Patent ID: 6237525
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: B05B,D21H

Abstract:
An apparatus for applying a coating mix onto a moving paper or board web comprising:a planar surface, a portion of said planar surface being positioned proximate to, substantially parallel to and below a portion of a path of a moving paper or board web;a means for supplying a flowing stream of a coating mix to said planar surface, said coating mix supplying means comprising a metering tray and an overflow weir;a means for causing the portion of said planar surface to vibrate sufficiently to cause a portion of the stream of coating mix passing over the portion of said planar surface to atomize into an aerosol, to be emitted from the stream of the coating mix, and to travel upward to and adhere to the portion of the moving web, the aerosol being emitted, traveling upward to and adhering to the portion of the moving web without the use of a jet of air to cause the aerosol to be so emitted, to so travel and to so adhere.