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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1995
Felipe M Joos, Pittsford, NY (US);
Alfred K Anders, North Fitzroy, AU;
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method to measure different properties of a liquid film or coating traveling or resting on a horizontal support, including dynamic viscosity, dynamic surface tension and surface dilational elasticity, the apparatus comprising: a series of wires placed above a moving wet film or coating to which high voltage is applied inducing an electrostatic field that lifts the free surface of said film preferentially near the wires; a means for detecting the free surface displacement of the free surface in the section where the voltage is applied to the coating, possibly the means being a CCD camera coupled to a digital acquisition system; and means for processing the signal to determine the properties of the coating.