Method for establishing the proper working position of a doctor blade

Claim 1

IN A METHOD OF ESTABLISHING THE PRECISE PROPER WORK ING POSITION OF A FLEXIBLE DOCTOR BLADE ADAPTED TO MOVE BETWEEN AN OPERATIVE POSITION FOR COOPERATION WITH A BACKING ROLL AND A RETRACTED POSITION SPACED FROM SAID BACKING ROLL, SAID DOCTOR BLADE BEING HELD BY SUPPORTING STRUCTURE HAVING HOLDING MEANS MOVABLE BETWEEN A RELEASED POSITION AND AN ADVANCED POSITION WHEREIN THE BACK EDGE PORTION OF THE BLADE IS CLAMPED AGAINST A SUPPORT PLATE, THE STEPS OF MOVING SAID SUPPORT STRUCTURE TO SAID RETRACTED POSITION, MANUALLY ADJUSTING THE RELATIVE POSITION OF A BLADE ABUTTING SHOULDER ON A SERIES OF INDIVIDUAL GAUGE CLIPS TO A PRESET POSITION CORRELATED WITH THE PRECISE POSITION INTO WHICH THE BLADE IS TO BE POSITIONED, RIGIDLY CLAMPING SAID SERIES OF INDIVIDUAL GAUGE CLIPS ALONG THE FRONT EDGE OF SAID BLADE AND DISTRIBUTED ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH THEREOF WITH THE FRONT EDGE OF SAID BLADE IN CONTACT WITH SAID ABUTTING SHOULDERS OF SAID GAUGE CLIPS SO THAT SAID GAUGE CLIPS WILL NOT MOVE RELATIVE TO THE BLADE DURING HANDLING AND SET UP, PLACING THE GAUGE CLIPS WHILE ATTACHED TO SAID BLADE AT PRESELECTED LOCATIONS ON THE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE TO LOCATE THE FRONT EDGE OF THE BLADE IN ALIGNED RELATION WITH SAID SUPPORTING STRUCTURE WHILE SAID SUPPORTING STRUCTURE IS IN SAID RELEASED POSITION, MOVING SAID SUPPORTING STRUCTURE TO SAID ADVANCED POSITION TO CLAMP THE BACK PORTION OF THE BLADE AGAINST SAID SUPPORT PLATE TO POSITION SAID FRONT EDGE OF SAID BLADE IN ALIGNED RELATION WITH SAID BACKING ROLL, THEN REMOVING SAID GAUGE CLIPS, AND THEREAFTER MOVING SAID SUPPORT STRUCTURE TO SAID OPERATIVE POSITION WITH SAID BACKING ROLL TO POSITION THE FRONT EDGE OF THE BLADE IN PRECISE WORKING POSITION WITH RESPECT TO THE BACKING ROLL WITHOUT FURTHER ADJUSTMENT OF THE GAUGE CLIPS OR THE BLADE.