Squeegee holder

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9630394-B2
Application number	US-201213654139-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 17, 2012
Priority date	Aug 17, 2012
Publication date	Apr 25, 2017
Grant date	Apr 25, 2017

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. In another embodiment of the present invention, a method of holding a squeegee blade in a holder is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a first holder side, and providing a second holder side. The method further includes compressing the first and second holder sides against the squeegee blade, and maintaining compression of the first and second holder sides against the squeegee blade.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A squeegee blade holder comprising:
a first side member having a first jaw at one end and a first attachment member on a distal-most portion of an opposed end;
a second side member having a second jaw at one end and a second attachment portion directly on a distal-most portion of an opposed end and having the same shape as the first attachment member;
a pivot portion between the first side member and the second side member and positioned along a length of the first side member between the first jaw and the first attachment member; and
a rod between the first and second side members for biasing the first jaw toward the second jaw.

2. The squeegee blade holder of claim 1 further including a squeegee blade holding portion between the first jaw and the second jaw.

3. The squeegee blade holder of claim 1 wherein the pivot portion pivots about the rod.

4. The squeegee blade holder of claim 1 wherein the pivot portion includes a downwardly extending pivot member extending from an inside surface of the first side member of the holder, and an upwardly extending pivot member extending from an inside surface of the second side member of the holder, the downwardly and upwardly extending pivot members extending along the length of the first and second side members of the holder.

5. The squeegee blade holder of claim 4 further including a first channel formed by grooves in each of the first and second side members of the holder to accept the rod.

6. The squeegee blade holder of claim 5 wherein the first channel is positioned along a length of the first side member and between the pivot portion and the first attachment member.

7. The squeegee holder of claim 5 wherein the channel extends through the pivot portion.

8. The squeegee holder of claim 5 further comprising a second channel spaced from the first channel.

9. The squeegee blade holder of claim 1 wherein the pivot portion includes a downwardly extending curled lip extending from an inside surface of the first side member of the holder, and an upwardly extending curled lip extending from an inside surface of the second side member of the holder, the upwardly and downwardly extending curled lips engaging to form a pivot.

10. A squeegee blade holder system comprising:
a squeegee blade holder including a first side member and a second side member, each of the first side member and the second side member having a jaw at one end and an attachment member at a distal-most portion of an opposed end;
a pivot portion between the first side member and the second side member;
a fixture for holding a portion of the first side member and the second side member;
a pair of opposing clamps on the fixture for compressing the first and second side members to bias the jaws towards one another;
the first channel defined by complementary curved surfaces on the first side member and the second side member; and
a rod insertable in the channel to maintain a distance between the jaws.

11. The squeegee blade holder system of claim 10 wherein the first channel is positioned on the first side member between the pivot portion and the attachment member.

12. The squeegee blade holder system of claim 10 further including a blade pressuring device and a squeegee blade insertable between the jaw of the first side member and the jaw of the second side member, the blade pressuring device pressuring the squeegee blade toward the attachment member.

13. The squeegee blade holder system of claim 12 wherein the blade pressuring device includes a swing arm.

14. The squeegee blade holder system of claim 10 wherein the first channel extends through the pivot portion.

15. The squeegee blade holder system of claim 10 further comprising a second channel spaced from the first channel.

16. A method of assembling a squeegee blade holder comprising the steps of:
providing a holder having 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, an attachment member at a distal-most portion of an opposed end, and the pivot being positioned therebetween;
inserting each of the attachment members in a fixture between a pair of spaced clamps;
positioning a squeegee blade between the jaws;
compressing each of the first side member and the second side member towards each other with the clamps to maintain the squeegee blade between the facing surfaces; and
inserting a separator between the arms to bias the facing surfaces towards one another.

17. The method of claim 16 further comprising a first channel defined by complementary curved surfaces on the arms and the separator being positioned in the first channel.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the channel is positioned along a length of the arms between the pivot and the attachment member.

19. The method of claim 17 wherein the channel extends through the pivot.

20. The method of claim 17 further comprising a second channel spaced from the first channel and being dimensioned to receive the separator.

21. The method of claim 16 wherein in the step of compression includes providing a clamp to compress the facing surfaces against the squeegee blade, and releasing the clamp after inserting the separator into the channel.

Assignees

• M & R Printing Equip Inc

Inventors

• Hoffman Jr Richard C
• Magda Boguslaw W
• Podstawka Jerzy J
• Kryszczuk Remigiusz

Classifications

• Y10T29/49826

  Assembling or joining · CPC title

• B41F15/44 Primary

  Squeegees or doctors · CPC title

• B41F15/46

  with two or more operative parts · CPC title

• B41F9/1036

  Clamping and adjusting devices · CPC title