Coating processes – Immersion or partial immersion
Reexamination Certificate
2000-06-07
2002-12-24
Bareford, Katherine A. (Department: 1762)
Coating processes
Immersion or partial immersion
C427S434200, C427S434600, C427S498000, C427S512000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06497921
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to meniscus coating methods and apparatus in which the need to use volatile organic solvents to carry or dissolve the coating material is obviated by the use of a carbon dioxide liquid that contains a coating component.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
There are three forms of meniscus coating processes which are commonly grouped under the term “free meniscus coating”: Withdrawal processes, drainage processes, and continuous processes. Many other coating processes use a meniscus to produce films on the substrate to be coated. These include roll coating, blade coating, and slot coating.
Withdrawal coating (often referred to as dip coating) is the most common free meniscus technique used in both laboratories and industry because of its simplicity and cost. Continuous coating is often desirable because of higher output, but the complicated engineering involved often prevents it from being utilized. Drainage is based upon the same principles as withdrawal and is advantageous when space is limited since it requires no mechanical lifting mechanism. See, e.g., C. Brinker et al., in
Liquid Film Coating
, 673-708 (S. Kistler and P. Schweizer eds. 1997).
In general, free meniscus coating is a solvent intensive process and accounts for a considerable use of environmentally undesireable solvents. Accordingly, there is a need for new free meniscus coating methods and apparatus that reduce or eliminate the use of solvents such as VOCs and the use of solvents such as CFC, HCFC, HFC, or PFC solvents, as well as aqueous solvents.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In one aspect, the invention provides a method of coating a substrate. The method comprises immersing a surface portion of a substrate in a first phase comprising at least one coating component which is a polymeric precursor; then withdrawing the substrate from the first phase into a distinct second phase so that the at least one coating component is deposited on the surface portion; and then subjecting the substrate to conditions sufficient to polymerize the at least one coating component and form a polymerized coating.
The foregoing and other objects and aspects of the present invention are explained in greater detail in the drawings herein and the specification set forth below.
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Carbonell Ruben G.
DeSimone Joseph M.
Novick Brian J.
Bareford Katherine A.
Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec P.A.
North Carolina State University
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