US3494326A - Spin-coating machine - Google Patents
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- the device includes an adjustable lens holder rotatably mounted in a sealed, glass-walled compartment, a coating applicator, and means for introducing filtered, dehumidified air under pressure into the compartment.
- a vacuum chamber connected to a vacuum device is positioned around said lens holder.
- the sealed chamber includes glove means sealingly secured to openings in the chamber wall and permitting operator-manipulation within the chamber.
- At least one oven is incorporated into the structure defining the compartment and includes plural door means whereby entry into the oven can be from both Within said without the compartment.
- Field of the invention Apparatus for spin-coating lenses and filters, including a controlled air flow in the area of the spinning lens.
- a spin-coating machine including a sealed compartment and means for introducing filtered, dehumidified, heated air under a positive pressure into said compartment and a vacuum cavity producing a pressure differential in the area of the spinning lens for controlled withdrawal and flow of said air around the spinning lens.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line 2-2 of FIG. 1 with the operator removed.
- FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the vacuum chamber of the invention.
- FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective cross-sectional view of the vacuum chamber as shown in FIG. 3.
- FIG. 5 is a top view in diagrammatic form showing the flow of coating material.
- FIG. 6 is a diagrammatic view similar to FIG. 5 but showing the lens in a position one-quarter of a revolution from the position shown in FIG. 5.
- FIG. 7 is a side view of a spinning lens showing diagrammatically the controlled air flow that results from the invention.
- the spin-coating machine of this invention consists of a booth generally indicated by the numeral 10, comprising a sealed compartment 12 supported by bench 14.
- Compartment 12 is built up from floor 18, side walls 20, 22, rear wall 24, top cover and front wall 27.
- Front wall 27 facing operator 26 is provided with two vertical glass panels 28 and 30.
- Separating glass panels 28 and 30 is a vertical metal sheet 32 having formed therein two openings 34 and 36, which are fitted with gauntlets 38 and 39. These may be made of parachute nylon or other light impervious sheet fabric material. Said gauntlets are tightened to operator 26 at the wrists and provide a means whereby operator 26 can extend both hands into the interior of compartment 12 while maintaining said compartment in a sealed condition.
- movable glass cover 40 which slopes backward at an angle of about and is hingedly joined by hinge 41 to top 25 of compartment 12.
- a sealing material such as foam rubber is applied about the periphery of cover 40 to provide a tight seal between cover 40 and the adjacent edges of the frame in which it sits.
- integralally joined to glass panel 28 and top 25 is glass side panel 43 and joined in the same manner to glass panel 30 is glass side panel 45.
- ovens 44 and 46 Located on each side of said gauntlets, so placed to be conveniently reached by said operator, are ovens 44 and 46, constructed of monolithic insulating refractory block-s, and heated by wire-wound heating units.
- said heating units are so positioned on the top and bottom of the oven as to provide for a uniform distribution of heat.
- Hingedly located on the front and back of said oven is framed door 48 also insulated With a monolithic refractory material.
- both ovens protrude through rear wall 24 as is shown in FIG. 2.
- Lenses placed in an oven after being spin-coated, through the front door can be removed by the operator from the rear door without entering into compartment 12 through either cover 40 or gauntlets 38.
- Formed in floor 18 intermediate between said gauntlets is aperture 50.
- spin pan 52 Located directly beneath said aperture and symmetrically oriented with respect thereto is spin pan 52 having the general shape of a cylinder.
- Spin pan 52 is supported by brace 49 and sealed to the underside of floor 18 of compartment 12 by gasket 51. Located beneath spin pan 52 is electric motor 54 having a rotatable shaft 56 extending through aperture 57 formed in the center of said spin pan. Fixedly at tached to shaft 56 as by set screw 61, is chuck 58, designed to receive lens holder 59 such as that described in US. Patent No. 3,336,902, assigned to the assignee of the instant application.
- An electrical speed control device for said rotating haft is located on a rear wall of said comlartment within said operators reach, and is capable of lroviding various speeds of rotation of motor 54 within he range of 100 to 4,000 revolutions per minute, as elected by the operator.
- Mounted to floor 18 is mounting lange 60.
- Mounted in said flange is standard 62 havng pivotally joined thereto arm 64 which has attached hereon clamp 66.
- Said clamp provides means for se ,urely holding coating solution applicator 68 at the deired elevation and orientation over the lens chuck.
- Said tpplicator is generally comprised of tank 70 fitted with ilter 71.
