System and method for vacuum coating of articles having precise and reproducible positioning of articles
US5961798A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 8, 1996 |
| Grant date | Oct 5, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 8, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC23C14/505
- WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A system and method are provided for vacuum coating articles that includes a means for moving the articles in semi-continuous fashion successively through a series of vacuum chambers. A carousel is transported successively through each of the vacuum chambers that rotates the articles in an epicycloidal fashion. A means is also provided for precisely and reproducibly loading and unloading the carousel with the article.
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