Polymerizing method and apparatus for carrying out the same

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF FORMING A CAPACITIVE SUBASSEMBLY, COMPRISING ESTABLISHING A GASEOUS GLOW DISCHARGE SUSTAINING ATMOSPHERE OF AN IONIZABLE POLYMERIZABLE MATERIAL IN AN INTERACTION SPACE, ADVANCING ALONG A PATH IN SAID INTERACTION SPACE AN ELONGATED SHEET-LIKE DIELECTRIC SUBSTRATE HAVING A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED SPACED CONDUCTIVE BANDS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THEREALONG WITH SUCCESSIVE PORTIONS OF SAID CONDUCTIVE BANDS PASSING IN SPACED RELATION TO AN ELECTRODE, APPLYING VOLTAGE BETWEEN SAID ELECTRODE AND EACH OF SAID CONDUCTIVE BANDS AND INITIATING A GASEOUS GLOW DISCHARGE FOR IONIZING PARTICLES OF SAID POLYMERIZABLE MATERIAL BETWEEN SAID ELECTRODE AND THE SUCCESSIVELY ADVANCING PORTIONS OF SAID CONDUCTIVE BANDS, CONTINUING TO ADVANCE SAID SUBSTRATE ALONG SAID PATH WHILE CONTROLLING THE CURRENT OF SAID GASEOUS GLOW DISCHARGE AND MAINTAINING SAID ATMOSPHERE ALL AT A RATE TO DEPOSIT A CONTINUOUS RESISTIVE DIELECTRIC COATING LONGIUTUDINALLY EXTENDING PORBANDS, SHIELDING A CENTRAL LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING PORTION OF EACH OF SAID CONDUCTIVE BANDS FROM SAID GASEOUS GLOW DISCHARGE TO PREVENT THE FORMATION OF A COATING THEREON, FORMING ANOTHER CONDUCTIVE BAND ON THE DIELECTRIC COATED PORTIONS OF SAID FIRST-MENTIONED CONDUCTIVE BANDS, AND PARTING THE THUS TREATED SUBSTRATE ALONG LINES EXTENDING ALONG THE UNCOATED PORTIONS OF SAID FIRST-MENTIONED CONDUCTIVE BANDS.