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.
Claims6
A curtain coating apparatus for continuously applying a coating solution onto a running web in the form of curtain to form a coating thereon, the apparatus comprising:
- a fluid applying unit configured to apply a fluid to the coating to remove excessive deposits of the coating solution formed at an edge of the coating in a width direction of the coating;
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- an ejection unit configured to collect the removed excessive deposits, by discharging a gas flowing along an exterior surface of the ejection unit toward the edge of the web.
A curtain coating apparatus for continuously applying a coating solution onto a running web running in a running direction 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 an edge of the coating in a width direction transverse to the running direction of the web;
- an ejection nozzle positioned between edges of the web in the width direction above a coated side of the web and configured to remove the excessive deposits blown away;
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- an ejection block,
- wherein the ejection nozzle is positioned on an exterior surface of the ejection block, and
- wherein the exterior surface of the ejection block is C-shaped in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the coating, and the ejection nozzle discharges a gas flowing along the C-shaped exterior surface to remove the excessive deposits into the ejection block.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.