Appeal No. 1998-3271
Application No. 08/563,156
Appendix
Claims 3 and 5
3. Apparatus for applying a liquid coating to a
surface of a traveling continuous web, comprising:
a. a nozzle extending longitudinally across the width
of the web transversely to direction of web
travel, said nozzle including.a plurality of
spaced apart discharge openings arranged at
predetermined distances in a row along the
longitudinal direction of said nozzle;
b. a flat surface at a tip of said nozzle facing said
web, said flat surface being downstream of said
discharge openings respecting the direction of
travel of said web, for governing thickness
uniformity of said coating applied to said
traveling web from said nozzle.
5. Apparatus for applying coating under pressure to a
surface of a traveling continuous web comprising;
a. a longitudinally elongated feed block transversely
disposed with respect to direction of web travel;
b. said feed block having a base portion remote from said
web and a taper portion more proximate said web;
c. said feed block having a coating supply reservoir
within said base portion and extending longitudinally
substantially the length thereof;
d. said taper portion tapering from said base portion
towards said web and terminating in a tip portion
proximate said web;
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