Patent ID: 6569499
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: B05C,G03G

Abstract:
A method for coating at least one substrate with a fluid using an apparatus, the apparatus comprising at least one vertically-oriented diptank with a diptank top and a diptank bottom, the diptank defining an inlet at the diptank bottom and a vertically-oriented conduit with an orifice at the diptank top, the conduit including means for suspending therein a plurality of horizontally-oriented layers of rounded objects, so that fluid supplied to the inlet at the diptank bottom flows upwards through the plurality of layers of rounded objects and later continues to flow upwards to coat a substrate that is inserted through the orifice at the diptank top, the method comprising supplying fluid to the inlet and inserting at least one substrate through the orifice.