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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:
Oct. 25, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
James E Conroy, Hamlin, NY (US);
Kenneth J Ruschak, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05B / ; B05C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
118324 ; 118300 ; 118325 ; 118D / ;
Abstract
The present invention is a method and apparatus for use on a curtain coating apparatus. In a curtain coater, edge guides (12) guide the free falling curtain from the hopper lip to the substrate to be coated. Lubricating liquid (15) is introduced near the hopper lip from the top of the edge guide (12). The present invention is a method and apparatus for introducing lubricating liquid (15) as close to the hopper lip as possible while avoiding any turbulence in the flow of the lubricating liquid (15).