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Web coating material supply apparatus and method

US6379463B1 · kind B1 · utility

3Cited by
9References
6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 21, 1999
Grant dateApr 30, 2002
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Expiry dateOct 21, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB05C1/0834
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A web coating apparatus having a partially submerged drum in a tray of coating material. The drum rotates and transfers coating material from the tray to a web material passing over the drum. A control system carefully controls the level of the coating material in the tray using an ultrasonic fluid level sensor in combination with a programmable system that can add or remove coating material to or from the tray.

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