Photocopying – Contact printing – Fluid pressure retention of carrier and receiver in exposure...
Patent
1990-05-25
1991-04-09
Wintercorn, Richard A.
Photocopying
Contact printing
Fluid pressure retention of carrier and receiver in exposure...
G03B 2720
Patent
active
050068890
ABSTRACT:
Improved method and apparatus for supporting photographic sheet materials in intimate surface contact during contact exposure includes a flexible membrane which forms a common boundary wall between two gas-tight chambers. Air at ambient pressure is admitted to one chamber at a controlled rate slower than air is evacuated from the other chamber containing the photographic sheet materials. Progressive expansion of the surface area of contacting force assures that residual volumes of air between photographic sheets are squeezed out in an orderly pattern and not trapped in isolated pockets that distort resulting photographic images. A dimensionally stable blanket is supported about the perimeter to slide in a retaining frame against resilient cushioning that urges the blanket into engagement with the platen.
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Smith A. C.
Wintercorn Richard A.
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