(19)
(11) EP 0 882 602 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
23.12.1998 Bulletin 1998/52

(43) Date of publication A2:
09.12.1998 Bulletin 1998/50

(21) Application number: 98113458.8

(22) Date of filing: 13.07.1995
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6B42C 3/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 17.08.1994 US 291628

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
95925641.3 / 0776273

(71) Applicant: MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY
St. Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Vogel, Mark S., c/o Minnesota M. & M. Company
    Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 (US)
  • Stifter, Gregory F., c/o Minnesota M. & M. Company
    Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 (US)
  • Pierre, Bernard R., c/o Minnesota M. & M. Company
    Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 (US)
  • Le Riche, Frederic P, Minnesota M. & M. Company
    Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 (US)

(74) Representative: Warcoin, Jacques et al
Cabinet Régimbeau, 26, avenue Kléber
75116 Paris
75116 Paris (FR)

 
Remarks:
This application was filed on 20 - 07 - 1998 as a divisional application to the application mentioned under INID code 62.
 


(54) Method and apparatus for applying a coating material to sheets


(57) Individual sheets of, for example, paper are coated by feeding the sheets in succession through a coating station (11) in which a primer material and a low adhesion backsize material are applied to opposite sides of the sheets. The sheets are then deposited on a conveyor so that they are overlapped to form a pseudo-web of sheets.







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