Edge removal apparatus for curtain coating

摘要

The present invention is an edge blade (20) attached to an edge guide (12) for removing an edge of a falling curtain (10). The edge of the falling curtain is intercepted by the edge blade (20) and is vacuumed away by a vacuum tube (21) disposed near the edge blade. The present invention provides a uniform coated edge with maximum coating speeds at the edge being equal to maximum speed possible for the coating system far from the edge.