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Corona discharge treating system
Assignee: Nippon Paint Co Ltd
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Filing: 1986-06-10
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Granted: 1988-09-20
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Expires: 2006-06-10
Abstract
Abstract A corona discharge treating system wherein in order that the corona discharge treatment can be performed efficiently and securely on any product of complicated shape having a large number of different faces to be treated, the system is equipped with conveying means for conveyance of the article, a plurality of discharge electrodes are disposed along the conveying direction of the article, each of these discharge electrodes performs activation of a part of the surface to be treated by sharing, the whole surface to be treated can be activated when said article has passed through all these discharge electrodes, thereby enabling the surface treatment to be continuously made, while conveying the article. Complicated shape articles may be subjected to continuous and secure corona discharge treating without stagnation.
Inventors
- 👤 Koichi Tsutsui
- 👤 Shoji Ikeda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 02:11
CPC Classifications
B; B23; B23H; B23H1/00; H; H01; H01T; H01T19/00; B29; B29C; B29C59/00; B29C59/10; B29C59/103; C; C08; C08J; C08J7/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
125 words
A corona discharge treating system comprising: a plurality of treating zones, each treating zone being provided for treating different parts of a surface of an article to be treated, each treating zone having at least one discharge electrode; conveying means for connecting each said treating zone; and a base electrode coming in contact with the article to be treated in each treating zone, wherein high voltage is applied between said base electrode and said discharge electrode to perform corona discharge in each treating zone to activate a part of the surface of the article to be treated, said conveying means conveying the article, whose part of the surface is activated, to a next treating zone to activate another part of the surface of the article.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
125 words
A corona discharge treating system comprising: a plurality of treating zones, each treating zone being provided for treating different parts of a surface of an article to be treated, each treating zone having at least one discharge electrode; conveying means for connecting each said treating zone; and a base electrode coming in contact with the article to be treated in each treating zone, wherein high voltage is applied between said base electrode and said discharge electrode to perform corona discharge in each treating zone to activate a part of the surface of the article to be treated, said conveying means conveying the article, whose part of the surface is activated, to a next treating zone to activate another part of the surface of the article.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
A corona discharge treating system according to claim 1 wherein the discharge electrode is a rotary discharge electrode having a large number of conductive electrode pieces implanted like a brush in the outer circumference of the rotary member.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
65 words
A corona discharge treating system according to claim 2 wherein electrode pieces are spirally implanted in the external circumference of a rotary member, with the extending direction of each piece is inclined at a definite angle in a direction along the axial line of the rotary member, with the axial line rising at a right angle from the periphery of the rotary member as standard.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
A corona discharge treating system according to claim 2 or 3 wherein the lengths of electrode pieces are different.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
38 words
A corona discharge treating system according to claim 4 wherein the electrode pieces are so arranged that their lengths are gradually lengthened over the half circle in their turning direction, but gradually shortened over the remaining half circle.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
A corona discharge treating system according to claim 1 wherein the discharge electrode is a drooping discharge electrode having a plurality of electrode pieces drooping from an electrode fitting member.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
A corona discharge treating system according to claim 6 wherein the lengths of the electrode pieces are different.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
A corona discharge treating system according to claim 7 wherein a plurality of electrode pieces are arranged in order from short to long ones.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
32 words
A corona discharge treating system according to claim 7 wherein a plurality of electrode pieces are cut at their distal ends to have a wavy or serrate pattern provided by these ends.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
A corona discharge treating system according to any one of claims 6 through 9 further comprising a vibrating means for vibrating the electrode pieces.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
18 words
A corona discharge treating system according to claim 10 wherein the directions of vibration are vertical and horizontal.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
56 words
A corona discharge treating system according to claim 20 wherein rotary discharge electrodes having a plurality of conductive electrode pieces implanted like a brush in the periphery of a rotary member and drooping discharge electrodes having a large number of electrode pieces drooping from an electrode fitting member are used in combination as the discharge electrodes.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
32 words
A corona discharge treating system according to claim 2 or 3 wherein the electrode piece comprises a fine string by plying together a plurality of conductive metal fibers of very minute diameters.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
18 words
A corona discharge treating system according to claim 13 wherein the metal fiber is made of stainless steel.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
41 words
A corona discharge treating system according to claim 1, 2 or 3 wherein the base electrode consists of a plastic mold fitted to the configuration of the article and a conductive metal layer formed on its surface facing to the article.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
24 words
A corona discharge treating system according to claim 1, 2 or 3 further comprising a changing means for changing the position of said article.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
26 words
A corona discharge treating system according to claim 1, 2 or 3 further comprising a means for directing a gas to the surface of said article.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
18 words
A corona discharge treating system according to claim 17 wherein said gas is blown out after being warmed.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
15 words
A corona discharge treating system according to claim 18 wherein gas is air or oxygen.
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