IP Library Granted Patent US 9,586,230
Granted Patent B2
US 9,586,230 · App. 14/430,160 · Granted Mar 7, 2017

Method of coating lubrication paint on disk-shaped substrate

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Patent No.
US 9,586,230
App. No.
14/430,160
Granted
Mar 7, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for coating a lubrication paint on a disk-shaped substrate, comprising: applying the lubrication paint on a sliding portion of the disk-shaped substrate from a paint supply nozzle while rotating the disk-shaped substrate in the horizontal plane; and leveling the lubrication paint applied on the sliding portion by contacting the lubrication paint with a doctor knife that is arranged at a downstream position in the direction of rotation of the disk-shaped substrate. The disk-shaped substrate may be the swash plate of a swash plate compressor.

Claims (24)

1. A method of coating a lubrication paint on a disk-shaped substrate, comprising:

applying a lubrication paint on a sliding portion of a disk-shaped substrate from a paint supply nozzle while rotating the disk-shaped substrate in the horizontal plane; and

leveling the lubrication paint applied on the sliding portion by contacting the lubrication paint with a doctor knife arranged at a downstream position in the direction of rotation of the disk-shaped substrate.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein, if a line which intersects a plane including an edge line of the doctor knife and is perpendicular to the surface of disk-shaped substrate and a surface of the disk-shaped substrate is defined as the straight line (L 1 ), and a straight line connecting the center point (O) of the disk-shaped substrate and a point (P) where an inner edge of the sliding portion of the disk-shaped substrate cross the straight line (L 1 ) is defined as the straight line (L 2 ), the angle (θ 1 ) formed by the straight line (L 1 ) and the straight line (L 2 ), is −1° to +15°, wherein a negative angle means that the straight line (L 1 ) is at the upstream side of the rotation of the disk-shaped substrate from the straight line (L 2 ), and wherein a positive angle means that the straight line (L 1 ) is at the downstream side of the rotation of the disk-shaped substrate from the straight line (L 2 ).

3. The method of coating the lubrication paint on the disk-shaped substrate according to claim 2 , wherein a vertical angle (θ 2 ), which is the blade angle of the doctor knife ( 3 ) against the surface of the disk-shaped substrate, is −1° to +1°, wherein a negative angle means that the edge line of the doctor knife ( 3 ) has downward tilt from the inside to the outside of the disk-shaped substrate ( 1 ), and wherein a positive angle means that the edge line of the doctor knife ( 3 ) has upward tilt from the inside to the outside of the disk-shaped substrate ( 1 ).

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a vertical angle (θ 2 ), which is the blade angle of the doctor knife ( 3 ) against the surface of the disk-shaped substrate is −1° to +1°, wherein a negative angle means that the edge line of the doctor knife ( 3 ) has downward tilt from the inside to the outside of the disk-shaped substrate ( 1 ), and wherein a positive angle means that the edge line of the doctor knife ( 3 ) has upward tilt from the inside to the outside of the disk-shaped substrate ( 1 ).

5. The method of coating the lubrication paint on the disk-shaped substrate according to claim 4 , wherein, if a straight line on the surface of the disk-shaped substrate ( 1 ) which passes point (P) where the inner edge of the sliding portion of the disk-shaped substrate crosses with straight line (L 1 ) and perpendicular to the straight line (L 2 ) is defined as the straight line (L 3 ), and a line intersecting a plane including the straight line (L 3 ) and perpendicular to the disk-shaped substrate ( 1 ) and the plane of the doctor knife ( 3 ) is defined as the straight line (L 4 ), an angle (θ 3 ) is formed by the straight line L 3 and the straight line (L 4 ) and is 25° to 85°.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein if a straight line on the surface of the disk-shaped substrate 1 which passes point (P) where the inner edge of the sliding portion of the disk-shaped substrate crosses with straight line (L 1 ) and perpendicular to straight line (L 2 ) is defined as the straight line (L 3 ), and a line intersecting a plane including the straight line (L 3 ) and perpendicular to the disk-shaped substrate ( 1 ) and the plane of the doctor knife ( 3 ) is defined as the straight line (L 4 ), an angle (θ 3 ) is formed by the straight line L 3 and the straight line (L 4 ) is 25° to 85°.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein two paint supply nozzles, an outer nozzle and an inner nozzle, are arranged along a radial direction of the disk-shaped substrate, and the position of the outer nozzle is 0.5 mm to 6 mm from the outer edge of the disk-shaped substrate and the pitch between the outer nozzle and the inner nozzle is 0.5 mm to 5 mm.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein an outer nozzle and an inner nozzle are arranged along a radial direction of the disk-shaped substrate, and the position of the outer nozzle if 0.5 mm to 6 mm from the outer edge of the disk-shaped substrate and the pitch between the outer nozzle and the inner nozzle is 0.5 mm to 5 mm.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the inner diameter of the paint supply nozzle is 0.3 mm to 4 mm.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the inner diameter of the paint supply nozzle is 0.3 mm to 4 mm.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the viscosity of the lubrication paint is 1,000 mPa·s at 25° C. to 30,000 mPa·s at 25° C.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the viscosity of the lubrication paint is 1,000 mPa·s at 25° C. to 30,000 mPa·s at 25° C.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein an amount of the paint coated on the sliding portion of the disk-shaped substrate is 0.006 g/cm 2 to 0.038 g/cm 2 per unit area of the sliding portion.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein an amount of the paint coated on the sliding portion of the disk-shaped substrate is 0.006 g/cm 2 to 0.038 g/cm 2 per unit area of the sliding portion.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein,

after finishing one cycle of the coating step, the doctor knife moves away from a position occupied during coating toward an upper direction, an outside direction and a frontward direction, at a speed of 0.1 mm to 10 mm/second; and

a rotation of the disk-shaped substrate during the moving away of the doctor knife is 10 rpm to 200 rpm.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein,

after finishing one cycle of the coating step, the doctor knife moves away from a position occupied during coating toward an upper direction, an outside direction, and a frontward direction, at a speed of 0.1 mm to 10 mm/second; and

a rotation of the disk-shaped substrate during the moving away of the doctor knife is 10 rpm to 200 rpm.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the disk-shaped substrate is a swash plate of a swash-plate compressor which slides a shoe on the swash plate and converts a rotation of the swash plate into a reciprocating movement of a piston through the shoe to compress a coolant.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the disk-shaped substrate is a swash plate of a swash-plate compressor which slides a shoe on the swash plate and converts a rotation of the swash plate into a reciprocating movement of a piston through the shoe to compress a coolant.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 22, 2022
From: SANDEN HOLDINGS CORPORATION
To: SANDEN CORPORATION
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CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS IN PATENT NOS. 6129293, 7574813, 8238525, 8083454, D545888, D467946, D573242, D487173, AND REMOVE 8750534 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 047208 FRAME 0635. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Apr 27, 2020
From: SANDEN CORPORATION
To: SANDEN HOLDINGS CORPORATION
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CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PROPERTY NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 038489 FRAME: 0677. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Oct 9, 2018
From: SANDEN CORPORATION
To: SANDEN HOLDINGS CORPORATION
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 21, 2016
From: SANDEN CORPORATION
To: SANDEN HOLDINGS CORPORATION
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2015
From: TOMITA, TAKEO; TANIYAMA, NORIO; SHISHIDO, HIROMITSU; ANDO, SATOSHI
To: SANDEN CORPORATION
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