Patent ID: 7041336

Claim:
An intermittent coating method for intermittent coating by utilizing an intermittent coating apparatus comprising a nozzle which applies a paint to a base material and intermittent means which repeats feeding and stopping of said paint to said nozzle as well as discharge and stopping of said paint to a return side, said method comprising: applying paint intermittently to a base material, wherein said intermittent means: (i) starts discharging said paint to said return side before starting discharging of said paint to said nozzle, (ii) starts discharging said paint to said nozzle, (iii) stops discharging said paint to said return side after a predetermined period of time while continuing said paint discharging to said nozzle to thereby start applying said paint to said base material, (iv) stops discharging said paint to said nozzle, and (v) starts discharging said paint to said return side after said stopping of said paint discharging to said nozzle.