Patent ID: 7323054
Filing Date: 2008-01-29
Classification: B01J,B05D

Abstract:
1. A system for coating a monolithic support with a liquid component, the monolithic support having a top, a bottom, and a plurality of cells, which system comprising: (a) means for dosing a pre-determined quantity of the liquid component to the top of the monolithic support, (b) liquid component containment means comprising a base permeable to the liquid component releasably coupled to the top of the monolithic support for receiving the pre-determined quantity of the liquid component, and (c) vacuum means mounted to the bottom of the monolithic support for applying vacuum to the bottom of the monolithic support to withdraw the entirety of the quantity of the liquid component dosed on the top of the monolithic support and contained by the containment means into at least a portion of the plurality of the cells of the monolithic support, wherein the liquid component has a rheology such that: