US Patent Issued to Valmet Technologies on May 27 for "Bracket for a pivot rod in a doctor arrangement and doctor arrangement for a fiber web machine" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,744, issued on May 27, was assigned to Valmet Technologies Oy (Espoo, Finland).

"Bracket for a pivot rod in a doctor arrangement and doctor arrangement for a fiber web machine" was invented by David Bouthillette (Beloit, Wis.), Stephane Lecuyer (Trois-Rivieres, Canada) and Jonathan Olszak (Beloit, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a bracket for a pivot rod in a doctor arrangement. The bracket has a base with a mounting aperture and adjacent ears with a hole for a pivot rod arranged perpendicular to the base. The bracket is a cast or 3D-printed piece. The invention also relates a doctor arrangement for a fib...