Claims
- 1. A coating apparatus including a rotatable coating pan, said coating pan being provided on a peripheral sidewall thereof with ventilating areas, wherein said apparatus is further provided at positions covering said ventilating areas with baffle means including:
- a leading edge having a pointed tapered shape relative to the rotational direction of the coating pan;
- a trailing edge having a height, to which the minimum height of the leading edge is gradually increased and a width, to which the minimum width of the leading edge is gradually increased;
- a bottom face fixed to the inner wall surface of the coating pan from the leading edge to the trailing edge;
- an inclined side edge extending gradually from the leading edge to the trailing edge maximum height;
- the baffle means having two non-perforated inclined surfaces and having a triangular ventilating opening at said trailing edge, which is communicated with ventilating apertures of the perforated area formed in the wall surface of the coating pan,
- whereby articles treated in said coating apparatus are scooped up at the leading edge of said baffle means and tend to flow smoothly down said inclined surface and over said trailing edge as said coating pan is rotated.
- 2. The coating apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the baffle means are two three-dimensional, hollow triangular baffle means which are arranged integrally and in parallel to each other.
- 3. The coating apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein baffle means are provided at four positions equidistantly along the peripheral side wall of said coating pan.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of co-pending Ser. No. 725,317 filed on Apr. 19, 1985 now abandoned.
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