Abstract:
IN THE GAS KNIFE PROCESS FOR CONTROLLING THE WEIGHT OF AN APPLIED COATING, THE ANGLE OF GAS IMPINGEMENT ON THE STRAND IS VARIED, BY EMPLOYING AT LEAST TWO THIN GASEOUS STREAMS WHICH ARE CAUSED TO IMPINGE UPON EACH OTHER, PRIOR TO STRIKING THE STRAND. THE RESULTANT JET (ANALOGOUS TO THE RESULTANT VECTOR OF SEVERAL FORCES ACTING ON A PARTICULAR BODY) IS THEN EMPLOYED TO ACT AS A GASEOUS BARRIER TO EXCESS LIQUID ON THE STRAND. THE ANGLE OF IMPINGEMENT OF THE RESULTANT JET IS EASILY MANIPULATED BY VARYING THE RATIO OF THE FLOW RATES OF THE INDIVIDUAL GASEOUS STREAMS,
Abstract:
In a process for coating tapes or sheets with viscous solutions by the air-brush principle, a steam of air flows in the opposite direction to the movement of the web of material and acts substantially tangentially on the formation of the coating. This steam of air is produced by a vacuum between a bar which has an edge in the form of a ruler edge and the tape which is being coated, which moves past it at a close distance.
Abstract:
Apparatus for continuously coating an advancing metal strip substrate with molten treating material and controlling the coating thickness by a fluid jet stream. The stream is projected through a discharge nozzle opening which is greater than the strip width but the effective width of the jet stream is controlled to generally correspond to the strip width by means of tracking baffles. The stream is also projected a substantially uniform distance across the effective width, as opposed to projecting the outside edges or zones of the stream a shorter distance than the middle stream zone.
Abstract:
Apparatus for coating with a liquid a continuously travelling horizontal panel having a uniform or irregular surface, characterized by the provision of housing means including a flood coating compartment in which a massive quantity of liquid coating is deposited to a given depth upon the upper surface of the travelling panel, and an air doctoring compartment in which a large volume of high pressure air is angularly directed on the panel in a direction opposite to the direction of panel travel. The excess liquid coating in both compartments is directed laterally off the longitudinal edges of the panel and is collected by gravity in collector means arranged in the bottom of the housing beneath said compartments.
Abstract:
Fixed permanent mounting magnet having a face adapted to slidingly engage a plate of magnetic material which carries a jet nozzle extension. Releasable non-magnetic guide structure is provided to insure vertical location of the plate with respect to the magnet.
Abstract:
A blowing nozzle for controlling coating thickness in continuous hot dip metal coating has an elongated orifice arranged in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the vertically moving strip. A deflector is mounted on the upper side of the nozzle for diverting the effluent gas stream downwardly at an angle against the strip. A guard is mounted on the lower side of the nozzle to prevent deposition of coating metal on the nozzle in the vicinity of the orifice and on the deflector plate.