Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm David Mayald
  • Ceramic applicator device and method of use
    Patent number: 6673391
    Abstract: A coated substrate, such as thick, coated metal sheet is made using a system (10) where a moving metal sheet substrate (12), preferably aluminum over 0.1 mm thick contacts an applicator roll (20) which has a non-deformable, micro-porous flat ceramic surface which is coated with a coating liquid (14) which is picked up, by a metering roll (18) and applied to the applicator roll (20) by contact with the coated metering roll, and where a backup roll (22) usually helps support the moving substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Alcoa Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce A. Perkett, James A. Schade, Clinton S. Zediak, Jeffrey W. Bowling