Application device

A device for applying a liquid to pasty application medium to a moving surface having a running direction, the moving surface in a case of direct application being a surface of a fibrous web, the moving surface in a case of indirect application being a surface of a transfer element which transfers the application medium to a surface of the fibrous web, said device comprising:

• an applicator for applying the application medium, said applicator including an outer longitudinal wall;
• a doctor device arranged downstream of said applicator in the running direction of the moving surface, said doctor device for at least one of doctoring off the application medium applied to the moving surface and equalizing the application medium applied to the moving surface, said doctor device and said applicator defining an interspace therebetween;
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• a substantially flexible collecting part covering said interspace between said applicator and said doctor device, said flexible collecting part extending transversely with respect to the running direction of the moving surface and parallel to said applicator and said doctor device, said substantially flexible collecting part collecting an excess said application medium that at least one of has not remained on the moving surface and has not reached the moving surface, said substantially flexible collecting part being fixed to said outer longitudinal wall and to said doctor device by at least one of hooking in and clamping in, said outer longitudinal wall facing said doctor device, said substantially flexible collecting part being replaceable.