Coating apparatus
US6391111B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 15, 1999 |
| Grant date | May 21, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 15, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB05C11/08
- WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
To provide a coating apparatus which is capable of making short a lag time up to action of a valve and making operate a discharging pump and a valve with the best timing. By employing electric-air regulators ER1 and ER2 of small size and high response speed as a speed controller for controlling a switching speed of a switching valve AV or a suck-back valve SV, total flowing course is made short, thereby a time lag up to operation of a valve is made short. Further, by detecting the pressure of a resist liquid being discharged from a discharging pump 120 by a pressure sensor 123, and by controlling the operation of each device of a discharging pump 120, a switching valve AV, and a suck-back valve SV through a controller 180, a discharging pump 120, a switching valve AV, and a suck-back valve SV can be operated with the best timings, and generation of particles due to dripping of a resist liquid at a tip end of a resist nozzle 60 is prevented from occurring.
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