Apparatus for automatic fabrication of microcircuitry

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR FORMING PRINTED CIRCUITS ONTO SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID PLATES COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: (A) AN ENDLESS AND MOVABLE SUPPORT MEANS SUPPORTING A PLURALITY OF MASTER CIRCUIT PATTERNS THEREON, EACH OF SAID PATTERNS BEING ARRANGED SPACED APART FROM THE OTHERS OF SAID PATTERNS AND COMPRISING ELECTRICALLY INSULATING CIRCUIT IMAGE AREAS ON A BACING MATERIAL CAPABLE OF DISSIPATING ELECTRIC CHARGE; (B) SELCTOR MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO CONTROL FORMATION OF A PRINTED CIRCUIT FROM SELECTED PATTERNS; (C) DRIVE MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID PATTERN SUPPORT TO EFFECT MOVEMENT THEREOF UNDER THE CONTROL OF SAID SELECTOR MEANS; (D) CHARGING APPARATUS MOVABLY SUPPORTED AND POSITIONABLE ON ITS SUPPORT; (E) SECOND DROVE MEANS CONNECTED TO THE SUPPORT OF SAID CHARGING APPARATUS AND ACTUATED BY SAID SELECTOR MEANS TO POSITION SAID CHARGING APPARATUS ADJACENT SELECTED PATTERNS ON SAID PATTERN SUPPORT FOR THE APPLICATION OF ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE THERETO; (F) DEVELOPING APPARATUS DISPOSED ADJACENT TO SAID PATTERN SUPPORT FOR PRESENTING ELECTROSCOPIC DEVELOPER POWDER TO THE CHARGED MASTER PATTERN DURING THE MOVEMENT OF SAID PATTERN SUPPORT; (G) STORAGE MEANS MOUNTED OPPOSITE SAID PATTERN SUPPORT AND CONTAINING A PLURALITY OF STACKED LAMINATED WAFER PLATES ON WHICH THE CIRCUIT OF THE PATTERNS ARE TO BE FORMED;