Patent ID: 6895690
Filing Date: 2005-05-24
Classification: B05C,D21F,D21H,F26B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for coating a moving fiber web on at least one side thereof with a coating material, the coating material being one of liquid and pastous, the moving fiber web having a web moving direction associated therewith, said apparatus comprising: a coating station for applying the coating material onto the web, the fiber web leaving said coating station at a coating station exit point; and a non-contact turning apparatus following said coating station, relative to the web moving direction, the fiber web entering said non-contact turning apparatus at a tuning apparatus entry point, said coating station and said non-contact turning apparatus being conjunctively configured such that the fiber web moves substantially in only one plane between said coating station exit point and said turning apparatus entry point without changing direction, said non-contact turning apparatus including a first turning unit, the fiber web having a turning section, the turning section of the fiber web including a concave side, said first turning unit being structured and arranged for positioning thereof adjacent the concave side of the fiber web.