Method and means for the automatic regulation of the continuous application of specified amounts of solids or liquids to a moving sheet of material

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IN A METHOD OF SUPPLYING TO A CONTINUOUSLY MOVING SHEET OF LINEAR MATERIAL A PRESCRIBED WEIGHT PER UNIT LENGTH OF A SUBSTANCE, SAID METHOD BEING OF THE TYPE WHEREIN SAID SHEET IS PASSED THROUGH A RESERVOIR CONTAINING SAID SUBSTANCE AND COMPRISING THE STEPS OF, SUPPLYING SAID SUBSTANCE IN SOLID FORM TO A MIXING CONTAINER AT A RATE CONTINUOUSLY DEPENDENT ON THE SPEED OF MOVEMENT OF SAID MATERIAL THROUGH SAID RESERVOIR AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RATE AT WHICH SAID SUBSTANCE IS DESIRED TO BE APPLIED TO SAID MATERIAL, ADDING LIQUID INGREDIENTS COMPRISING LIQUID DILUENT TO SAID SOLID SUBSTANCE IN SAID MIXING CONTAINER, CONTINUOUSLY MIXING THE SOLID AND LIQUID INGREDIENTS IN THE CONTAINER TO FORM A HOMOGENEOUS LIQUOR CONTAINING SAID SUBSTANCE, CAUSING LIQUOR TO BE TRANSPORTED FROM THE MIXING CONTAINER TO THE RESERVOIR AT THE RATE AT WHICH IT IS MADE, SUPPLYING SAID DILUENT TO SAID MIXING CONTAINER IN A QUANTITY TO MAINTAIN A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT AMOUNT IN SAID RESERVOIR.