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(11) EP 0 454 382 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
15.01.1992 Bulletin 1992/03

(43) Date of publication A2:
30.10.1991 Bulletin 1991/44

(21) Application number: 91303546.5

(22) Date of filing: 19.04.1991
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: B05C 1/08, B05D 1/34
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE ES FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 23.04.1990 GB 9009105

(71) Applicant: The Wiggins Teape Group Limited
Basingstoke Hampshire RG21 2EE (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Mackie, Archibald Hill
    South Glamorgan CR7 7HU, Wales (GB)
  • Simons, Terence John
    Chinnor, Oxford OX9 4DX (GB)

(74) Representative: Bridge-Butler, Alan James et al
G.F. Redfern & Co. Redfern House 149/151 Tarring Road
Worthing, West Sussex BN11 4HE
Worthing, West Sussex BN11 4HE (GB)


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    (54) Process and apparatus for coating sheet material


    (57) A process for coating sheet material (6) at high speed with a low viscosity low coat weight coating comprising the steps of forming, on an endless transfer surface (1), a fluid film of a coating mix to be applied to the sheet material whilst moving the endless transfer surface (1) on a convex path through a coating station, and in the second direction of movement of the transfer surface, and simultaneously passing the sheet material (6) to be coated around an endless guide surface (7) at said coating station, whilst maintaining the spacing between the transfer (1) and guide surfaces (7) at a spacing substantially equivalent to the combined thickness of the sheet material and the film of coating mix on the transfer surface (1).






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