Two sided coater

Abstract

Two side coaters and methods of coating paper on both sides are disclosed in which a web of paper to be coated is moved in a generally upward direction in partially wrapped relation to a coating roll, so that one side of the web is in contact with and supported by the roll. This one side of the web is coated by a first coating material which is applied by the coating roll. This coating material is applied to the coating roll by an applicator roll, either directly in which a puddle is formed between the applicator roll and the coating roll, or through transfer from a pair of metering rolls in which the coating puddle is formed between the metering rolls. A second coating, which may be the same as or different from the first coating, is applied by a non-contacting jet fountain coater to an area on the opposite exposed side of the web just ahead of or including the area which is in wrapped relation to the coating roll, and the excess coating is blade doctored, employing the coating roll as a back-up roll for the doctor blade. The blade side moves upwardly in view of the operator and is turned for subsequent drying or the like with the blade side up. There are also disclosed arrangements by which the lead-in and lead-out angles of the web may be controlled for the purpose of controlling the angle of contact and degree of wrap of the web with the coating roll. The method further contemplates conventional blade doctoring, bent-blade doctoring, and zero-angle blade doctoring.

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