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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 08, 1996
Alfred C Li, Naperville, IL (US);
Rex A Becker, Janesville, WI (US);
James R Burns, Augusta, ME (US);
Beloit Technologies, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An applicator head is positioned beneath a backing roll over which a substrate can be drawn. The applicator head has a housing which contains a pond of coating material between an up machine overflow lip and a down machine extraction plate or premetering plate. Coating material at a relatively low velocity flows into the pond adjacent to the overflow lip. The premetering plate extends radially from the coating inlet to a position proximate to and converging with the backing roll, where it premeters the amount of coating applied to the substrate. The premetering plate preferably has a plurality of holes through which coating and air are drawn. A metering element is spaced downstream of the premetering plate, and a low pressure area is constructed therebetween. Air and coating are drawn from the low pressure area through a valve, and the pressure thereby controlled.