| 发明名称 |
WEB TRANSPORT SYSTEM INCLUDING SCAVENGER BLADE |
| 摘要 |
A web transport system for transporting a web of media along a web-transport path including a fluid bar for guiding the web of media, and a scavenger blade positioned downstream of the fluid bar. A liquid is pumped through holes in an exterior bearing surface of the fluid bar, thereby pushing the web of media away from the fluid bar. The scavenger bar includes a blade edge facing the first surface of the web of media, the blade edge being spaced apart from the first surface of the web of media by a gap distance. The scavenger blade removes at least some liquid from the first surface of the web of media as it passes by the scavenger blade, thereby reducing the amount of liquid that is carried along to portions of the web-transport path that are downstream of the scavenger blade. |
| 申请公布号 |
US2017028706(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2017.02.02 |
| 申请号 |
US201514812078 |
申请日期 |
2015.07.29 |
| 申请人 |
Eastman Kodak Company |
发明人 |
Hill Kelvin P.;Bettin Robert R.;Shifley James Douglas;Young Timothy John;Wainwright Gary P. |
| 分类号 |
B41F21/00;B65H16/06;B65H37/00;B65H23/04;B65H23/18;B65H16/02;B65H20/14 |
主分类号 |
B41F21/00 |
| 代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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| 主权项 |
1. A web transport system for transporting a web of media along a web-transport path, comprising:
a fluid bar disposed along the web-transport path, the web of media being guided as it passes the fluid bar with a first surface of the web of media facing an exterior bearing surface of the fluid bar, wherein a liquid is pumped through holes in the bearing surface of the fluid bar and into a region between the first surface of the web of media and the bearing surface of the fluid bar, thereby pushing the web of media away from the fluid bar, and wherein the fluid bar is not submerged in a liquid; and a scavenger blade disposed along the web-transport path downstream of the fluid bar, the scavenger blade spanning the web of media in a cross-track direction and including a blade edge facing the first surface of the web of media, the blade edge being spaced apart from the first surface of the web of media by a gap distance, wherein the scavenger blade removes at least some liquid from the first surface of the web of media as it passes by the scavenger blade, thereby reducing the amount of liquid that is carried along to portions of the web-transport path that are downstream of the scavenger blade. |
| 地址 |
Rochester NY US |
