Flexible blade coating arrangement and method with compound blade loading
CA 2083039 C · Owner: Metso Paper Inc. · Inventors: Alheid, Robert J.
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Method and apparatus for applying a liquid film of controlled thickness to a paper web (51). The apparatus is in the form of a flexible blade coater having a flexible blade (60) fixed at one end (61) and bearing against a backing roll (50) (with interposed web) at a free end (62). The blade (60) has independent loading means, preferably pneumatic. An intermediate loading means (63) applies a first load intermediate the fixed and free ends (61 62) which serves, primarily and substantially independently to establish blade geometry or tip slope. A second loading means (65) positioned near the free end (62) of the blade (60) primarily and substantially independently establishes tip load for a …
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- Filed April 22, 1991 and granted December 29, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 22, 2011.
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