Wayne A Damrau

6352022, Mar 5, 2002

Aug 12, 1999

09/373470

Ralph L. Lau - Port Edwards WI
Wayne A. Damrau - Wisconsin Rapids WI

Stora Enso North America - Wisconsin Rapids WI

D21G 100

100 35, 100153, 100163 R, 162205, 1623583

Microgloss variations in and microgalvanizing of supercalendered webs of paper are significantly reduced without significant reduction in the super-calendered paper gloss by passing the supercalendered web through a heated soft extended nip calender.

6592669, Jul 15, 2003

Sep 17, 2001

09/953724

Wayne A. Damrau - Wisconsin Rapids WI

Stora Enso North America Corp. - Wisconsin Rapids WI

B05C 302

118413, 118419

An fountain applicator for applying coating liquid onto a web of paper carried past the applicator, has a coating liquid flow path that includes a curved surface along which a sheet of the coating liquid is flowed to subject the sheet to centrifugal force to cause air entrained in the coating liquid to move away from one side of the sheet that is toward the curved surface, so that the one side is relatively free of entrained air. After being flowed along the curved surface, the sheet of coating liquid is directed toward the web in a free standing jet curtain of coating liquid, to contact the web surface primarily with the one relatively air-free side of the coating liquid sheet to decrease the occurrence of skip coating on the web surface, especially when the web is traveling past the applicator at high speeds. The coating is applied in excess onto the web surface and is metered and leveled to a desired coat weight by a downstream doctor. The downstream doctor may comprise a single metering device, or it may comprise an intermediate metering device followed by a final metering and leveling device.

6869639, Mar 22, 2005

Sep 30, 2002

10/261050

Wayne A. Damrau - Wisconsin Rapids WI, US
John F. Bergin - Wisconsin Rapids WI, US

Stora Enso North America Corp. - Wisconsin Rapids WI

B05D003/04
B05D003/12
B05D001/28

427211, 427335, 427336, 427356, 427359, 427361, 427428, 118123, 118126

An improved film coater which utilizes one or more coater or applicators to transfer coating to the outer surfaces of at least one more rolls, which in turn transfers the coating from the roll surface to one or more sides of the web for coating paper is disclosed. The coater or applicator includes a smoothing doctor on the web and downstream of the one or more rolls, and may also utilize humidity from one of steam showers or a humidity enclosure to assist smoothing. The web may run in any direction, but preferably runs upwardly from the roll toward the doctor to reduce “film split” droplets effect. The present invention also reduces the fiber rise and arrange peel pattern on the coated web, resulting in a smooth uniform coated paper.

7211297, May 1, 2007

Jul 9, 2003

10/615627

Wayne A. Damrau - Wisconsin Rapids WI, US

Stora Enso North America Corp. - Wisconsin Rapids WI

B05D 3/12
B05D 1/26

427356, 427240, 427420, 118410, 118413, 118419, 118123

An fountain applicator for applying coating liquid onto a web of paper carried past the applicator, has a coating liquid flow path that includes a curved surface along which a sheet of the coating liquid is flowed to subject the sheet to centrifugal force to cause air entrained in the coating liquid to move away from one side of the sheet that is toward the curved surface, so that the one side is relatively free of entrained air. After being flowed along the curved surface, the sheet of coating liquid is directed toward the web in a free standing jet curtain of coating liquid, to contact the web surface primarily with the one relatively air-free side of the coating liquid sheet to decrease the occurrence of skip coating on the web surface, especially when the web is traveling past the applicator at high speeds. The coating is applied in excess onto the web surface and is metered and leveled to a desired coat weight by a downstream doctor. The downstream doctor may comprise a single metering device, or it may comprise an intermediate metering device followed by a final metering and leveling device.

7338559, Mar 4, 2008

Jan 18, 2006

11/334021

Wayne A. Damrau - Wisconsin Rapids WI, US

Stora Enso North America Corp. - Wisconsin Rapids WI

B05C 3/02

118413, 118419

An fountain applicator for applying coating liquid onto a web of paper carried past the applicator, has a coating liquid flow path that includes a curved surface along which a sheet of the coating liquid is flowed to subject the sheet to centrifugal force to cause air entrained in the coating liquid to move away from one side of the sheet that is toward the curved surface, so that the one side is relatively free of entrained air. After being flowed along the curved surface, the sheet of coating liquid is directed toward the web in a free standing jet curtain of coating liquid, to contact the web surface primarily with the one relatively air-free side of the coating liquid sheet to decrease the occurrence of skip coating on the web surface, especially when the web is traveling past the applicator at high speeds. The coating is applied in excess onto the web surface and is metered and leveled to a desired coat weight by a downstream doctor. The downstream doctor may comprise a single metering device, or it may comprise an intermediate metering device followed by a final metering and leveling device.

7591898, Sep 22, 2009

Dec 7, 2007

11/999944

Wayne A. Damrau - Wisconsin Rapids WI, US
John F. Bergin - Wisconsin Rapids WI, US

B05C 1/00

118227, 118249

An improved film coater which utilizes one or more coater or applicators to transfer coating to the outer surfaces of at least one more rolls, which in turn transfers the coating from the roll surface to one or more sides of the web for coating paper is disclosed. The coater or applicator includes a smoothing doctor on the web and downstream of the one or more rolls, and may also utilize humidity from one of steam showers or a humidity enclosure to assist smoothing. The web may run in any direction, but preferably runs upwardly from the roll toward the doctor to reduce “film split” droplets effect. The present invention also reduces the fiber rise and arrange peel pattern on the coated web, resulting in a smooth uniform coated paper.

7785668, Aug 31, 2010

Dec 5, 2003

10/537241

Wayne A. Damrau - Wisconsin Rapids WI, US

B05D 1/28
B05C 1/04
B05C 1/08

427359, 118118, 118119, 118122, 118126, 118203, 118413, 118420, 427356

A doctor method and apparatus is disclosed and includes a doctor roll () supported in a coater () suitable for applying coating to a paper web surface or a roll surface () for subsequent transfer to the paper web. The doctor includes a doctor roll (), a support () for the doctor roll (), a front support () for holding the roll support () and a rear support or retainer () cooperates with and helps stabilize the support () and doctor roll (). The present invention minimizes the variation moving of the doctor roll () has on the coating on the moving surface (), be it web or roll, and thus can improve coating quality.

20020172771, Nov 21, 2002

May 16, 2001

09/859061

Wayne Damrau - Wisconsin Rapids WI, US

B05D003/12

427/355000, 427/356000, 118/232000

An improved short dwell type coater and method are provided. The coater can coat a web directly or a moving roll surface as in a film coater or size press. The flow path in the coater includes a flow modifier shaped to have the introduced coating first turn upstream relative to the web or roll surface, then turn across a curved surface toward the web or roll and around the flow modifier. The flow then converges toward the top of the flow modifier and passes the tip of the flow modifier. Some flow remains on the web or roll and is subsequently doctored, while most is turned away from the web or roll and merged with the incoming flow. A gap filled with coating overflow provides a liquid seal. This coater and method use coating, reduce vortices and streaking, and can operate at higher speeds.