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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2002
Jeremy M. Grace, Penfield, NY (US);
Louis J. Gerenser, Webster, NY (US);
Christine J. Landry-Coltrain, Fairport, NY (US);
Kurt D. Sieber, Rochester, NY (US);
Michael J. Heinsler, Rochester, NY (US);
Dennis R. Freeman, Spencerport, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for treating paper web materials with a plasma, said apparatus comprising a dark space generated by a treatment electrode in a treatment zone. There is a counter electrode having a surface area in said treatment zone which is not greater than a surface area of said counter electrode. A power supply is included for driving either said treatment electrode or said counter electrode with an oscillating high voltage at a frequency less than about 2 MHz and greater than 1/t where t is the charging time of a web surface exposed to a rms ion current in the plasma.