Process of coating paper with a trailing blade

Claim 1

IN A PROCESS OF COATING PAPER, THE STEPS OF: (A) SUPPORTING A TRAVELING PAPER WEB ON A RESILIENTLY COVERED ROTATING BACKING ROLL; (B) CARRYING THE WEB ON THE BACKING ROLL TO A COATING APPLICATOR; (C) APPLYING AN AQUEOUS MINERAL COATING COMPOSITION CONTAINING PIGMENT, ADHESIVE AND SOAP TO THE TRAVELING PAPER WEB, SAID COATING COMPOSITION BEING SUBJECT TO THE DEVELOPMENT THEREIN OF HARDENED PARTICLES; (D) APPLYING SAID AQUEOUS COATING COMPOSITION TO SAID WEB IN EXCESS; (E) CARRYING SAID WEB WITH THE EXCESS OF SAID AQUEOUS COATING COMPOSITION THEREON TO A TRAILING BLADE SPACED WELL AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE BACKING ROLL FROM THE COATING APPLICATOR AND WHICH TRAILING BLADE IS PRESSED AGAINST THE WEB ON THE BACKING ROLL; (F) CARRYING THE WEB WITH THE EXCESS OF COATING COMPOSITION THEREON TO THE TRAILING BLADE THROUGH AN ATMOSPHERE CONSISTING OF WATER VAPOR WHILE THE COATING COMPOSITION ON THE WEB IS FLOWABLE TO CAUSE HARD PARTICLES IN THE COATING COMPOSITION ON THE TRAVELING WEB TO BE SURROUNDED AND ENVELOPED WITH COATING COMPOSITION; AND (G) TROWELING THE SAID FLOWABLE COATING COMPOSITION ON THE WEB WITH THE FLEXIBLE BLADE AS THE WEB PASSES FROM THE FOG SHOWER TO THE BLADE TO REMOVE THE EXCESS OF AQUEOUS COATING COMPOSITION FROM THE TRAVELING WEB.