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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1997
Shunsuke Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Kawai, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A curtain coating apparatus and method in which a catch pan is disposed between a curtain head and a web. The catch pan includes a receiver part used when a curtain film liquid is not coated, an upright level difference part and a shelf part having a slope in the direction of the level difference part. The catch pan is moved in the web running direction or in the opposite direction. The curtain film is received in the receiver part after stopping the coating or before starting the coating, and the tip of the shelf part is moved backward or forward from the curtain film in starting or stopping respectively, whereby an excess coated part is not produced when starting and stopping the coating.