Patent ID: 8916001

Claim:
A system for depositing a coating on a surface of an article a tire mold comprising: a deposition chamber; a supporting device constructed and arranged to support the tire mold in the deposition chamber; a gas inlet port arranged to introduce gaseous species into the deposition chamber; a gas distributor constructed and arranged to distribute gaseous species introduced through the gas inlet port within the deposition chamber; a filament assembly positioned within the deposition chamber to heat gaseous species introduced through the gas distributor and the gas inlet port, the filament assembly comprising a: a first frame portion; a second frame portion; and a plurality of filament segments extending between the first frame portion and the second frame portion to form a non-planar filament array, wherein the gas distributor, the supporting device and the filament assembly each have a similar non-planar shape, wherein the gas distributor is positioned radially inside the supporting device.