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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7354479 | Coating device, and coating method using said device A coating device is provided which has a bar which coats a coating liquid on a strip-shaped body conveyed in a given direction, and a dam-shaped member disposed at an upstream side of the bar so as to face the bar. Also provided is a coating method which, in the coa... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7332033 | Doctor bed A doctor bed is provided for holding a circularly cylindrical metering rod, including a housing of a homogenous material, which is designed with a cross section at right angles to the cylinder longitudinal axis of the metering rod and has a circularly cylindrical re... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329437 | Coating method and coating apparatus A coating apparatus comprising a forward bar, a liquid feed passage and a metering device for a coating liquid. The forward bar rotates about its axis in the same direction as the traveling direction of a continuously traveling band-shaped web while touching the web... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7311804 | Universal doctor blade with indicia Doctor blades are provided for multiple positions within a paper or board making machine. A single doctor blade of a standard length or a reel of doctor blade material has markings which permit a variety of doctor blade sizes to be readily cut. If a standard length ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7235134 | Coating device, and coating method using said device A coating device is provided which has a bar which coats a coating liquid on a strip-shaped body conveyed in a given direction, and a dam-shaped member disposed at an upstream side of the bar so as to face the bar. Also provided is a coating method which, in the coa... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7192485 | Application device A device (510) for the direct or indirect application of liquid or pasty application medium (516) by means of an applicator unit (512) to a material web (520), in particular of paper or board, comprises a device (570) upstream of t... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7101438 | Coater for dispersed slurry A coater for dispersed slurry capable of coating coated dispersed slurry on a nonwoven cloth-like base material while bringing the slurry into contact with the material, comprising a net conveyor for transferring the nonwoven cloth-like base material, a supply means... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7048969 | Coating device and coating method A coating device and a coating method are provided. The coating device comprises a coating station for coating a coating liquid on a band-shaped substrate running continuously, and a coat-adjusting station disposed downstream of the coating station for adjusting the... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7040555 | Nozzle unit A nozzle unit for the spreading of foamed glue onto a flat surface in the production of wood-based sheets, wherein the nozzle unit has a feeder canal (1) for directing glue into the nozzle unit, a row of nozzles (5) for directing glue from the nozzle u... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7041339 | Coating device and coating method using the device A coating device is disclosed which is provided with a first side bar, which extends along a transverse direction of a conveyance plane, which is a conveyance path of a belt body, and a second side bar, which is located at a downstream side of the first side bar. Al... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6958173 | Applicator and method for applying adhesive to rod-shaped members such as cotton swabs A system and method for applying adhesive to at least a first end of a rod-shaped member, such as a cotton swab stick includes a carrier, an adhesive applicator, and a rotator device. The carrier conveys the rod-shaped member or stick in a machine direction and also... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6911085 | Doctor blade dosing system Doctor blade dosing systems for devices used for coating material webs, particularly paper or paperboard webs, exist that have a doctor blade rod, which serves as a dosing element while being held inside a slot of a doctor blade bed that, in turn, is mounted in a su... | 06/28/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6827778 | Apparatus for feeding a treatment substance to an application device The invention relates to an arrangement for feeding a treatment substance to an application device used to treat a moving paper or board web, which arrangement includes at least one application chamber (1) extending over the width of the web, to which the tre... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6790280 | Cradle A cradle for a spreading device, such as a rotatable rod, to which a spreading organ to be pressed against a movable surface has been attached. The cradle is fastened to a holder, and a gasket is provided between the cradle and the holder (9). ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6696098 | Method for coating a running web using a coated rod Thickness unevenness of a coating liquid layer in a width direction of a web is adjusted by moving a guide roller at the proximity of a coating rod so as to deliberately provide tension variation in the width direction of the web in purpose of forming the... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6630026 | Apparatus for spreading treating mix on a moving paper--or cardboard web An apparatus for applying a treating mix onto the surface of a moving device in the coating of paper or board. The apparatus comprises a blade carrier (3), doctor means (4) attached to the blade carrier (3), a front wall (9) positioned a distance from the... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6589340 | Machine for direct or indirect application of a liquid or viscous coating medium onto a moving surface A coating machine serves to directly or indirectly apply a liquid or viscous coating medium onto a moving surface. A coater imbedded in a coater bed, defines in part the metering slot. A limiting surface at the moving surface inlet of the coater bed forms... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6589596 | Method for coating a running web using a coating rod Thickness unevenness of a coating liquid layer in a width direction of a web is adjusted by moving a guide roller at the proximity of a coating rod so as to deliberately provide tension variation in the width direction of the web in purpose of forming the... