ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,565, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Reophotonics Ltd. (Modiin, Israel).
"Methods for coating a foil using a coating system with an adjustable gap between two rollers" was invented by Michael Zenou (Hashmonaim, Israel), Elad Dotan (Talmei Yehiel, Israel) and Mark Sheridan (Hod Hasharon, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a coating system, two rollers are arranged adjacent to one another. A donor foil with rheological material dispensed thereon is advanced through a gap between the two rollers. Such gap spreads the dispensed material over the donor foil, coating the donor foil with a layer of the material with a uniform thi...