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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2013
Applicant:
Frito-lay North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Robert Godfroid, McKinney, TX (US);
Glenn Jordan, Prosper, TX (US);
Anthony Robert Knoerzer, Parker, TX (US);
Kenneth Scott Laverdure, Plano, TX (US);
Eldridge M. Mount, III, Canandaigua, NY (US);
Assignee:
FRITO-LAY NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 3/08 (2006.01); B65D 65/42 (2006.01); C23C 16/02 (2006.01); C23C 16/40 (2006.01); C23C 16/46 (2006.01); C23C 16/513 (2006.01); C23C 16/54 (2006.01); C23C 16/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 65/42 (2013.01); C23C 16/02 (2013.01); C23C 16/0218 (2013.01); C23C 16/0272 (2013.01); C23C 16/401 (2013.01); C23C 16/403 (2013.01); C23C 16/463 (2013.01); C23C 16/513 (2013.01); C23C 16/545 (2013.01); C23C 16/56 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for depositing an ultra-thin inorganic coating on to a packaging film substrate is disclosed. Flame pretreatment enhances the quality of the inorganic coating. Multiple coating layers may be deposited onto the substrate by passing the substrate over various one or more flame head configurations in either a stand-alone or in-line manufacturing environment.