Patent ID: 6444031
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: B05C,G03G

Abstract:
An apparatus for coating photoreceptor devices,the apparatus comprising a manifold forming a conduit, the conduit having a length with an input at one end thereof, the apparatus further comprising a plurality of diptanks mounted on an upper portion of the manifold and distributed along the length, the plurality of diptanks arranged for applying coating solution to photoreceptor devices that are dipped therein, the conduit arranged so that the coating solution supplied to the input flows away from the input in a flow direction towards the plurality of diptanks thus forming therein a corresponding plurality of diptank coating solution flows, each diptank coating solution flow comprising a corresponding diptank coating solution flow speed, the conduit defining a conduit inner diameter that becomes increasingly narrower along the length in the flow direction such that the plurality of diptank coating solution flow speeds are substantially uniform.