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Gas wiping apparatus and method

US6752870B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 1, 2000
Grant dateJun 22, 2004
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Expiry dateMay 16, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC23C2/20
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Gas wiping apparatus and method can reliably prevent edge overcoat and splash, and has face gas wiping nozzles extending widthwise of a strip material, a pair of baffle plates spaced from an edge of the strip material, an edge wiping nozzle disposed between baffle plates at its inner edge and adjacent the strip material edge, all with critical spacing relative to each other.

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