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US 4,842,900 AGranted
Method and apparatus for coating
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorKimiaki Miyamoto
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for coating a liquid coating composition to a moving web in which air entrained on the web is replaced by a gas having a higher solubility than air in the liquid coating composition. The moving web is exposed to the gas immediately before it arrives at a die through which the liquid coating composition is applied to the web. A vacuum system may be used to remove the air from the web prior to its exposure to the gas.
Claims13
A coating method, comprising the steps of:
- moving a web over a slit of a die from a first side of said die;
- flowing a liquid coating composition through said slit onto said moving web to form a layer on a first surface of said web;
- and
- exposing said first surface of said web proximate to said first side of said die to a gas substantially more soluble in said liquid coating composition than air to displace air in contact with said first surface of said moving web upstream of said die slit such that the gas having higher solubility than that of air instantly dissolves in the liquid when entrained to thereby prevent residual bubbles in said coating composition.
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A coating method, comprising the steps of:
- moving a web over a slit of a die from a first side of said die;
- flowing a liquid coating composition through slit onto said moving web to form a layer on a first surface of said web;
- and
- exposing said first surface of said web on said first side of said die to a gas substantially more soluble in said liquid coating composition than air via a replacement chamber immediately before said liquid is applied onto said web so that occurrence of minute bubbles is prevented.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.