Patent ID: 6053978
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: B05C,D21H

Abstract:
An applicator for one of direct and indirect application of a coating medium onto a traveling fiber material web, said applicator comprising:at least one dosing apparatus including a pair of lips adjacent the fiber material web, said lips having a longitudinal extension transverse to a direction of travel of the fiber material web, said lips defining a dosing slot therebetween, said dosing slot being configured as an open-jet nozzle and having two side edges, a first of said lips having an extended portion extending further than a second of said lips in a flow direction of the coating medium through said dosing slot, said extended portion of said first lip forming a guide surface for the coating medium and having a free end; anda coating edge delimiting apparatus including at least two coating edge delimiting elements fitted between and in direct contact with each of said lips, said coating edge delimiting elements closing off and substantially sealing said dosing slot on said side edges, thereby substantially sealing said dosing slot, each said coating edge delimiting element having a wall section extending along said guide surface substantially to said free end of said extended portion of said first lip.