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6579368 | Apparatus for the application of a liquid or pasty medium to a moving fiber web An application apparatus is for applying a liquid or pasty medium to a moving base. The moving base is a surface of a material web in a case of direct application and a surface of a transfer element for transferring the medium to the material web in a cas... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6554900 | Device and method for applying a flowable medium onto a moving surface An apparatus for the application of a flowable medium (2, 2') from a stock chamber (7, 8) to a surface (6) being moved along the apparatus, and to the use of an apparatus of this type. The stock chamber (7, 8) partly covers the surface (6), with formation... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6485570 | Sink roll blade apparatus used in continuous molten metal plating apparatus and method for preventing occurrence of dents An apparatus installed in a molten metal plating line includes a blade pressed against a roll dipped in a molten metal plating bath, in which a metal strip travels. The apparatus removes substances deposited on a surface of the roll. The apparatus also in... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6453809 | Squeegee device Squeegee device for applying printing medium to a substrate, interacting with a squeegee element which is made at least partially from a magnetizable material and can be moved between an operating position and an at-rest position, which squeegee device co... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6444270 | Photo film coating method for coating web-shaped base material In a coating method using a coating rod, the coating rod is rotated in the reverse direction with respect to the running direction of the web, and the absolute value of V1 /V2 is set between 0.0001 and 0.06, where V1 (cm/s... | 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 |
| 6413314 | Doctor rod for a coating device Known doctor rods (1) used as dosing elements in coating devices have a cylindrical steel base body on whose cover surface a chromium or ceramic layer of hard material is applied. According to the invention, the cracks and craters in the layer of hard mat... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6346148 | Apparatus for coating a moving web with at least two coat layers An apparatus for coating a paper or paperboard web with at least two coat layers. The present invention achieves two-layer coating and is capable of providing a smooth coat with high opacifying power. A first coat layer is initially applied to the web. Th... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6319320 | Coating machine A coating machine for the application of a coating medium onto a moving surface includes a counter-force generating device which generates a counter force that opposes the force generated by a load device.... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6306461 | Method and apparatus for coating paper board and paper with high- viscosity coating mixes A method and apparatus for coating a paper or a paper board web, comprising spreading coating mix having a solids content of 55-75% on the surface of the web with a nozzle applicator, levelling and metering the spread coating mix on the surface of the web... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6277197 | 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 at least one liquid or pasty medium onto a traveling material web, notably of paper or cardboard, includes at least one applicator for the medium. Coordinated with the applicator is a backing roll for rec... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6149726 | Floating doctoring apparatus A device for doctoring and/or metering a liquid or viscous medium on a moving operating surface includes a doctoring assembly having a doctoring surface extending transversely across the entire operating surface and pressing thereagainst. A doctoring supp... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6106619 | Thermally compensated coater rod A coater for applying a coating medium to a moving surface includes a mounting; a coater rod bed connected to the mounting; and a coater rod carried by the coater rod bed. The coater rod is configured for applying the coating medium to the moving surface,... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6099909 | Method and device for coating a size-press roll, paper, or board The invention relates to a coating method and device for coating a size-press roll, paper or board or a corresponding moving base. The coating device comprises a revolving coating bar which rests against the moving base and extends across the machine widt... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6093248 | Apparatus for applying a liquid or pasty medium onto a traveling material web The invention is directed to a method for the application of a liquid or pasty medium onto a traveling fiber material web. The medium is directly applied on at least one side of the traveling material web. The medium is pressed into the traveling material... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6077351 | Coating porous carriers The invention relates to an apparatus for applying, by means of a slotted nozzle device formed between a stationary incoming nozzle lip and a trailing nozzle lip, a thin layer of coating material to a porous material web that passes over a counterpressure... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6019846 | Coater rod bed A coater for directly or indirectly applying a coating medium to a fiber web includes a mounting; a coater rod; and a coater rod bed connected to the mounting. The coater rod bed includes a metal body with a longitudinal extension, a rod holding portion w... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6004394 | 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 at least one liquid or pasty medium onto a traveling material web, notably of paper or cardboard, includes at least one applicator for the medium. Coordinated with the applicator is a backing roll for rec... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5919524 | Blade metering unit and method for blade-coating a material web A method and apparatus for applying a coat mix to a high-speed running board or paper web by accurately premetering and pre-smoothing the applied coat with an applicator apparatus and then minimally doctoring the applied coat with an air knife. The applic... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5902401 | Coater head A coater head for applying coating to a size press roll of a size press coater, the coater head has a flow passage with a metering device at its outlet end and a metering chamber immediately adjacent to the metering end. A shear developing passage deliver... | 05/11/1999 |
