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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2000
Filed:
May. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert H Schultz, Golden, CO (US);
Assignee:
Coors Brewing Company, Golden, CO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
118642 ; 118 58 ; 118 66 ; 118239 ; 118244 ; 118258 ; 118263 ; 118264 ; 118265 ; 118D / ;
Abstract
Apparatus for coating the bottom rim surface of a container using a vacuum conveyor for holding and transporting a plurality of empty containers with the bottom rim surfaces exposed so that the bottom rim surfaces may be passed over a coating applicator roll and through a curing oven to provide the bottom rim surfaces with a cured coating and wherein the vacuum conveyor is wide enough so that a plurality of the bottom rim surfaces may be coated at the same time and then passed through the curing oven. Also, the durometer of the application roll can be varied so as to apply a coating of uniform thickness or a coating of varying thicknesses.