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Spin and spray coating process for curved surfaces

US6352747B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 29, 2000
Grant dateMar 5, 2002
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Expiry dateFeb 29, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B1/10
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Described is an process for producing uniform coatings on circular substrates that reduces the amount of coating required. The improved process includes the steps of applying the liquid coating material through a single opening of a dispenser having certain characteristics, in a pattern onto the center of a spinning substrate, and then radially moving the dispenser opening near to the edge of the substrate while maintaining the dispenser opening at a predetermined distance from the substrate surface for substantially the entire radius of the substrate providing uniform coverage. Also described are products produced by the process that are substantially free of cosmetic defects and may be photochromic.

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