Patents by Inventor Eberhard Muhlfriedel

Eberhard Muhlfriedel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6383571
    Abstract: A device for providing a coating on a surface includes a capillary slot that is open at the bottom and is filled via a supply chamber with coating medium. A substrate is conducted below the opening of the slot with the surface to be coated facing up. The capillary slot is not only determined by the intermolecular binding forces but can be actively fixed. As a result, high coating rates, e.g., between 30 and 100 mm/s, can be achieved. An especially reliable filling of the coating chamber results by providing an overflow container that communicates via a gravity-feed line with the capillary slot. The overflow container is preferably mounted so that it can be adjusted in height above the capillary slot, thereby effecting an adjustable flow of medium through the capillary slot, and an adjustable coat thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventor: Eberhard Mühlfriedel
  • Patent number: 5650196
    Abstract: A device for coating substrates has a capillary slot which is used in a first step to apply lacquer to the substrate. In a second step, the lacquer layer thickness of the substrate is reduced and made more uniform by spinning in a spinning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Assignee: Steag MicroTech GmbH
    Inventors: Eberhard Muhlfriedel, Karl Appich, Martin Kallis