Patent ID: 6846362

Claim:
A strap base material coating apparatus for applying a powdered coating to the base material and curing the coating on the base material to form a cured strap, the base material having first and second opposing sides and defining edge regions, the coating apparatus disposed in-line in a strap making apparatus, the coating apparatus comprising: a vertical conveyance path; a powdered coating spray region for applying a powdered coating to each of the first and second sides and the edge regions of the strap base material; a heating region, disposed subsequent to the powdered coating spray region, the heating region having a sufficient length for melting of the powdered coating to cover the strapping base material; a cure region having a predetermined length sufficient for curing of the melted powdered coating; and a cooling region disposed subsequent to the cure region, wherein the powdered coating spray region, the heating region, the curing region and at least a part of the cooling region are disposed in an upward traverse of the apparatus.