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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ramasubramaniam Hanumanthu, Rochester, NY (US);
Rukmini B. Lobo, Webster, NY (US);
Barry A. Fitzgerald, Holley, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C 1/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C 1/06 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for coating a web of indeterminate length has a coating element comprising a liquid deflector member for diverting liquid away from a coating surface. The liquid deflector member is arranged beneath a blade member that removes excess coating liquid from the coating surface. Excess coating liquid follows a path away from the coating surface and down the liquid deflector member thereby avoiding contamination of the coating surface.