Appeal No. 95-2382
Application 07/955,671
According to appellants, the invention is directed to a
method of manufacturing coated photographic materials wherein the
chilling and gelling of the photographic liquid materials occur
while the web is horizontal and the materials are on the
underside of the web (brief, page 3).
As stated by appellants on page 4 of the brief, the claims
stand or fall together. Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject
matter on appeal and is reproduced below:
1. A method of manufacturing coated photographic
materials, comprising
feeding a support web through a curtain coating
position;
applying liquid photographic materials to the support
web while at said curtain coating position whereby a layer of
uniform thickness is formed on the web, said liquid photographic
layer including material which is gelable by chilling;
moving the web with the layer of material thereon in a
substantially horizontal direction with the photographic
materials facing downwards; and
chilling said liquid materials while said web is
substantially horizontal with the materials on the underside
thereof whereby the liquid materials gel.
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