Coating processes – Falling curtain of coating material utilized
Patent
1993-06-07
1995-03-21
Beck, Shrive
Coating processes
Falling curtain of coating material utilized
118324, 118DIG4, B05D 130
Patent
active
053993853
ABSTRACT:
The present invention minimizes the effects of capillary and inertial forces on the film profile for a slide hopper, thereby making the film profile smooth and predictable even when the transition section is short. The invention enables improved coating uniformity over the main width of the coating and particularly at the edges. The slide hopper has a slide surface and a lip surface, with a transition surface connecting the two surfaces. The transition surface profile has a variable curvature that is zero at the first end, increases continuously to a maximum at point between the first and second ends and decreases continuously to zero at the second end.
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Joos F. Miguel
Ruschak Kenneth J.
Bareford Katherine A.
Beck Shrive
Eastman Kodak Company
Ruoff Carl F.
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