| US 7,461,438 B2 | ||
| Apparatus and method for applying finishing agents onto a nonwoven web | ||
| Sebastian Sommer, Troisdorf (Germany); Jens Guedden, Troisdorf (Germany); and Thomas Fett, Wesseling (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Reifenhaeuser GmbH & Co. Maschinenfabrik, Troisdorf (Germany) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 02, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/68,850. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10 2004 010 245 (DE), filed on Mar. 03, 2004; and application No. 05003500 (EP), filed on Feb. 18, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0196538 A1, Sep. 08, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. B05C 1/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 28—167 [28/169; 118/211] | 9 Claims |
| 1. An apparatus for treating and applying finishing agents onto a nonwoven web, the apparatus comprising:
at least one device for pre-bonding the nonwoven web,
at least one convexly arcuate guide surface,
means for guiding the pre-bonded nonwoven web in an arcuate path in a travel direction over and in contact with the surface,
the guide surface being formed along the path with an array of outlet openings and formed at a downstream end of the path
with a sharp breakaway edge directed downstream in the travel direction, and
means for supplying a finishing agent to the openings for applying the finishing agent onto the nonwoven web guided over the
guide surface.
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