Apparatus for coating continuously produced filaments

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR APPLYING A LIQUID COATING OF LONGITUDINALLY MOVING, CONTINUOUS, FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A LIQUID SUPPLY TANK, A DRIVEN ROLLER MEANS JOURNALED ON AN AXIS AND POSITIONED WITH AT LEAST A PORTION OF ITS PERIPHERY BENEATH THE SURFACE OF A SUPPLY OF LIQUID IN SAID TANK, FRAMEWORK MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID DRIVEN ROLLER MEANS INCLUDING REARWARDLY EXTENDING YOKE MEANS HAVING ARM MEANS AND BEARING MEANS IN EACH YOKE ARM FOR JOURNALING SAID RIVEN ROLLER MEANS, NOSE BAR MEANS, SAID FRAMEWORK ALSO INCLUDING FORWARDLY EXTENDING YOKE MEANS FOR SUPPORTING AND RETAINING SAID NOSE BAR MEANS IN PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID ROLLER MEANS, A CONTINUOUS BELT EXTENDING AROUND SAID ROLLER MEANS AND NOSE BAR MEANS AND DRIVEN BY SAID ROLLER MEANS, SAID FORWARDLY EXTENDING YOKE MEANS HAVING ONE ARM WHICH IS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAMEWORK AND A SECOND ARM WHICH INCLUDES A COLLAPSIBLE LOCKING MEANS FOR SECURING SAID NOSE BAR MEANS IN SAID PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID ROLLER MEANS IN A LOCKED POSITION AND FOR ALLOWING MOVEMENT OF ONE END OF SAID NOSE BAR MEANS TOWARD SAID ROLLER IN A COLLASPED POSITION, THEREBY FACILITATING INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL OF SAID BELT OVER SAID DRIVEN ROLLER, NOSE BAR AND SAID TWO YOKE MEANS WITHOUT STRETCHING OR TEARING SAID BELT.