To uniformly coat a viscous soln. in a prescribed thickness on the surface of a processed photosensitive material or sheet before final drying by carrying out a step for controlling the thickness, uniformity and coating weight of the soln. coated on the surface of the material or sheet.
A coating section 15a is formed in an apparatus 1 by combining a tank 7 with roller assemblies 9, 11 and a viscous soln. 3 is applied, e.g. coated on the surface of a photosensitive material 5 in the coating section 15a. The apparatus 1 includes a control section 15b that may include the combination of a transfer roller 17 and a weighing roller 19 rotatably attached to the apparatus 1. In the control section 15b, the thickness, uniformity and applying weight, e.g. coating weight of the soln. 3 applied on the photosensitive material 5 are controlled so as to form a protective coating having favorable and/or predetermined characteristics on the material 5.
BOHAN ANNE E
O'CONNOR KEVIN M
PICCININO RALPH LEONARD JR
BREESE GORDON F
HANUMANTHU RAMASUBRAMAN
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