US 7,455,892 B2
Method and apparatus for forming a coating
Andrew James Goodwin, Cork (Ireland); Luke Ward, Durham (United Kingdom); Patrick Merlin, Neufvilles (Belgium); and Jas Pal Singh Badyal, County Durham (United Kingdom)
Assigned to Dow Corning Ireland Limited, Cork (Ireland)
Appl. No. 10/381,690
PCT Filed Sep. 25, 2001, PCT No. PCT/GB01/04272
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Mar. 25, 2003,
PCT Pub. No. WO02/28548, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 11, 2002.
Claims priority of application No. 0024230.5 (GB), filed on Oct. 04, 2000; and application No. 0114877.4 (GB), filed on Jun. 19, 2001.
Prior Publication US 2004/0022945 A1, Feb. 05, 2004
Int. Cl. H05H 1/24 (2006.01); H05H 1/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 427—578  [427/569; 427/576] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
4. A method for forming a coating on a substrate under conditions of atmospheric pressure, the method comprising:
(I) introducing a coating-forming material selected from the group consisting of:
(i) an atomized liquid, and
(ii) a combination of an atomized liquid and an atomized solid, into an atmosphere selected from:
(a) a homogeneous atmospheric pressure plasma glow discharge and
(b) an ionized gas stream resulting therefrom, and
(II) exposing the substrate to (i) or (ii).