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EP 1623769 B1 20100224 - Coating head

Title (en)

Coating head

Title (de)

Auftragskopf

Title (fr)

Tête d'application

Publication

EP 1623769 B1 20100224 (DE)

Application

EP 04018262 A 20040802

Priority

EP 04018262 A 20040802

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1623769A1] The head has a housing to define a chamber that is rotation-symmetric in response to an axis of rotation. The housing includes a supply channel and an outlet aperture at end face of the chamber. A rotatingly drivable control slide (6) is supported around the axis of rotation and positioned at the end face of the chamber, where the slide includes a passage for allowing a liquid medium to flow from the chamber into the aperture.

IPC 8 full level

B05C 5/02 (2006.01); B05C 11/10 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B05C 5/0233 (2013.01); B05C 11/1034 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE ES FR GB IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1623769 A1 20060208; EP 1623769 B1 20100224; DE 502004010807 D1 20100408

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 04018262 A 20040802; DE 502004010807 T 20040802