Patent ID: 9051642
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: C23C,H01J

Abstract:
1. A coating plant for continuously coating a substrate on at least one of its sides with a layer of a sublimable metal or metal alloy, comprising: a vacuum chamber; a vacuum evaporation coater located inside the vacuum chamber; a substrate running through the vacuum evaporation coater in a plane in a first direction; a feeder located inside the vacuum chamber for feeding the coater with a metal or metal alloy, the feeder including an inclined plane inclined in the first direction; and a plurality of ingots on the inclined plane subliming into the metal or metal alloy, the plurality of ingots being in contact with one another and moved by the feeder up the inclined plane so that a surface of the ingots facing the side of the substrate to be coated remains parallel to and at a constant distance from the substrate as the vacuum evaporation coater evaporates the ingots while the ingots are fully on the inclined plane.