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EP 0 575 879 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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16.03.1994 Bulletin 1994/11 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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29.12.1993 Bulletin 1993/52 |
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Date of filing: 16.06.1993 |
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International Patent Classification (IPC)5: G03C 1/74 |
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BE DE FR IT |
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Priority: |
24.06.1992 US 905354
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Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY |
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Wilmington
Delaware 19898 (US) |
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- Hirshburg, Robert Ivan
Hendersonville,
North Carolina 28739 (US)
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Representative: von Kreisler, Alek, Dipl.-Chem. |
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Patentanwälte
von Kreisler-Selting-Werner
Postfach 10 22 41
50462 Köln
50462 Köln (DE) |
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Pretreated substrate for slide bead coating |
(57) An apparatus and method for stabilizing slide coating bead edges in which a pair
of liquid stripes is applied in advance of the coating bead. Each stripe is positioned
to coalesce with a respective edge of the subsequent slide coating bead. Slide bead
coating is employed in the manufacture of single- and multi-layered elements such
as photographic film.