Abstract: An apparatus for looping belt-like materials, including first and second looping units for winding a moving belt-like material helically into first and second coils, with a portion of the belt-like material forming the first coil being drawn out into the second coil. A plurality of support rollers annularly arranged along each of the portions of the wound belt-like material forming the first and second coils, and frames are provided with the support rollers, along with a drive for applying a rotary force to the frames. The support rollers are displaceable in a radial direction of an imaginary circle along which the support rollers are arranged in accordance with variations in diameters of the coils so as to bring the support rollers into contact with the portions of the belt-like material which constitute the coils.

Abstract: A method of continuous coating of metallic strip material carried into practice by using a continuous strip coating device wherein the thickness of the coating is decided by a gap between a pickup roll and a thickness control member spaced apart a predetermined distance from the surface of the pickup roll. The method includes the step of (1) setting the pressure of the paint and/or the size of the gap based on the data obtained by preliminary experiments, or (2) directly measuring the gap between the surface of the pickup roll and the thickness control member and feeding back the measurement, to bring the actual size of the gap into agreement with the value set beforehand at all times.