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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7798093 | Rod cradle for a film, coating or sealing rod A cradle for a film, coating, or sealing rod has a profile (10) that includes a base part (11), a rod groove (16), and a body part (14) between them. The rod groove (16) is arranged to receive the rod (12) between lips (2... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7470327 | Coating rod and producing method therefor A peripheral surface of a coating rod has an area where grooves (convex portions) are formed. This area is ground by a grinding apparatus by which a maximum height Ry of the rod surface is adjusted to 15 μm or less. Further, a ratio of D/W is adjusted to 0.01 or mo... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7329435 | Strand coating device and method Continuous void-free uniform coatings are formed on filamentous articles by applying a voided or otherwise substantially uneven coating to at least some of the exposed portion of a filamentous article or to a rotating substrate. The filamentous article or substrate ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7243600 | Ink pan for a rotogravure printing press An ink pan for a rotogravure printing press has a reservoir and a dam. The dam is located within the reservoir and divides the reservoir into an intake section and an outtake section. A gate is within the dam. The gate has an open position and a closed position. Whe... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7211297 | Apparatus for decreasing skip coating on a paper web An fountain applicator for applying coating liquid onto a web of paper carried past the applicator, has a coating liquid flow path that includes a curved surface along which a sheet of the coating liquid is flowed to subject the sheet to centrifugal force to cause a... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7208194 | Method and machine for producing optical compensation sheet A film sheet which has a polymer layer formed of a coating solution is drawn from a balk roll and transported toward a rubbing apparatus. Thereby, first and second blowers sequentially disposed respectively apply to the polymer layer an air of temperature 45±2° C.... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7175742 | Doctor blade In a doctor blade, which suppresses abrasion of a mating member and excels in water removal capability and shape retention capacity over a long time, resin is impregnated into a fibrous laminate composed of base materials and batt layers integrated by needle punchin... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7112348 | Coating method and apparatus The coating apparatus and method enable the coating liquid having been scraped-off to be reused without doing any one of the fluid adjusting treatment and the filtering treatment, while maintaining the features of the scraping-off type of extrusion coater, which is ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7070679 | High gloss and high bulk paper The invention teaches a method of manufacturing a high bulk, high gloss paperweb using a supercalender operation. A paperweb surface is coated with a plastic pigment. The paperweb is run through a multi-nip calender device wherein the nip load of the paperweb is mai... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7037375 | Application device A device for direct or indirect application of liquid or viscous coating medium by way of an application system onto a material web, especially a paper or cardboard web, including a weakening device for weakening the boundary layer of air that is carried along by th... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7022380 | Method and apparatus for the high speed application of coating to a traveling paper web Method and apparatus for coating a traveling paper web includes a coater head. The coater head includes an inlet for receiving fresh coating material which is introduced into a mixing chamber. A looped flow path is established within the coater head which includes a... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6979387 | Doctor blade for removing water In laminated, resin-impregnated doctor blades for removing water from a grooved belt in the press part of a papermaking machine, fibers of the belt-contacting layer are oriented in the direction of travel of the belt. The doctor blade so constructed exhibits greater... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6942904 | Dry end surface treatment using ultrasonic transducers The method is for applying a coating on a paper substance. A paper moves over a set of rollers. A coating is applied with a coating applicator that has ultrasonic transducers to vibrate the coating to reduce the viscosity of the coating. A downstream blade has an ul... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6942734 | Treatment equipment A treatment equipment, which is intended to be installed in connection with a moving surface. The treatment equipment includes a frame and a blade holder formed from composite material as a single piece and connected to the frame. In addition, a blade is fitted to t... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6936305 | Method and equipment for producing rolls of moistened web material Equipment for producing rolls of wound web material including a feed path for the web material, winding structure for winding the web material and forming the rolls, and along the feed path and upstream from the winding means, an applicator member for applying to th... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6926772 | Strand coating device and method Continuous void-free uniform coatings are formed on filamentous articles by applying a voided or otherwise substantially uneven coating to at least some of the exposed portion of a filamentous article or to a rotating substrate. The filamentous article or substrate ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923777 | Bandage cooling apparatus and method of using same A bandage cooling apparatus has a bandage, a container, a casing, a valve and an actuator. The bandage has a first temperature. The container contains a gaseous fluid and has an exit. The casing comprises a chamber which contains the bandage, an inlet and outlet whi... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6869639 | Film coater and smoothing method and apparatus An improved film coater which utilizes one or more coater or applicators to transfer coating to the outer surfaces of at least one more rolls, which in turn transfers the coating from the roll surface to one or more sides of the web for coating paper is disclosed. T... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6833157 | Coating method and apparatus The coating apparatus and method enable the coating liquid having been scraped-off to be reused without doing any one of the fluid adjusting treatment and the filtering treatment, while maintaining the features of the scraping-off type of extrusion coater, which is ... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6818062 | Coating method and apparatus It is possible to give ultrathin and uniform coating on a flexible web in scraping-off type coating. The distribution of pressure in a web width direction is adjusted by a pressure distribution adjusting device when an excess of coating liquid excessively applied is... