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Sealing lock for a deposition line in vacuum on a flat product

US7931750B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 19, 2004
Grant dateApr 26, 2011
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Expiry dateApr 19, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC23C14/562
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a sealing lock, for an in vacuo chamber for deposition on a, preferably metallic, endless strip, characterized in that: the metal rollers are mounted on brackets, fixed to the covers and are immovable like the latter, the rollers of the same pair have the axes thereof arranged in the same vertical plane and are of different diameter, the position of the roller with the smaller diameter being alternated up and down on passing from a given pair to the next pair, the support cradles for the two rollers of the same pair have a lateral projection towards the center, the spacing of which with regard to the base for said rollers defines a second gap.

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