Draw-off coating apparatus for making coating articles, and/or methods of making coated articles using the same

摘要

Certain example embodiments relate to a draw-off coating apparatus and/or system for depositing a coating on a substrate (e.g., a glass substrate), and/or a method of making coating articles using the same. At least one substrate (10) to be coated is inserted into a tank (20). A liquid or sol-gel like mixture (either or both of which may have a low viscosity) is pumped into the tank (20) in a controlled manner. The at least one substrate (10) is allowed to dwell in the mixture. The liquid or sol-gel like mixture is drawn-off of the tank in another controlled manner. The drawn-off liquid or sol-gel like mixture may be provided to another tank having at least one substrate to be coated. Thus, it is possible in certain example embodiments to form coatings on large-dimension glass substrates, while enabling desired coating performance on one or both surfaces of the glass substrates to be achieved.