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US4864967A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Band coating apparatus

Assignee: Balzers und Leybold Deutschland Holding AG
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Filing: 1988-01-12
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Granted: 1989-09-12
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Expires: 2008-01-12
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Abstract

Abstract In an apparatus for the coating of bands on both sides with zinc in a vacuum, consisting of a housing (32) surrounding a coating chamber (28) and a winding chamber (45), a removable cover disposed on at least one side of the housing (32) for the hermetic closure of the coating chamber and winding chamber (28, 45), a winding system with rotatably mounted pulley rolls, guide rolls and tension rolls (5 to 17), with coating rolls (18, 53) and a take-up roll and supply roll (35', 37') and with coating sources (19, 54) disposed in the coating chamber, a tube (33) leading into the winding chamber (45) is provided for the introduction of a gas which prevents any sticking of the coated band (50) on the take-up roll (35').

Inventors

  • 👤 Siegfried Kleyer

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 03:20
CPC Classifications
C; C23; C23C; C23C14/00; C23C14/22; C23C14/56; C23C14/562

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 74 words
Apparatus for coating a layer on both sides of a web in a vacuum, said apparatus comprising: means for coating one side of said web; means for coating the opposed side of said web; a winding chamber having a take-up roll therein for winding the web after it is coated on both sides; and means for introducing a gas into said winding chamber and directing said gas aganist said web after it is coated.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 74 words
Apparatus for coating a layer on both sides of a web in a vacuum, said apparatus comprising: means for coating one side of said web; means for coating the opposed side of said web; a winding chamber having a take-up roll therein for winding the web after it is coated on both sides; and means for introducing a gas into said winding chamber and directing said gas aganist said web after it is coated.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 31 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said means for introducing and directing said gas includes a tube connecting said winding chamber with a pressurized gas tank through a gas controlling device.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 33 words
Apparatus according to claim 2 further comprising a nozzle at the end of said tube, said nozzle adapted to aim the gas against the web as the web runs to the take-up roll.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 31 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising a coating chamber in which said means for coating said web are located, said winding chamber being separated from said coating chamber by baffles.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 25 words
Apparatus according to claim 4 wherein the take-up roll is separated by baffles from a roll that supplies the web wound on said take-up roll.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

US4220117A Cited

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1992-09-11 1993-03-13 1993-09-12 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1996-09-11 1997-03-13 1997-09-12 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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