Patent ID: 7354479

Claim:
A coating device comprising: a rotatable bar which coats a coating liquid on a strip-shaped body conveyed in a given direction; a upstream side dam-shaped member disposed at an upstream side of the bar so as to face the bar; a downstream side dam-shaped member disposed at a downstream side of the bar so as to face the bar; a downstream liquid supply pump for supplying a portion of the coating liquid to a downstream gap arranged between the downstream side dam-shaped member and the bar wherein; the coating device carrying out coating by supplying the coating liquid from between the dam-shaped members and the bar; and means for passing the coating liquid through a gap between the strip-shaped body and the upstream side dam-shaped member, in an upstream direction, at a flow rate of 3 m/mm or more wherein the means for passing includes a pressing roller arranged upstream of the upstream side dam-shaped member which presses the strip-shaped body toward the bar and an upstream liquid supply pump for supplying another portion of the coating liquid to an upstream gap arranged between the upstream side dam-shaped member and the bar.