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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8132527 | Apparatus for applying electrode mixture paste with homogeneous distribution of coating amount of electrode mixture paste An electrode mixture paste (5) is applied on both sides of a strip of core material (1) as it runs along its lengthwise direction, and the coating thickness of the paste (5) is adjusted as the core material (1) coated with the paste (5... | 03/13/2012 |
| 7669550 | Application device A device for applying a medium in the form of a liquid or a paste to a moving substrate, the substrate being a surface of a web of paper, a paper board, fibrous material and/or a transfer element including an application chamber, a first element, a second element an... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7559990 | Coating apparatus and method Two embodiments of end seal design are described, each having preferably three seal lips, one of which differs in the center of its radius of curvature from the center of radius of curvature for the other two seal lips. The end seal is gently spring loaded. In this ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7431801 | Creping blade A creping blade including a body having a leading side, a trailing side, and working end including a bevel surface. The bevel surface is defined by a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein the trailing edge of the creping blade has a trailing edge radius of great... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7419549 | Nozzle assembly for applying a liquid to a substrate The aim of the invention is to achieve a rapid, homogeneous application of a liquid with as little force as possible to a substrate. To achieve this, the invention provides a nozzle assembly (22) for applying a liquid to a substrate, said assembly having a no... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7387820 | Equipment and method for changing a blade in a coating device Equipment for changing a blade (43) in a coating device (51) changes several blades (43) arranged in a band (43). The equipment includes reels (11, 40) connected to the ends of the blade holder (45), for holding the reeled u... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7351289 | Application device A device for applying a liquid to pasty medium to a moving surface, the moving surface in the case of direct application being the surface of a paper, board or other fibrous web. In the case of indirect application the moving surface being the surface of a transfer ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7338559 | 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... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7309402 | Doctor blade purge system A doctor blade holder comprises upper and lower mutually spaced jaw components defining a slot. A doctor blade is removably retained in the slot, and nozzles in one of the jaw components are arranged to direct fluid under pressure into the slot for application to th... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303634 | Method and apparatus for feeding a treating agent onto a moving surface The apparatus has a feed apparatus (10) and an evening-out apparatus (100) placed underneath the feed apparatus. The feed apparatus (10) has a feed chamber (12) with an inlet opening (13a), an outlet opening (13b | 12/04/2007 |
| 7220317 | Drywall mud hopper for inside and outside corners A drywall hopper assembly that contains a double blade that can apply drywall mud to both interior and exterior drywall corners with no blade change. A zig-zag blade can contain two parallel grooves, one for interior corners and one for exterior corners. With this b... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7217341 | Treatment equipment, including a beam, for a paper machine The invention relates to treatment equipment, including a beam, for a paper machine. The beam (12) is equipped with a shaft (15), which has a bearing assembly (16) adapted to allow the beam (12) to pivot in relation to the bearing assembl... | 05/15/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7175739 | Method for incorporating feature substances into a paper web A method and apparatus for incorporating feature substances into a still moist but already sufficiently consolidated paper web provides for directing a feature substance suspension onto the surface of the paper web as a laminar jet with low jet pressure. A special p... | 02/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7169230 | Coater apparatus A coater apparatus (10) is disclosed for applying coating material onto a moving web. The apparatus (10) includes an applicator having a first and a second end, the applicator (16) defining a feeding chamber (22) for the reception therein... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7076115 | Analysis of chemical data from images Computer programs and computer-implemented methods implement techniques for evaluating experimental data from a library of materials. The techniques receive a plurality of images of a library of materials that includes an array of members associated with locations i... | 07/11/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7033459 | Arrangement for doctoring a belt or a soft roll surfacing in a paper or board machine An arrangement for doctoring a belt or a soft roll surfacing in a paper or board machine includes a doctor set in connection with a surface with a doctor blade fitted in it for doctoring the surface. The doctor blade is at least partly of a material, the hardness of... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7029532 | Coating station A coating station, which in intended for coating a web with a coating material, includes a load-bearing and cross-directional frame extending substantially across the entire width of the web. The coating station also includes applicator elements supported to the fra... | 04/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6982025 | Adjustable resilient blade support An adjustable resilient blade support for use in the forming section of a papermaking machine. The blade support is adjustable, both to allow the attached blade to be moved from a position where it is out of contact to a position where it is pressed into contact wit... | 01/03/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6977029 | Doctor blade A doctor blade for removing water, which excels in water removal capability and shape retention capacity, and suppresses abrasion of the belt or other mating member with which it cooperates, is a fibrous laminate comprising integrated base material and batt fiber la... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6960261 | Apparatus for applying fluid An apparatus for applying fluid onto a substrate, in particular for glueing inner books, books, magazines and other substrates that need to be bound. The apparatus comprises a first slot nozzle, connectable with a fluid source, for applying a fluid film onto one sid... | 11/01/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6872257 | Pressurized chamber doctor blade The invention pertains to a pressure chamber scraper for application of a liquid medium onto a rotating drum, said pressure chamber scraper having an axially extending scraper head, that together with an axially extending dosing scraper touching the mantle surface o... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6852196 | Foam treatment of tissue products A method for applying a foam to a paper web is provided. Specifically, a foam is first formed from a liquid-based composition and a gas, such as air. Once formed, the foam is applied by a foam applicator to the web. In one embodiment, for example, the foam applicato... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6837932 | Pressure feed coating application system The present invention includes a device and a method of applying a coating to a web. The preferred device comprises a feed nozzle coupled to a stiffener coupled to a spring coupled to a position/force adjuster. The feed nozzle comprises a fluid reservoir, a feed pip... | 01/04/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6803076 | Die lip for strip coating The invention is a contact die for dispensing of flowable material on a substrate. The contact die includes at least one die block including a first internal passage. A die lip portion is disposed on the die block having a lateral dimension. A first plurality of ori... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6780354 | Method for casting using a casting head having a variably displaceable cavity surface A method employing a casting head having a variably displaceable cavity surface. The casting head comprises a cavity, at least partially formed by plurality of surfaces, including a carrier surface adjacent the cavity, and a variably displaceable drive surface for c... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6772937 | Method and apparatus for applying viscous material By using an application unit having: a storage chamber for a viscous material; a discharge hole, for the viscous material, provided so as to communicate with the storage chamber, where a viscous-material feeding device for feeding the viscous material to the storage... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6758904 | Backing lath for a doctor device A backing lath (6, 14) used for coating a web of paper or paperboard in doctor blade and rod coaters and film-transfer coaters, the backing lath featuring a fiber-reinforced composite material body. When necessary, the backing lath can be surfaced with a wear... | 07/06/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6730171 | Nozzle apparatus having a scraper for the application of the foam treatment of tissue webs The present invention is a foam applicator system for applying foam to a tissue web. The foam applicator system comprises a foam applicator capable of applying a liquid-based composition to a tissue web. The foam applicator includes an extrusion head comprising a fi... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6725769 | Method and apparatus for applying a viscous or paste material onto a substrate An application device for applying viscous or paste fluid material to a surface therebeneath and having a fluid outlet aperture in its lower region and including a sealing gasket or foil for sealing the outlet aperture against the surface. The gasket or foil is form... | 04/27/2004 |
