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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1990
Yasushi Suga, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshimitsu Sasahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Kimiaki Miyamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A slide-hopper-type coating method in which the viscosity of the coating solution forming a free-falling curtain and the angle .alpha. which the front edge of the lip of the slide hopper forms with respect to the horizontal are selected with respect to the flow rate of the curtain in such a way that the line of contact between the curtain and the web is concave with respect to the direction in which the web travels. In addition, the angle .beta. which the extension of the curtain in the direction of its fall forms with respect to the direction of travel of the web at the point where the curtain is deposited on the web is preferably adjusted so that it is an obtuse angle not larger than 140.degree.. By satisfying these conditions, the coating method of the present invention is capable of extending the upper limit of coating speeds without causing 'sagging' in the range of high flow quantities of coating solution per unit length of curtain coat width.