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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. 04, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
NGK Insulators, Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
118264 ; 118265 ; 118266 ; 118208 ; 118209 ; 118D / ;
Abstract
A coating apparatus for coating an outer peripheral surface of a rod-shaped workpiece with a covering material, comprising an elastic body having a covering material-impregnatable property and provided with an insertion hole through which the workpiece is to be passed, and a moving mechanism for moving the workpiece relative to the elastic body through the insertion hole, wherein the outer peripheral surface of the workpiece is coated with the covering material impregnated in the elastic body, when the workpiece is passed through the insertion hole of the elastic body by the moving mechanism.