Patent ID: 7056421

Claim:
A waterbox for applying an aqueous mixture containing starch to a web in a calendar stack comprising: an open-top elongate spillway disposed adjacent a calendar stack, said spillway having a bottom wall, front and rear walls, and first and second end walls; an elongate lip extending from adjacent the front wall of the spillway to a position operably adjacent a roll of the calendar stack on which the web is disposed in order to provide a pond of the mixture which may flow from the lip onto the web; a weir for controlling the level of the mixture in the pond such that the flow of the mixture from the pond onto the web is maintained, and disposed intermediate said lip and said rear wall and having a height selected to provide a basin within which the mixture may collect; and an inlet passing through said elongate lip for introduction of the mixture into the lip area, said inlet being located below the lip liquid level.