3m Innovative Properties Company

Joseph B Farley

Mikhail L Pekurovsky

Shawn C Dodds

Ronald P Swanson

Kara A Meyers

Matthew S Stay

Nicholas T Gabriel

James N Dobbs

Jitendra Singh Rathore

Robert B Secor

Ann M Gilman

Matthew R D Smith

Saagar A Shah

Scott L Ciliske

Tyler J Rattray

Samad Javid

Lyudmila A Pekurovsky

Kayla C Niccum

David C Mercord

Yugeun P Yang

Kevin T Reddy

Howard M Kaplan

Angela S McLEAN

Thomas A Mahler

Paul J Cordes

Angela S Mclean

Methods and apparatuses for roll coating are provided. The roll coating system () includes a coating roll () having a deformable inner layer () with a surface thereof covered by a deformable outer layer (), the inner layer being softer than the outer layer. A substrate () is conveyed to the nip () between the coating roll and a back-up roll (). A metered coating material is transferred from the coating roll to a patterned surface structure () of the substrate at the nip to form a conformal coating on the patterned structure of the substrate.

Roll coating using metered coating roll including deformable layers

Methods and systems of using pocket roller () to place objects on a continuously moving web () are provided. The objects are received in an array of pockets () on a major surface of a roller sleeve (). The roller sleeve () engages with an adhesive surface () of the continuously moving web () to place the objects on the web ().

Methods and systems of using pocket roller to place objects on moving web

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New Brighton, MN, United States of America

Joseph B Farley