Apparatus for coating elongate work

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR COATING RELATIVELY RIGID ELONGATE WORK, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A WORK FEED ROLL ENGAGEABLE WITH THE WORK TO MOVE THE LATTER LONGITUDINALLY ALONG A PREDETERMINED SUBSTANTIALLY LINEAR PATH, A PRESSURE ROLL HAVING A RESILIENTLY YIELDABLE HEAT-CONDUCTING EXTERNAL SURFACE, SAID PRESSURE ROLL BEING LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE PATH OF WORK MOVEMENT FOR ROLLING RELATION WITH THE WORK, SAID FEED ROLL LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE WORK PATH ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE THEREOF AS SAID PRESSURE ROLL FOR ROLLING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE WORK UNDER PRESSURE BY SAID PRESSURE ROLL, PRESSURE ROLL HEATING MEANS POSITIONED INTERNALLY OF SAID PRESSURE ROLL, A SUPPLY ROLL MOUNTED AHEAD OF SAID PRESSURE ROLL FOR SUPPLYING A COIL OF CARRIER MATERIAL HAVING A HEAT TRANSFERABLE COATING MATERIAL, A TAKE-UP ROLL BEHIND SAID PRESSURE ROLL FOR RECEVING SAID CARRIER MATERIAL AND DRAWING THE LATTER BETWEEN SAID PRESSURE ROLL AND WORK TO TRANSFER THE COATING MATERIAL TO THE WORK, TAKE-UP ROLL ROTATING MEANS ESTABLISHING A RATE OF MOVEMENT OF THE CARRIER MATERIAL PAST SAID PRESSURE ROLL SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE RATE OF MOVEMENT OF SAID WORK PAST SAID PRESSURE ROLL AND COMMON POWER MEANS FOR SAID WORK FEED ROLL AND FOR SAID TAKE-UP ROLL ROTATING MEANS.