Step and repeat image reproduction apparatus

Claim 2

A step and repeat reproduction apparatus comprising: a. a planar work surface; b. an exposure window in said work surface, said exposure window being translucent material; c. material fastening means adjacent said exposure window for holding a master having an image to be reproduced; d. an elongate guideway in said work surface adjacent said exposure window; e. a registry slide member received in said guideway and movable therealong; f. adjustment means engaged with said registry slide member for positioning image-receiving material secured to said registry slide member into registry with the image on said master for reproduction on said image-receiving material; g. an exposure lamp below said exposure window for exposing said image-receiving material thereby reproducing the image from the master thereto; h. a registry window adjacent said registry slide member; i. material fastening means adjacent said registry window for holding a negative carrier sheet; and j. guide means associated with said registry window for positioning an image-bearing negative for attachment to said negative carrier sheet thereby forming the master.

Claim 3

The step and repeat apparatus as set forth in claim 1 including: a. a second elongate guideway in said work surface, said second guideway being adjacent said exposure window and extending transversely of said first-named guideway; b. a master positioning slide member received in said second guideway and movable therealong; and c. adjustment means engaged with said master positioning slide member for positioning a master secured thereto.

Claim 4

The step and repeat apparatus as set forth in claim 2 including: dial indicators engaged with said respective slide members and driven by movement thereof with an absence of accumulative error and backlash to indicate linear movement of the respective slide member.

Claim 5

The step and repeat apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein: a. said registry window is a generally rectangular area in a portion of said translucent material of said work surface; and b. said registry window guide means is a grid in said registry window formed of a plurality of longitudinally and transversely spaced intersecting grid lines, said grid defining a plurality of image alignment areas for the image on said image-bearing negative.

Claim 6

The step and repeat apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said exposure window fastening means and said registry window fastening means include: a. punch means for perforation of said master and said image-receiving material to receive the image on said master, said perforation being a plurality of aligned apertures adjacent at least one edge of said master and said image-receiving material; b. a plurality of recessed bushings adjacent at least one edge of said exposure window and adjacent at least one edge of said registry window, said recessed bushings being spaced and aligned to correspond to and register with said punched apertures in said master and said image-receiving material; and c. a plurality of pins each sized and shaped to pass through said punched apertures and sized and shaped to be received in said recessed bushings thereby selectively fastening said master and said image-receiving material adjacent said exposure window and adjacent said registry window.

Claim 7

A step and repeat image reproduction apparatus comprising: a. a frame having a table portion; b. a top panel in said table portion; c. a generally rectangular exposure window in saiD top panel; d. fastening means associated with said exposure window for holding a master having an image to be reproduced, said master being a negative carrier sheet having an image-bearing negative secured thereto; e. a first elongate guideway in said top panel, said first guideway being adjacent one edge of said exposure window and parallel thereto; f. a registry slide member received in said first guideway and movable therealong; g. a translucent generally rectangular registry window having one edge adjacent and parallel with said first guideway; h. fastening means associated with said registry window for holding a negative carrier portion of said master; i. a second elongate guideway in said top panel, said second guideway being adjacent an other edge of said exposure window and extending transversely of said first guideway and parallel with said other edge of said exposure window, said other edge of said exposure window intersecting said first-named one edge thereof; j. a master positioning slide member received in said second guideway and movable therealong; k. adjustment means associated with said registry slide member for positioning image-receiving material secured thereto into precise registry with the respective images on said master for reproduction on said image-receiving material; l. adjustment means associated with said master positioning slide member for positioning a master secured thereto and having a plurality of rows of images to be reproduced on said image-receiving material secured to said registry slide member; m. an exposure lamp below said exposure window for exposing said image-receiving material thereby reproducing the image from the master thereto; n. said fastening means for said exposure window and said fastening means for said registry window have a plurality of spaced and aligned recessed pin receiving bushings adjacent at least one edge of said respective windows; and o. said master and said image-receiving material each have a plurality of apertures adjacent at least one edge thereof, said apertures being alignable with said pin receiving bushings whereby pins placed therein engage and hold the master and the image-receiving material.

Claim 8

A step and repeat image reproduction apparatus comprising: a. a frame having a table portion; b. a top panel in said table portion; c. a generally rectangular exposure window in saiD top panel; d. fastening means associated with said exposure window for holding a master having an image to be reproduced, said master being a negative carrier sheet having an image-bearing negative secured thereto; e. a first elongate guideway in said top panel, said first guideway being adjacent one edge of said exposure window and parallel thereto; f. a registry slide member received in said first guideway and movable therealong; g. a translucent generally rectangular registry window having one edge adjacent and parallel with said first guideway; h. fastening means associated with said registry window for holding a negative carrier portion of said master; i. a second elongate guideway in said top panel, said second guideway being adjacent an other edge of said exposure window and extending transversely of said first guideway and parallel with said other edge of said exposure window, said other edge of said exposure window intersecting said first-named one edge thereof; j. a master positioning slide member received in said second guideway and movable therealong; k. adjustment means associated with said registry slide member for positioning image-receiving material secured thereto into precise registry with the respective images on said master for reproduction on said image-receiving material; l. adjustment means associated with said master positioning slide member for positioning a master secured thereto and having a plurality of rows of images to be reproduced on said image-receiving material secured to said registry slide member; m. an exposure lamp below said exposure window for exposing said image-receiving material thereby reproducing the image from the master thereto; n. said fastening means for said exposure window and said fastening means for said registry window have a plurality of spaced and aligned recessed pin receiving bushings adjacent at least one edge of said respective windows; and o. said master and said image-receiving material each have a plurality of apertures adjacent at least one edge thereof, said apertures being alignable with said pin receiving bushings whereby pins placed therein engage and hold the master and the image-receiving material.

