Coating apparatus and coating method

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide a coating apparatus and a coating method that can effectively prevent thick coating and the like in a bar coater having a coating bar and a fulcrum supporting the coating bar from the below. The coating apparatus comprising a coating liquid-adhering device for adhering the coating liquid across an entire width of one surface of a continuously travelling belt-shaped body; a coating thickness-adjusting device located downstream from the coating liquid-adhering device with respect to the travelling direction of the belt-shaped body, and adjusting a thickness of a layer of the coating liquid adhered to the belt-shaped body by the coating liquid-adhering device into a predetermined thickness; and a drying-preventative device for preventing the coating liquid at the coating thickness-adjusting device from drying.

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