| US 7,540,940 B2 | ||
| Machine for making/treating a sheet of material | ||
| Richard Aust, Mönchengladbach (Germany); Christoph Henninger, Heidenheim (Germany); Stefan Reich, Heidenheim (Germany); and Martin Tietz, Heidenheim (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Voith Paper Patent GmbH, Heidenheim (Germany) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 11, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/484,072. | ||
| Application 11/484072 is a division of application No. 11/020601, filed on Dec. 23, 2004, abandoned. | ||
| Application 11/020601 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP03/50209, filed on Jun. 02, 2003. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 102 28 117 (DE), filed on Jun. 24, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0249266 A1, Nov. 09, 2006 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. D21H 19/84 (2006.01); D21H 23/48 (2006.01); D21H 25/06 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 162—137 [162/136; 162/204; 427/209; 427/326; 427/420] | 13 Claims |
| 1. A method of coating a fiber material web, comprising the of:
using a contactless application unit that is a first curtain application unit to apply one of a liquid and a pasty application
medium to a side of a moving fiber material web in combination with a material web smoothing device in an online process within
a machine for producing and treating the fiber material web; and
using a second curtain application unit to apply one of a liquid and a pasty application medium to an opposite side of the
moving fiber material web without an intermediate drying step between the first curtain application unit and the second curtain
application unit.
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