Abstract: A doctor blade for use in screen printing includes a head, a base in the form of a lip and at least one elastically deformable member connecting the head and the base. The elastically deformable member is structurally discontinuous on at least one location in the longitudinal direction of the doctor blade extending along a plurality of spaced spring layers. The elastically deformable member is realized from a plurality of elastically deformable wires which are arranged in spirals or in undulations or from a cut-out sheet so as to form a double comb the stiffness of which is controlled by the transverse dimension of the windings, undulations, or cut-outs, or the characteristics of the constituent material, and the spacing between the teeth of the comb.

Abstract: The invention relates to a doctor blade carrier intended particularly for a silk-screen printing machine, wherein it has a first pair of fastening reliefs (13a, 13b) arranged facing each other; a second pair of fastening reliefs (14a, 14b) arranged facing each other; the reliefs of the first and second pairs (13a, 13b, 14a, 14b) being respectively complementary to one another so as to be able to interact with each other in a removable fashion; one of the two pairs of reliefs (13a, 13b, 14a, 14b) having a double plurality of similar successive reliefs, the same clamping means (10, 15) allowing the angular locking of the vise (5) with respect to the base (6) about the main axis (12) between two limiting positions.