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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:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruce A. Perkett, Newburgh, IN (US);
James A. Schade, Evansville, IN (US);
Clinton S. Zediak, Tarentum, PA (US);
Jeffrey W. Bowling, Sidney, OH (US);
Assignee:
Alcoa Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 1/28 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 1/28 ;
Abstract
A coated substrate, such as thick, coated metal sheet is made using a system ( ) where a moving metal sheet substrate ( ), preferably aluminum over 0.1 mm thick contacts an applicator roll ( ) which has a non-deformable, micro-porous flat ceramic surface which is coated with a coating liquid ( ) which is picked up, by a metering roll ( ) and applied to the applicator roll ( ) by contact with the coated metering roll, and where a backup roll ( ) usually helps support the moving substrate.