Impregnating and coating apparatus

Claim 1

COATING AND IMPREGNATING INCLUDING AN ELONGATE HOUSING HAVING ELONGATE SIDE WALLS AND AN ELONGATE TOP WALL DEFINING A CONTINUOUS UNINTERRUPTED SPACE PROVIDING A LIQUID COATING COMPARTMENT, A DRIP-DRYING COMPARTMENT AND A HEAT-DRY COMPARTMENT, SAID HOUSING BEING OPEN AT BOTH ENDS AND THE LOWER PORTIONS OF SAID SIDE WALLS DEFINING AN ELONGATE MOUTH; SUPPORTS MEANS FOR SAID HOUSING INCLUDING A BASE TOP CONSISTING OF TWO HORIZONTALLYDISPOSED ELONGATE, SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT SECTIONS, WITH THEIR INNER EDGES SPACED APART AND FACING ONE ANOTHER AND DEFINING AN ELONGATE SLOT, ALIGNED WITH SAID MOUTH; AN UPWARDLY-OPENING RESERVOIR BELOW SAID SLOT AND BELOW SAID COATING AND IMPREGNATING COMPARTMENT AND DRIP-DRY COMPARTMENT; HEATING MEANS IN SAID HEAT-DRY COMPARTMENT AND CARRIED BY SAID SIDE WALLS; MEANS TO SELECTIVELY MOVE SAID SIDE WALLS TOWARD AND AWAY FROM EACH OTHER; CONVEYOR MEANS FOR SECTIONS OF SHEET MATERIAL TO TRAVEL THROUGH ALL OF SAID COMPARTMENTS FROM SAID COATING AND IMPREGNATING COMPARTMENT AND DISPOSED ABOVE AND ALIGNED LONGITUDINALLY WITH SAID MOUTH; LIQUID DISCHARGE MEANS ADJACENT AND BELOW SAID TOP WALL AND ALIGNED LONGITUDINALLY WITH SAID MOUTH TO DISCHARGE LIQUID UPON SAID SECTIONS OF SHEET MATERIAL WITHIN SAID COATING AND IMPREGNATING COMPARTMENT; AND MEANS TO CONVEY LIQUID FROM SAID RESERVOIR TO SAID LIQUID DISCHARGE MEANS.