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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:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
William D Devine, Rochester, NY (US);
Douglas B Humby, Hilton, NY (US);
Kenneth J Ruschak, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D / ; B05C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427420 ; 118324 ; 118D / ;
Abstract
The present invention is an edge blade attached to an edge guide for removing an edge of a falling curtain. The edge of the falling curtain is intercepted by the edge blade and is vacuumed away by a vacuum tube disposed near the edge blade wherein the air flow is blocked to said suction means from the outboard direction and directing said suction means to draw air from the inboard direction towards the curtain; and flushing liquid is distributed to encompass the intercepted liquids of the free falling curtain.