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6786972 | Method and arrangement in a drive device of a rod coating station A method and arrangement using the drive device of a rod coating station to carry axial forces, in which the drive device includes at least a telescopic articulated shaft, at the first end of which is a changeable grooved rod and at the opposite end of which is the ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6783768 | Method and apparatus for the coating of substrates for pharmaceutical use Method of coating a substrate which is a belt, sheet, film, or tape, comprising applying an active coating material to the substrate to form an active coating layer, the active coating material comprising biologically active material. The active coating material is ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6752871 | Coating system for coating print carriers and coating machine having the system A coating system for coating print carriers includes at least one pump, at least one selection valve, a first metering device and a second metering device. The first metering device and the second metering device are constructed differently from one another with res... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6740351 | Method for production of a regular multi-layer construction, in particular for electrical double layer capacitors and the corresponding device For manufacturing a multi-layer structure with repeating layer sequences, a band-shaped carrier material is first partially separated into individual sections of a same size with connections capable of bearing remaining between the individual sections. After continu... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6682599 | System for manufacturing a trim panel A system for manufacturing a trim panel includes a plurality of rollers for routing a foam core of the trim panel along a path. A first doctor blade for applying an adhesive resin is disposed adjacent to the first side of the foam core. A second doctor bl... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6630229 | Electrophotographic recording medium and method A recording medium particularly suitable for electrophotographic copying is characterized by coated paper that for a given basis weight has proportionally less coating and proportionally more fiber than conventional coated paper made for electrophotograph... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6592931 | Coating method In a coating method, a precoating layer is applied to one surface of a web W laid between a plurality of web guide rollers GR while a leading end surface of an extrusion-type head portion EX is pressed against the one surface of the web. Accordingly, entr... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6582769 | Method for conditioning a metering blade A method for conditioning a metering blade of a paper coating machine. The method includes the steps of providing a paper coating machine having at least one metering blade and passing a movable substrate through the paper coating machine such that the me... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6579366 | Coating machine for direct or indirect coating of a material web A coating machine for directly or indirectly applying a coating to a material web is designed to apply liquid or viscid coating medium onto a moving surface. The coating machine includes a discharge nozzle for discharging a coating medium onto the moving ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6495196 | Process and apparatus for profile control of direct coaters A process and apparatus, including a separate coating head, for coating a strip article with a coating material. The process involves coating a strip article with a film of coating material by passing the strip article through a coating apparatus having a... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6491754 | Carbon fiber doctor blade An apparatus for one of direct and indirect application of a coating medium onto a traveling fiber material web includes at least one doctor element for application and/or metering of the coating medium. At least one doctor element is formed of a carbon f... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6471773 | Doctor blade assembly "Ghosting" and leakage problems in a doctor blade assembly are minimized or eliminated in a construction that includes a reservoir (10) partially surrounding a transfer roller (12) wherein a surface of the roller (12) is within the reservoir (10) for at l... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6444269 | Apparatus and method for coating sheet or strip articles A coating head, and coating apparatus and methods using the coating head, for applying a solvent free coating material to a strip article advancing longitudinally in a coating line. The head includes a die having a transverse slit through which the coatin... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6428853 | Coating device and process for coating Application apparatus for the coating of a travelling web (5), comprising a support roll (3) and a predosage roll (7'), said rolls forming a nip between themselves through which the web is brought to travel, further comprising an application device (21) b... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6409836 | Apparatus for direct or indirect application of a liquid or pasty coating medium onto a traveling material web, notably of paper or cardboard An apparatus for direct or indirect application of a liquid or pasty coating medium onto a traveling material web, notably of paper or cardboard, includes at least one oblong working unit wetted by the coating medium and an oblong support element carrying... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6399160 | Method and apparatus for film coating a moving paper or board web supported by a belt to form a coating application zone with adjustable length A method and apparatus for coating a paper or board web, wherein the web to be coated is brought to a film transfer coater and taken to a nip between the film transfer roll of the coater and its backing roll, and coating mix is applied onto the surface of... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6376012 | Control of coating thickness in sheet article coaters A process of producing an elongated coated strip article having a layer of coating material on each opposite surface of the strip article, in which the ratio of layer thicknesses on opposite sides of the strip article may be set or varied. The process com... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6361656 | Loading hose for use in a paper machine doctor or coating device A loading hose for use in a paper machine doctor or coating device, which loading hose is located between the doctor's or coating device's blade support and rotatably arranged blade holder, is arranged to load the doctor blade of the doctor or the coating... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6319552 | Method of decreasing skip coating on a paper web A fountain applicator for applying coating liquid onto a web of paper carried past the applicator, has a coating liquid flow path that includes a curved surface along which a sheet of the coating liquid is flowed to subject the sheet to centrifugal force ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6312523 | Apparatus of feedback control for the placement of a polymer composition into a web The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for the controlled placement of a shear-thinnable polymer composition into a moving web. The controlled placement is preferably performed by applying the polymer composition onto a surface of a moving... | 11/06/2001 |
