IP Library Patent Application 11238053
Patent Application
App. No. 11/238,053

Coating method, coating apparatus and coated medium

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11/238,053
Abstract

A coating method for coating a coating liquid on a base by supplying the coating liquid between a rotating bar and the base, wherein the coating is executed while a film, having a thickness equal to or less than twice the coating thickness of the coating liquid to be coated on the base, is positioned between the bar and the base so as to cover the bar, thereby forming an uncoated area.

Claims (22)

1 . A coating method for coating a coating liquid on a transported coating medium to be coated by supplying the coating liquid between a rotating bar and the coating medium,

wherein the method comprises executing the coating while a film, having a thickness equal to or less than twice the coating thickness of the coating liquid to be coated on the coating medium, is positioned between the bar and the coating medium so as to cover the bar, thereby forming an uncoated area, and

wherein the coating liquid has a viscosity of 8 cp or less and a surface tension of 30 dyne/cm or less.

2 . The coating method according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the uncoated area is set at 5 mm or more.

3 . The coating method according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the uncoated area is set at 15 mm or more.

4 . The coating method according to claim 1 , wherein the film is made of PET.

5 . A coating apparatus for coating a coating liquid on a transported coating medium to be coated by supplying the coating liquid, the coating apparatus comprising:

a pass roller that guides the transported coating medium;

a coating member provided with a rotating bar that is brought in contact with the transported coating medium and serves as a coating nozzle when coating the coating liquid; and

a film that hangs over a part of the rotating bar to form an uncoated are

wherein the film has a thickness equal to or less than twice the coating thickness of the coating liquid to be coated on the coating medium, and

wherein the coating liquid has a viscosity of 8 cp or less and a surface tension of 30 dyne/cm or less.

6 . The coating apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein a width of the uncoated area is set at 5 mm or more.

7 . The coating apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein a width of the uncoated area is set at 15 mm or more.

8 . The coating apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the film is made of PET.

9 . The coating apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the coating member is capable of moving the position thereof.

10 . The coating apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the rotating bar is a flat bar.

11 . The coating apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the rotating bar is a wiring bar.

12 . A coated medium coated with the coating liquid according to the coating method according to claim 1 , wherein, at a boundary between a coated area and an uncoated area on the coating medium, the coated area has a coating thickness within a range from +0.0 to +2.0 μm with respect to an average coating thickness in a transversal direction of the coated area.

13 . The coated medium according to claim 12 , wherein a width of the uncoated area is set at 5 mm or more.

14 . The coated medium according to claim 12 , wherein a width of the uncoated area is set at 15 mm or more.

15 . The coated medium according to claim 12 , wherein the film is made of PET.

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 Sep 29, 2005
From: TAKAHASHI, SHINSUKE
To: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017053/0966 →