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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2016
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Ellison G. Kawakami, St. Paul, MN (US);
William Blake Kolb, Stillwater, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C 9/06 (2006.01); B05B 7/06 (2006.01); B05C 9/12 (2006.01); B05C 1/14 (2006.01); B05C 5/02 (2006.01); B05B 1/02 (2006.01); B05B 13/02 (2006.01); B05D 7/00 (2006.01); B05D 1/36 (2006.01); B05D 1/02 (2006.01); B05D 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C 9/06 (2013.01); B05B 7/061 (2013.01); B05C 1/14 (2013.01); B05C 5/027 (2013.01); B05C 9/12 (2013.01); B05D 1/02 (2013.01); B05D 1/36 (2013.01); B05D 7/54 (2013.01); B05B 1/02 (2013.01); B05B 13/0221 (2013.01); B05D 3/042 (2013.01); B05D 3/0466 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatus and method are described and useful for, among other things, providing a layer by layer coating of materials on a belt. A directional gas curtain producing element is used to provide a gas curtain blowing on the belt in an upstream direction that simultaneously meters liquid from the belt and dries the belt.