Coating method and apparatus
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorsMamoru Ishiwata, Shinji Uematsu, Kazuo Ozaki, Masashi Ishiyama
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Abstract
Apparatus and method for applying a high volatility liquid to a moving web to form a coating on the web. The coating liquid is applied to the web through an extrusion-type or slide-type hopper covered by a hood which collects evaporated gas from the applied solvent at a region at which a solid-, liquid-, and gas-phase interface of the coating liquid is formed. The collected gas is utilized to suppress further gas evaporation from the three-phase interface thereby preventing the formation of stripe-like defects due to undesirable solidification of the forming liquid.
Claims11
A method for applying a film forming material including a coating liquid having an organic solvent of high volatility directly or through other coated films to a web which is continuously conveyed, comprising the steps of forming a coated film on said web by applying said coating liquid thereto by means of an extrusion-type hopper while changing the direction of conveyance of said web in a range of from a substantially horizontal direction to a substantially vertical direction by a coating backing roll, collecting, by means of a hood, evaporated gas of the organic solvent from said coating liquid which flows out of said hopper in a region where a three-phase, solid-phase, liquid-phase and gas-phase interface exists around the upper surface of said hopper and at a coating point, and suppressing, by means of said hood, gas evaporation in said region with evaporated gas of said organic solvent from said coated film which is moving in said vertical direction from said coating point, thereby to prevent the occurrence of stripe-like defects due to solidification of said coating liquid in said region and to stably carry out the coating operation.
A coating apparatus for applying a film forming material including a coating liquid having an organic solvent of high volatility to a web comprising:
- a backing roll for moving a web to which a coating liquid is to be applied while changing the direction of conveyance of said web;
- a hopper in which at least the flow path of said coating liquid from a metering pump to a slot outlet is of a completely closed system;
- and a hood for covering a region and a volume above said region which is on said web downstream of a coating point which is formed by said coating liquid bridged between an edge of said hopper and said web and in which region a three-phase, solid-phase, liquid-phase and gas-phase, interface exists, said hood being adapted for collecting gas from organic solvent evaporation from said coating liquid and coated film in said region where said three-phase interface exists, said evaporation gas thus collected being utilized to prevent solidification of said coating liquid to perform a stable coating operation.
A method for applying a film forming material including a coating liquid having an organic solvent of high volatility directly or through other coated films to a web which is continuously conveyed, comprising the steps of forming a coated film on said web by applying said coating liquid thereto by means of a slide-type hopper while the direction of conveyance of said web is changed from a substantially horizontal direction to a substantially vertical direction by a coating backing roll, collecting, by means of a hood, evaporated gas of the organic solvent from said coating liquid which flows out of said hopper in a region where a three-phase, solid-phase, liquid-phase and gas-phase interface exists around the upper surfact of said hopper and at a coating point, and suppressing, by means of said hood, gas evaporation in said region with evaporated gas of said organic solvent from said coated film which is moving in said vertical direction from said coating point thereby to prevent the occurrence of stripe-like defects due to solidification of said coating liquid in said region and to stably carry out the coating operation.
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