Patent ID: 7563326

Claim:
A coating/drying device, comprising: a first curtain application device for applying application medium to a first side of a fiber material web movable in a running direction; a second curtain application device for applying application medium to a second side of the fiber material web, the second side being opposite the first side, said second curtain application device operating without contacting the fiber material web, said first curtain application device and said second curtain application device being located proximate each other on opposite sides of the fiber material web, the fiber material web running in a substantially vertical direction between said first curtain application device and said second curtain application device as the application medium is applied to said first side of the fiber material web and said second side of said fiber material web; at least one deflection device for deflecting the fiber material web is provided between the first curtain application device and the second curtain application device; the first and the second curtain application devices apply the application medium to the fiber material web at the coating positions, wherein the fiber material web is not in contact with the surface of the at least one deflecting device; and a drying device arranged downstream of said first curtain application device and said second curtain application device in the running direction of the fiber material web wherein no drying device is provided between the position of the first curtain application device and the position of the second curtain application device.