Patent ID: 8511252

Claim:
An apparatus for applying a fluid to a convolutely wound roll of a web substrate, said apparatus comprising: a fluid applicator, said fluid applicator comprising a manifold and a first surface, said manifold being cooperatively and fluidly connected to a reservoir for containing said fluid, said fluid being conveyable from said reservoir to said manifold with a pump assembly provided in fluid communication with a closed loop recirculation system, said closed loop recirculation system disposing said fluid into said manifold; said fluid being fluidly displaceable from said manifold to said first surface through at least one opening disposed therein; wherein at least a portion of said fluid is fluidly displaced from said first surface to said convolutely wound roll of web substrate when said convolutely wound roll is placed into contacting engagement therewith; and, wherein said closed loop recirculation system prevents any of said fluid not fluidly displaced from said first surface to said convolutely wound roll of web substrate from displacement back into said manifold.