Hot pressure finishing apparatus for web materials

Claim 1

IN AN APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING THE SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS OF A PAPER WEB, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING, A COATING MECHANISM APPLYING LIQUID COATING TO A SURFACE OF THE WEB, MEANS DRYING THE COATING UNTIL IT IS SET, A FIRST LARGE DIAMETER ROLL HAVING A SMOOTH PRECISELY FINISHED NON-RESILIENT SURFACE, A SECOND ROLL FORMED OF A METAL CORE AND AN OUTER RESILIENT COVER HAVING A HIGH HARDNESS BEING IN NIPDEFINING RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID FIRST ROLL, SAID SECOND ROLL BEING SMALLER THAN SAID FIRST ROLL AND FORMING A NARROW NIP THEREBETWEEN, HEATING MEANS FOR HEATING THE SURFACE OF THE FIRST ROLL TO PLASTICIZE THE SURFACE OF THE WEB IN THE NIP, MEANS FORCING THE ROLLS TOGETHER FORMING A TRANSVERSELY UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED HIGH INTENSITY UNIT PRESSURE IN SAID NIP, AND GUIDE MEANS SEPARATING THE WEB FRM THE SURFACE OF THE FIRST ROLL SUBSTANTIALLY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE NIP, SAID WEB MOVING FROM THE DRYING MEANS INTO THE NIP BETWEEN THE ROLLS WITH A COATED SIDE ENGAGING THE SURFACE OF THE FIRST ROLL IN THE NIP.