Method and apparatus for applying a coating to a sheet material.

摘要

A method of and apparatus for coating an absorbent sheet material such as a felt is described wherein the coating in liquid form is applied to en endless moving surface (10) over a length of the surface. The absorbent sheet material (12) is applied to the surface at the end of said length so that the liquid at the end of said length whilst still liquid bonds to the sheet material surface. The coating applied to the beginning of the said length has set by the time it reaches the end of said length preventing the coating from being absorbed into the sheet material.