Patent ID: 8286578

Claim:
A coating device for coating a peripheral surface of a sleeve body with a radiation curable coating formulation, the coating device comprising: a vertical support column arranged to support the sleeve body in a vertical position coaxial with a coating axis; and a coating stage including a carriage arranged to slide along the vertical support column, and an annular coating collar mounted on the carriage and arranged to move therewith, the annular coating collar arranged to contain the coating formulation and coat a layer of the coating formulation onto the peripheral surface of the sleeve body during a sliding movement of the carriage along the vertical support column, the annular coating collar being positioned coaxial with the coating axis; wherein the coating device includes an irradiation stage arranged to move with the coating stage and provide radiation to at least partially cure the layer of the coating formulation onto the peripheral surface of the sleeve body; and the irradiation stage includes at least one radiation source arranged around the sleeve body, and a rotating device arranged to spin the at least one radiation source around the sleeve body to irradiate the layer of the coating formulation formed on the peripheral surface of the sleeve body.