.~ With nonuniform removal of coating material from applicator
DEFINITION
Classification: 118/204
(under subclass 200) Coating apparatus having means to (1) remove coating material from a portion only of the coating surface of an applicator or (2) remove coating material in an uneven manner from the entire coating surface thereof before contact of the applicator with the work.
(1) Note. The coating may be removed entirely from some areas of the applicator and left intact on other coatings of the applicator or the coating may be left thicker in some areas than in other areas or removed nonuniformly in any way. In this manner the coating will, of necessity, be applied to the base in patterns, stripes or discontinuous areas or thicker in one portion than in the other.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
102, and see the notes thereto for apparatus for removing the coating material from the base so as to leave the coating on the base in patterns, stripes or thicker in one part than in another.
211, for other means for applying coating material to the base in a pattern or definite circumscribed area of application.
261+, for coating apparatus having means to remove coating material from a rotary applicator before application to the base in which the material is removed uniformly over the surface of the applicator.
