Patent ID: 9475081
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: B05C

Claim Text:
1. An applicator device for applying at least one liquid to a first side of a flexible web, comprising: a pair of application stations each comprising a pair of parallel rollers adapted to receive the flexible web between an adjustable separation space therebetween, each roller driven by a roller motor arrangement, a platen fixed adjacent to an inlet side of the pair of rollers situated to direct the web between the rollers, a pair of dams each laterally adjustable with respect to a first roller of the pair of rollers and adapted to conform to the shape of the first roller at a forward end thereof, each of the dams, the first roller and the web defining a puddle area to which one of the at least one liquid is applied for application to the web as the web moves between the pair of rollers; a turning roller situated between each application station; a frame for fixing a first of the application stations in a substantially horizontal orientation, a second of the application stations in a substantially vertical orientation, and the turning roller generally above the second application station and to the rear of the first application station, the frame further including a base for supporting the applicator device on a ground surface; whereby the flexible web enters the first application station to receive one of the at least one liquid applied thereto on the first side thereof, turns substantially 90-degrees at the turning roller, and enters the second application station to receive one of the at least one liquid applied to a second side thereof.