said chamber blade/sealing assembly comprising:

• a containment blade including an elongated thin plate having opposite ends;
• a wear element which increases at least one of stiffness and wear of the thin plate, the wear element mounted to a surface of the thin plate at said opposite ends thereof;
• and
• first and second end seals for sealing first and second ends of the fluid chamber, each of said first and second end seals including:
• at least one supporting wall,
• an upper concave surface on said at least one supporting wall and adapted to engage an outer surface of the roll, and
• a first upper supporting surface extending from one end of the upper concave surface, said first upper supporting surface adapted to receive said wear element such that an effective thickness of said containment blade and said wear element together between said seal and the roll remains substantially the same as the thickness of said containment blade alone.