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US 2011/0179998 A1Published application
Apparatus and method of curtain coating
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsTomohito SHIMIZU, Shuji Hanai, Hideyuki Kobori, Yasuhide Takashita
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Abstract
To provide an apparatus and method of curtain coating for applying onto a running web a coating solution from a lip top in the form of curtain to form a coating thereon, wherein a fluid is blown to remove excessive deposits of the coating solution that are formed at the edges in the width direction of the coating, and the deposits blown away by the fluid are ejected.
Claims11
1-10. (canceled)
A curtain coating apparatus for continuously applying a coating solution onto a running web from a lip top in the form of curtain to form a coating thereon, the apparatus comprising:
- a fluid blowing unit configured to blow a fluid to blow away excessive deposits of the coating solution formed at edges in the width direction of the coating;
- and
- an ejection unit configured to remove the excessive deposits blown away.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.