(19)
(11) EP 1 080 793 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
07.07.2004 Bulletin 2004/28

(43) Date of publication A2:
07.03.2001 Bulletin 2001/10

(21) Application number: 00306825.1

(22) Date of filing: 10.08.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B05C 19/00, B05B 5/08, B05B 5/14
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 12.08.1999 JP 22836799

(71) Applicants:
  • Mesac Corporation
    Chuo-ku, Tokyo (JP)
  • Sumitomo Corporation
    Osaka-shi, Osaka 540-8666 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Abe, Masaaki
    Tokyo (JP)

(74) Representative: Bubb, Antony John Allen et al
Wilson Gunn Gee, Chancery House, Chancery Lane
London WC2A 1QU
London WC2A 1QU (GB)

   


(54) Electrostatic processing chamber for performing electrostatic flocking and coating operations


(57) A strip-like elongated flat plate (2), which is wound into a roll, is unwound and electrically grounded. In this condition, the flat plate (2) is passed through an electrostatic processing chamber, and subjected to an electrostatic flocking operation and an electrostatic coating operation without having its opposite longitudinal sides excessively or poorly flocked or coated. In an electrostatic processing chamber for performing the electrostatic flocking and the electrostatic coating operation therein: an electrode (1) is oppositely disposed from the flat plate (2) which is a workpiece to be flocked and coated; and, a plurality of electrically grounded elongated elements (5) are disposed adjacent to and parallel to the opposite longitudinal sides of the elongated flat plate (2).






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