IP Library Granted Patent US 7,354,479
Granted Patent B2
US 7,354,479 · App. 10/458,383 · Granted Apr 8, 2008

Coating device, and coating method using said device

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Patent No.
US 7,354,479
App. No.
10/458,383
Granted
Apr 8, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A coating device is provided which has a bar which coats a coating liquid on a strip-shaped body conveyed in a given direction, and a dam-shaped member disposed at an upstream side of the bar so as to face the bar. Also provided is a coating method which, in the coating device, supplies the coating liquid from between the dam-shaped member and the bar so as to carry out coating. A flow rate of the coating liquid passing through a gap between the strip-shaped body and the dam-shaped member is set to be 3 m/min or more. A flow rate of the coating liquid passing through a gap between the bar and the dam-shaped member is set to be 5 mm/sec or more.

Claims (13)

1. A coating device comprising:

a rotatable bar which coats a coating liquid on a strip-shaped body conveyed in a given direction;

a upstream side dam-shaped member disposed at an upstream side of the bar so as to face the bar;

a downstream side dam-shaped member disposed at a downstream side of the bar so as to face the bar;

a downstream liquid supply pump for supplying a portion of the coating liquid to a downstream gap arranged between the downstream side dam-shaped member and the bar wherein; the coating device carrying out coating by supplying the coating liquid from between the dam-shaped members and the bar; and

means for passing the coating liquid through a gap between the strip-shaped body and the upstream side dam-shaped member, in an upstream direction, at a flow rate of 3 m/mm or more wherein the means for passing includes a pressing roller arranged upstream of the upstream side dam-shaped member which presses the strip-shaped body toward the bar and an upstream liquid supply pump for supplying another portion of the coating liquid to an upstream gap arranged between the upstream side dam-shaped member and the bar.

2. The coating device of claim 1 , wherein, at a time of coating, the gap between the strip-shaped body and the upstream side dam-shaped member is a value in a range of greater than 0.1 mm and less than 3 mm.

3. The coating device of claim 2 , wherein the bar rotates at a circumferential speed which is different than a conveying direction of the strip-shaped body.

4. The coating device of claim 2 , wherein the bar rotates at a circumferential speed which is equal to a conveying speed of the strip-shaped body.

5. The coating device of claim 2 , wherein the bar rotates in a direction opposite to a conveying speed of the strip-shaped body.

6. The coating device of claim 1 , wherein the upstream side dam-shaped member is wedge-shaped.

7. The coating device of claim 1 , wherein the strip-shaped body is a flexible base material.

8. The coating device of claim 1 , further comprising a base which supports the dam-shaped members from beneath, and the base is box-shaped.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2007
From: FUJIFILM HOLDINGS CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.)
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018904/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2003
From: ICHIKAWA, KAZUKI
To: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 014174/0835 →