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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1990
Stanley C Wells, Dayton, OH (US);
David E Spielvogel, Springboro, OH (US);
Paul M Hendess, Kettering, OH (US);
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
Apparatus designed to coat the internal surfaces of tubular structures, and particularly for coating small diameter tubular structures having porous walls with a controlled coating material which may be a polymer, for example. The arrangement includes structure for rotating the tube to be coated simultaneously with structure for moving a coating applicator apparatus longitudinally through the tube for imparting an evenly dispersed coating throughout the longitudinally extent thereof. The arrangement is such that the apparatus may, selectively, impart a water or other solvent spray against, the already formed coating for extraction of a solvent from the coating. The coating characteristics (i.e., uniformity, thickness and pattern) are controlled by the use of a sintered metal and/or porous applicator, together with a controlled pressurized source of coating material.