Appeal No. 2001-2440
Application 09/309,066
applying the coating medium onto the moving material web
with an applicator device, a volume of the coating medium applied
within a predetermined time period being adjustable,
associating a metering element with the moving material web,
said metering element being disposed after said applicator device
relative to a direction of travel of the moving material web;
exerting an adjustable actuating force upon said metering
element to thereby meter the applied coating medium;
measuring a coating weight of the coating medium applied to
the moving material web;
comparing said measured coating weight to a predetermined
desired value;
reducing the volume of the coating medium applied and
concurrently maintaining a substantially constant actuating force
within said predetermined time period when said measured coating
weight exceeds said predetermined desired value; and
reducing said adjustable actuating force exerted upon said
metering element and concurrently maintaining a substantially
constant volume of the coating medium when said measured coating
weight is less than said predetermined desired value.
THE REFERENCES
McAleavey 5,496,407 Mar. 5, 1996
Ueberschär et al. (Ueberschär) 6,010,739 Jan. 4, 2000
(filed Sep. 10, 1997)
Plomer et al. (DE ‘183)1 196 05 183 A1 Aug. 14, 1997
(German patent application)
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as follows:
claims 1-6 and 8-11 over McAleavey in view of DE ‘183, and
claim 7 over McAleavey in view of DE ‘183 and Ueberschär.
1 Citations herein to DE ‘183 are to the English translation
thereof which is of record.
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