US 7,347,898 B2
Slide hopper and multilayer coating apparatus having the same
Jhy-Chain Lin, Tu-Cheng (Taiwan)
Assigned to Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., Tu-Cheng, Taipei Hsien (Taiwan)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/228,592.
Claims priority of application No. 2004 2 0095013 U (CN), filed on Nov. 05, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2006/0096529 A1, May 11, 2006
Int. Cl. B05C 3/02 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 118—411  [118/325; 118/DIG. 2; 118/DIG. 4] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A slide hopper for a multilayer coating apparatus for coating an object, the slide hopper comprising:
a main body, the main body having a plurality of separate cavities configured for receiving respective coating materials therein, the main body further including a plurality of separate slots in fluid communication with the corresponding cavities;
a plurality of separate projection portions formed on the main body, the projection portions each having a substantially sloping slide surface configured for allowing the respective coating material to exit from the corresponding slot, the projection parts being spaced apart from one another in a manner so as to cause the coating materials to separately flow toward the object; and
a plurality of guiding means configured for guiding the respective coating materials to separately flow from the slide surfaces to the surface of the object.