Claim 9

A step and repeat image reproduction apparatus comprising: a. a frame having a table portion; b. a top panel in said table portion; c. a generally rectangular exposure window in said top panel; d. fastening means associated with said exposure window for holding a master having an image to be reproduced, said master being a negative carrier sheet having an image-bearing negative secured thereto; e. a first elongate guideway in said top panel, said first guideway being adjacent one edge of said exposure window and parallel thereto; f. a registry slide member received in said first guideway and movable therealong; g. a translucent generally rectangular registry window having one edge adjacent and parallel with said first guideway, said registry window having a grid formed of a plurality of longitudinally and transversely spaced intersecting grid lines, said grid forming frames for the image on said image-bearing negative; h. fastening means associated with said registry window for holding a negative carrier portion of said master; i. a second elongate guideway in said top panel, said second guideway being adjacent an other edge of said exposure window and extending transversely of said first guideway and parallel with said other edge of said exposure window, said other edge of said exposure window intersecting said first-named one edge thereof; j. a master positioning slide member received in said second guideway and movable therealong; k. adjustment means associated with said registry slide member for positioning image-receiving material secured thereto into precise registry with the respective images on said master for reproduction on said image-receiving material; l. adjustment mEans associated with said master positioning slide member for positioning a master secured thereto and having a plurality of rows of images to be reproduced on said image-receiving material secured to said registry slide member; and m. an exposure lamp below said exposure window for exposing said image-receiving material thereby reproducing the image from the master thereto.

Claim 10

A step and repeat image reproduction apparatus comprising: a. a frame having a table portion; b. a top panel in said table portion; c. a generally rectangular exposure window in said top panel; d. fastening means associated with said exposure window for holding a master having an image to be reproduced, said master being a negative carrier sheet having an image-bearing negative secured thereto; e. a first elongate guideway in said top panel, said first guideway being adjacent one edge of said exposure window and parallel thereto; f. a registry slide member received in said first guideway and movable therealong; g. a translucent generally rectangular registry window having one edge adjacent and parallel with said first guideway, said registry window having a grid formed of a plurality of longitudinally and transversely spaced intersecting grid lines, said grid forming frames for the image on said image-bearing negative; h. fastening means associated with said registry window for holding a negative carrier portion of said master; i. a second elongate guideway in said top panel, said second guideway being adjacent an other edge of said exposure window and extending transversely of said first guideway and parallel with said other edge of said exposure window, said other edge of said exposure window intersecting said first-named one edge thereof; j. a master positioning slide member received in said second guideway and movable therealong; k. adjustment means associated with said registry slide member for positioning image-receiving material secured thereto into precise registry with the respective images on said master for reproduction on said image-receiving material; l. adjustment mEans associated with said master positioning slide member for positioning a master secured thereto and having a plurality of rows of images to be reproduced on said image-receiving material secured to said registry slide member; and m. an exposure lamp below said exposure window for exposing said image-receiving material thereby reproducing the image from the master thereto.

Claim 11

The step and repeat apparatus as set forth in claim 7 including: a. vacuum means associated with said exposure window for holding said image-receiving material and said master in vacuum contact with said exposure window; b. a chamber below said top panel, said chamber having an exposure compartment below said exposure window and a registry compartment below said registry window, said exposure lamp being within said exposure compartment for exposing the image-receiving material thereby reproducing the image on the master to the image-receiving material; d. a registry lamp within said registry compartment for illuminating said registry window grid; and e. timing means operatively connected to said exposure lamp for controlling duration of exposure.

Claim 12

The step and repeat apparatus as set forth in claim 8 wherein: a. said adjustment means for said registry slide member and said adjustment means for said master positioning slide member each have gear means mounted on said respective slide member for interengagement with respective gear means mounted on an elongated shaft rotatably mounted on said table portion, said elongated shafts each having handle means mounted thereon for turning same; b. said fastening means for said exposure window and said fastening means for said registry window have a plurality of spaced and aligned recessed pin receiving bushings adjacent at least one edge of said respective windows; and c. said master and said image-receiving material each have a plurality of apertures adjacent at least one edge thereof, said apertures being alignable with said pin receiving bushings whereby pins placed therein engage and hold the master and the image-receiving material.