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EP 0949074 B1 20010530 - Ink rail seal

Title (en)

Ink rail seal

Title (de)

Dichtung für Kammerrakel

Title (fr)

Joint pour chambre de racle

Publication

EP 0949074 B1 20010530 (DE)

Application

EP 98101431 A 19980128

Priority

EP 98101431 A 19980128

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0949074A1] The seal has a sealing block (30) of yielding material, fitted at one end of the chamber doctor between two doctor knives (16,18), enclosing an ink chamber between the circumference of an application roll (10), the doctor knives and their casing (14). A strip (34) of elastic material, harder than that of the sealing block, sits on the surface facing the application roll.

IPC 1-7

B41F 31/02

IPC 8 full level

B41F 31/08 (2006.01); B41F 31/02 (2006.01); B41F 31/20 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

B41F 31/027 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE ES FR GB IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0949074 A1 19991013; EP 0949074 B1 20010530; DE 59800788 D1 20010705; JP H11254650 A 19990921; US 6016748 A 20000125

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 98101431 A 19980128; DE 59800788 T 19980128; JP 1535699 A 19990125; US 21597298 A 19981218