Apparatus for applying a film of liquid to a web of material
AssigneeBruckner Apparatebau GmbH
InventorManfred Schuierer
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Abstract
An apparatus for applying a thin liquid film to a continuously moving web of large width comprises a liquid supply chamber adapted to be fed by a pump. A smoothly tensioned foil, arranged to receive liquid from the supply chamber, constitutes a guide surface to form a liquid film, and has a lower edge arranged to discharge the film onto the web of material. Means arranged ahead of the foil is provided for calming the liquid.
Claims9
Apparatus for applying a thin liquid film to a continuously moving web of large width, comprising a liquid supply chamber in the form of a slightly inclined shallow container which is adapted to be fed with a liquid at its higher end and is defined at its lower end by a damming wall over which the liquid is discharged, a plurality of barrier means for calming the liquid, disposed in the shallow container in the path of liquid flowing from the higher end to the lower end, and a flexible foil of thin, resilient metal which is adjustably clamped along one edge and has its opposite edge arranged to receive liquid flowing over said damming wall and to discharge a film of the liquid onto the moving web.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.