System for spray coating substrates
US4538542A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 16, 1984 |
| Grant date | Sep 3, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 16, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S118/07
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A system for spray coating a substrate such as a plastic container with a gas barrier coating of a polymer dispersion. The system includes a spray coating booth or chamber including spray nozzles dispensing a spray of a coating material onto the surface of a series of containers continuously moving into and out of the coating chamber, an oven for drying the wet coating to remove the water from the coating to form a dried film on the container without distorting the container, and a conveyor for transferring the containers into the coating booth into proximity to the spray nozzles such that on actuation of the nozzles a stream of coating material coats the surface of the bottles with a wet coating layer and, thereafter, to the oven where the wet coating is dried. Means are provided for rotating the bottles during coating, during transport between the spray coating booth and the oven, and while in the oven. The coating booth includes a system for containing and removing both airborne and liquid overspray from the booth, and a dual delivery system for delivering the coating material to the spray nozzles and for reverse flushing the delivery system. The system operates to provide a con…
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