DEVICE FOR APPLYING A COATING TO AN ELONGATE ARTICLE

摘要

The device for applying a coating to an elongate article comprises a bath containing a melt and a coating application chamber having an inlet channel an outlet channel and an intake channel which is submerged in the bath containing a melt wherein the coating application chamber and the bath containing a melt are equipped with means for generating a vacuum and excess pressure respectively therein above the surface of the melt. In order to make the device easier to use and maintain and in order to ensure the continuous operation thereof without stoppages for the reloading of the bath and to ensure safety during the reloading of the bath with melt in the device for applying a coating to an elongate article the bath containing a melt and the coating application chamber are located next to one another and are connected by an inclined intake channel thus forming communicating vessels and the bath containing a melt is provided with a feed channel for the loading of a melt or of a metal in a solid state said feed channel being in the form of a channel which widens towards the top and opens into the upper part of the bath containing a melt.