- Tank 70 is fused to stopcock unit 72, which tself is fused to stem 73 having formed therein a suittbly sized orifice 75.
- a pressure pump not shown, is :onnected by means of air line 74 to tank 70 by means )f rubber stopper 79. Proper pressure is applied to the iquid in said tank by means of an adjustable manually- )perated pressure reducing valve, now shown.
- said ;tockcock is turned on, liquid coating materials are meered by pressure applied to said tank through said air me.
- housing 76 Secured to top 25 is housing 76 which houses a standard 'oom dehumidification unit mounted above a dust filter, )oth not shown. Mounted adjacent to housing 76 is lower 77 operated by motor 82. Said blower pulls air hrough the dust filter and the dehumidifier. The dustfree, dehumidified air is thus blown through an aperture, iot shown, in top 25 onto heating coils 78 mounted on )afile 80. A thermostat, not shown, is provided to control he temperature of the heated air within said compartnent. This mechanism supplies dehumidified, dust-filtered, leated air under a moderate degree of pressure into the :ompartment.
- a suction device such as a vacuum cleaner indicated by the numeral 82, laving a hose 84 which is connected to a T-joint 87.
- a vacuum cleaner indicated by the numeral 82
- Formed in said hose beneath said T-joint is suction bycrass vent 86 over which is frictionally fixed rotatable lent cover 88.
- Attached to T-joint 87 are two suction hoses 90 which are attached to elbows 92.
- the base of said spin pan has formed therein ducts 94 over which is received elbow 92. So designed to be received by said :lucts 94 is a vacuum chamber, generally indicated by the iumeral 95.
- Said chamber includes a bottom circular plate 96 having an outer flanged rim 101, a central aperture 97 and two ducts 99 which extend in an opposite direction from said rim and are coupled to ducts 94 in said spin pan.
- Vacuum chamber 95 has an upper disclike plate 98 having formed therein a central aperture 100 corresponding to aperture 97 on lower plate 96 and having an outer flanged rim 102 which is telescoped over rim 101 on lower plate 96.
- the vacuum chamber when connected to the vacuum device as described above, causes a high velocity air flow from the inside of the closed booth over the surface of the spinning lens. The air flow has a large radial component of motion for a purpose which will be described.
- a slight positive pressure is maintained within the booth by adjusting the influx of air from blower 77 with relation to the exhaust of air caused by vacuum device 82.
- the dry, filtered, dehumidified air under positive pressure within the compartment prevents the introduction of dust and water vapor within the booth which would, if present, prevent high quality coatings
- the controllable pressure differential results in a controlled air flow which carries away droplets of the coating material spun olf the surface along the short axis as is shown diagrammatically in FIG. 7 before speckling or mottling of the surface along the long axis can result.
- the arrows labelled F indicate the direction of the controlled air flow resulting from the pressure differential.
- the pressure differential is controlled by means of vent 86, previously described, over which is frictionally fixed rotatable vent cover 88.
- Operation Lenses to be coated are placed within the compartment through cover 40. Coating material is placed within tank 70 by access through the same cover 40. With a supply of uncoated lenses within said compartment and with said tank filled with a coating material, the cover is closed. Further access into said compartment is accomplished by the operator inserting his hands through gauntlets 38 and 39. A lens to be coated is placed on said lens holder, washed by squirting a lens cleaning solution from a squeeze botle, and rotated at 3600 revolutions per minute until dry.
- Coating applicator 68 is then positioned over the center of the lens, the stopcock is then turned one-half a turn, and a predetermined amount of coating material is deposited on the lens by a regulated pressure applied along air line 74 as previously described.
- the lens is then spun at 3600 revolutions per minute until evenly coating and partially dried, removed and placed on a rack, which is not shown, and the rack, when filled, is placed within one of said ovens, which has been preheated, and baked.
- the oven is then cooled and the coated lenses are removed by an operator from the rear of the oven.
- the speed at which a lens is spun, baking time, baking temperature, cooling time and cooling temperature are factors which are dependent on the nature of the coating solution used and are no part of the present invention.
- a spin-coating machine comprising:
- nozzle means located in an upper portion of the chamber, in general alignment with said shaft whereby coating fluid may be dispensed centrally upon the upper face of said lens;
- glove means sealingly secured to openings in a wall of said chamber whereby an operator may manipulate both the structure and lens within said chamber without breaking the chamber seal.
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