Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is projected, poured or allowed to flow on to the surface of the work

BPERFORMING OPERATIONS TRANSPORTING B05Liquid application B05CAPPARATUS FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL

B05C5/00Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is projected, poured or allowed to flow on to the surface of the work

B05C5/001incorporating means for heating or cooling the liquid or other fluent material B05C5/002the work consisting of separate articles B05C5/004the work consisting of separate rectangular flat articles B05C5/005Curtain coaters B05C5/007Slide-hopper coaters B05C5/008Slide-hopper curtain coaters B05C5/02the liquid or other fluent material being discharged through an outlet orifice by pressure B05C5/0204for applying liquid or other fluent material to the edges of essentially flat articles B05C5/0208for applying liquid or other fluent material to separate articles B05C5/0212only at particular parts of the articles B05C5/0216by relative movement of article and outlet according to a predetermined path B05C5/022the outlet being fixed during operation B05C5/0225characterised by flow controlling means B05C5/0229the valve being a gate valve or a sliding valve B05C5/0233rotating valve B05C5/0237Fluid actuated valves B05C5/0241for applying liquid or other fluent material to elongated work B05C5/0245for applying liquid or other fluent material to a moving work of indefinite length B05C5/025only at particular part of the work B05C5/0254Coating heads with slot-shaped outlet B05C5/0258flow controlled B05C5/0262adjustable in width, i.e. having lips movable relative to each other in order to modify the slot width B05C5/0266adjustable in length B05C5/027Coating heads with several outlets B05C5/0275flow controlled B05C5/0279independently B05C5/0283Flat jet coaters B05C5/0287with no relative movement between the outlet and a moving work during the application B05C5/0291the material being discharged on the work through discrete orifices as discrete droplets, beads or strips that coalesce on the work or are spread on the work so as to form a continuous coating B05C5/0295Floating coating heads or nozzles