Patent ID: 6149785
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: B22F,C23C

Abstract:
An apparatus for coating material including powder, particles, and fibers, comprising:a housing,means located in said housing for retaining the material to be coated,means for agitating the material to be coated,a pair of oppositely located magnetron sputtering for coating the material while the material is being agitated,wherein the means for retaining the material to be coated comprises a rotating drum positioned between said oppositely located magnetron sputtering sources, said drum including a plurality of means for picking up, moving, and releasing the material to be coated, and means for rotating said drum,said rotating drum being located intermediate said magnetron sputtering sources,said means for picking up, moving, and releasing the material being constructed to release material to be coated at an uppermost point of rotation of said drum, whereby material to be coated falls past the magnetron sputtering sources so as to be coated thereby as the material falls,a hopper into which the material first falls before being coated, anda mesh screen assembly connected to said hopper.