Appeal No. 2004-1912
Application No. 09/808,584
a metering bar positioned against said applicator
to meter a predetermined amount of coating composition
to said applicator for transfer to an article
transported to said applicator by said conveyor.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the end of
said metering bar positioned against said applicator
has a radius of at least about 2.5 mm.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said
metering bar and said applicator are arranged to
enable said metering bar to exert a force of at least
about 35 g/cm width against said applicator.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said
conveyor and said applicator are configured to enable
said applicator to apply a coating to the edge face of
a roll of tape disposed between said conveyor and said
applicator.
10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said
applicator comprises an endless belt.
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of patentability:
Knain 2,868,162 Jan. 13, 1959
Rebentisch 3,818,860 Jun. 25, 1974
Schrauwers et al. 5,476,545 Dec. 19, 1995
(Schrauwers)
Schäfer 5,804,256 Sep. 08, 1998
Schäfer 5,863,620 Jan. 26, 1999
Shiraishi et al. 0 648 715 Apr. 19, 1995
(Shiraishi)(European Patent Application)
Kirk-Othmer, “Radiation Curing”, Encyclopedia of Chemical
Technology, 4th Edition, Vol. 20, pp. 832-834 (1996)
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