Abstract:
A coater for applying liquid coating material onto a paper web carried across an upstream dip roll applicator that applies an excess layer of coating onto the surface of the web, is cahracterized by an improved downstream doctor assembly for metering and leveling the coating of the web. The doctor assembly includes a doctor blade having a top extended agianst and across the web, and a shear plate just upstream of the blade. The shear plate has a surface facing toward but spaced from the web and a ramp on the surface extending toward the web. As the coating layer on the web contacts the doctor blade, excess coating removed from the web by the blade bounces back off of the blade, flows across the shear plate surface and is deflected by the ramp against the web to rewet the excess coating layer on the web before it reaches the blade. The energy of the rewetting flow is sufficient to smooth and eliminate film split or streaking patterns that occur in excess coating applied with a dip roll applicator, so that there is a much more uniform coating on the resulting paper sheet.
Abstract:
A coating device where the pressurized coating space formed between the doctor element and the material web and/or the counter roll carrying it is defined by a regulating plate on the inlet side relative to the material web. A guide device is so arranged in the coating space that coating mixture will circulate around it on all sides in one direction of rotation. The guide device generally leaves only relatively narrow flow channels open in the coating chamber so that harmful turbulent flows are extensively avoided which through pulsating air inclusions might lead to defects in the applied coating.
Abstract:
An improved doctor blade, for use at a downstream end of a pressurized coating material application zone of a paper coater, has a tip portion of a limited length and first thickness and a major body portion of a second and increased thickness. The increased thickness of the major body portion enables the doctor blade to resist flexure caused by variations in pressure of the coating material in the zone, so that the blade tip more uniformly meters and levels coating on a paper web. Also contemplated is an arrangement for clamping the blade at the downstream end of the application zone, in a manner to minimize flexure of the blade in response to variations in pressure of the coating material in the zone.
Abstract:
Apparatus for applying a coating liquid to a moving web of paper carried through an application zone is characterized by a system at each side end of the zone for recirculating coating liquid thereat. In use of such an applicator coating liquid at the side ends of the zone tends to stagnate, and the recirculating system eliminates coating buildup in the side ends.
Abstract:
An applicator for applying a coating liquid to a moving web of paper carried through an application zone, wherein the applicator has a chamber for receiving the coating liquid and an opening thereto for directing the liquid into an application zone and onto the web, the zone being established between a front wall of the chamber and a doctor blade extending from a rear side of the opening across and against the web, is characterized by a readily removable and replaceable orifice plate on the front wall, which extends toward and closely spaced from the web to define with the web a gap through which coating liquid in the zone flows to form a liquid seal. Because the orifice plate may readily be removed and replaced, orifice plates of different heights may be used with the applicator, so that simply by selecting a particular orifice plate for use, the gap in which the liquid seal is established may be made to have a predetermined size.
Abstract:
A continuous process for applying a coating to both sides of a paper web in which the web is fed at a speed of at least 400 meters per minute through the nip formed between a rotating applicator roll and an elastically yielding blade. A coating composition is fed into the sumps formed on each side of the web at the nip at a rate such that the amount of coating material applied to the web, calculated as the total of both sides of the web, exceeds 14 grams per square meter. The viscosity of the coating composition is maintained at 400 to 2000 centipoises and the web is withdrawn from the nip so that it is bent away from the applicator roll over the edge of the blade at an angle of between 8.degree. and 12.degree. to the tangient to the roll at the nip, thus reducing or eliminating the formation of mist downstream of the nip.
Abstract:
A process for spreading foam material relatively free of undesirable air bubbles, blisters, and blotches, and substantially uniformly in thickness across the full width of continuously advancing sheet material comprising: supplying foam material having a predetermined density to a chamber for containing foam material: filling the chamber substantially completely with the foam material at the predetermined density: maintaining the predetermined density of the foam material in the chamber substantially constant from point of entry thereto to point of exit therefrom: delivering the foam material from the chamber and spreading it relatively free of undesirable air bubbles, blisters, and blotches, and substantially uniformly in thickness across the full width of continuously advancing sheet material; and regulating and controlling the amount and the thickness of the foam material being spread on the continuously advancing sheet material, the regulating and controlling taking place immediately following the delivering of the foam material. Coating apparatus for spreading the foam material is also included.
Abstract:
A method and mechanism for applying a liquid coating to both sides of a traveling web including guiding the traveling web along a substantially vertical path through a coating station applying coating continuously across the width of the web hydraulically and in one form the web traveling vertically upward and the excess coating falling downwardly and being directed away from the web, applying a uniform smoothing and distributing pressure to the surface of the coating by pressing first and second opposed thin flexible smoothing blades having a smooth inner surface with sufficient pressure so that the blades bend at an arc and the arc is tangent to the surface of the web.
Abstract:
Apparatus for supplying molten coating through a narrow extruding gap in a distributor head to a pond confined between a supported web and a metering blade carried by the head downstream of the gap. The metering blade extends from the lower surface of the gap and supports the pond. A heat shield is mounted to the upper gap defining member and extends over the pond to prevent heat loss from the coating material.