LIQUID APPLICATION APPARATUS AND LIQUID APPLICATION METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid application apparatus and a liquid application method capable of sufficiently impregnating a web in the thickness direction thereof with a low-viscosity liquid applied to the web.SOLUTION: The present invention pertains to a liquid application apparatus 1, 100 that is used in the production of absorbent articles and applies a liquid with a viscosity in the range from 0.05 to 4 Pa-s to a continuously transported web 3. The liquid application apparatus comprises: a tank 11 for storing the liquid; a liquid application nozzle 13 for applying the liquid to one surface 3ff of the web; a pump 17 for supplying the liquid in the tank to the liquid application nozzle through a tube 15; a suction device 5 having a surface 5f, 105f opposite the other surface 3fs of the web; and an air blow nozzle 37 for blowing air to a section of the one surface of the web where the liquid has been applied. The surface of the suction device at least includes a suction area AS that suctions the web.