Method of adhesive application using transfer roll

A roll transfer coating method for applying adhesive, the method comprising:

• coating a raised pattern surface of a coating roll with a mold releasing agent,
• supplying adhesive through a slotted nozzle onto a smoother roll,
• transferring the adhesive from the smoother roll to the raised pattern surface of the coating roll,
• moving an item to be coated between the coating roll and a compression roll to transfer the adhesive on the raised pattern surface of the coating roll to a surface of the item at an adhesive transfer region disposed between the coating and compression rolls, and
• blowing heated air toward the adhesive transfer region from a direction opposite to the respective directions of rotation of the coating and compression rolls.

A roll transfer coating method for applying adhesive to an item, the method comprising:

• supplying adhesive through a slotted nozzle to coat a rotating first roll with the adhesive, said first roll having a raised pattern surface,
• moving an item to be coated between the first roll and a rotating second roll such that the adhesive coating on the raised pattern surface of the first roll is transferred to the item at an adhesive transfer region defined between the first and second rolls,
• blowing air from a direction opposite to the respective directions of rotation of the first and second rolls at the adhesive transfer region, and
• adjusting the amount of adhesive being coated on the first roll by changing an adhesive supply pressure associated with the slotted nozzle.