Claims
- 1. An apparatus for one of directly and indirectly applying a coating medium onto a moving fiber material web, said apparatus comprising:a spray device having an application area, said spray device being configured for atomizing the coating medium; a vapor supply device configured for maintaining an atmosphere of a moistening medium for the atomized coating medium in said application area of said spray device; and a chamber, said spray device being disposed within said chamber, said vapor supply device being configured for feeding said moistening medium into said chamber.
- 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said spray device comprises a two-substance spray device configured for spraying the coating medium by use of said moistening medium.
- 3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein said two-substance spray device comprises an internal mixing two-substance spray device.
- 4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein said two-substance spray device comprises an external mixing two-substance spray device.
- 5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said spray device comprises a rotary spray device.
- 6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein said moistening medium from said vapor supply device is configured for carrying the atomized coating medium to a moving surface having a direction of movement.
- 7. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a roll, said rotary spray device and one of the moving surface and said roll each being at a respective predetermined electrical potential voltage.
- 8. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising a removal device disposed before said application area of said spray device relative to the direction of movement of the moving surface, said removal device being configured for using said moistening medium to remove an air boundary layer from the moving surface.
Priority Claims (1)
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a division of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/301,194, entitled “DEVICE AND METHOD FOR APPLYING A COATING MEDIUM ONTO A MOVING SURFACE”, filed Apr. 28, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,248,407.
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