Recording apparatus

Claim 2

A high speed printing apparatus capable of page incrementing at micro, intermediate and full size comprising: a cathode ray tube having a fiber optic target face; drive means adapted to move across the face of said cathode ray tube in synchronism with the crosswise movement of the electron beam of said cathode ray tube, and a record medium responsive to the light emanating from said cathode ray tube overlaying said drive means, said drive means further adapted to contact discrete elements of each page portion of said record medium against said fiber optic face in synchronism with said electron beam as said drive means traverses said face such that during each traverse the contacting surfaces of said record medium are substantially stationary with respect to said fiber optic face, whereby images formed by said beam are recorded on said record medium.

Claim 3

The printing apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein said drive means comprises a plurality of rotatable means, each of which sequentially traverse said fiber optic face in a common plane parallel to said face.

Claim 4

The printing apparatus as defined in claim 2 wherein is included means for producing slack in said record medium between said rotatable means positioned in said common plane.

Claim 5

The printing apparatus as defined in claim 3 wherein the depth of slack provides a length of said recording medium between said rotatable means substantially equal to two page widths whereby full size page incrementing may be provided with substantially no incrementing time lapse.

Claim 6

A high speed recording apparatus comprising: a cathode ray tube, means for driving said cathode ray tube in a synchronous or asynchronous mode, a fiber optic plate connectible to the target screen of said cathode ray tube and adapted to concentrate the light beam emanating from said cathode ray tube, a plurality of roller means adapted to move sequentially across said fiber optic plate in synchronism with the crosswise movement of said light beam and in response to signals from said cathode ray tube driving means, and a light sensitive recording means formed into a web and disposed between said fiber optic plate and said roller means for recording images formed by said light beam thereon, said recording means being carried by said roller means such that discrete elements of each page portion of said recording means are sequentially positioned adjacent said plate in synchronism with the crosswise movement of said light beam for recording images formed on said recording means without any incrementing time lapse.

Claim 7

A high speed recording apparatus comprising: a cathode ray tube, means for driving said cathode ray tube in a synchronous or asynchronous mode, a fiber optic plate connectible to the target screen of said cathode ray tube and adapted to concentrate the light beam emanating from said cathode ray tube, a plurality of roller means adapted to move sequentially across said fiber optic plate in synchronism with the crosswise movement of said light beam and in response to signals from said cathode ray tube driving means, and a light sensitive recording means formed into a web and disposed between said fiber optic plate and said roller means for recording images formed by said light beam thereon, said recording means being carried by said roller means such that discrete elements of each page portion of said recording means are sequentially positioned adjacent said plate in synchronism with the crosswise movement of said light beam for recording images formed on said recording means without any incrementing time lapse.

Claim 8

The recording apparatus as defined in claim 5 wherein is included means for producing slack in said record medium between said roller means.

Claim 9

The recording apparatus as defined in claim 6 wherein the depth of slack provides a length of said recording medium between said roller means substantially equal to two page widths.

Claim 10

The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said recording means is made of a photoconductive material and wherein is included means for placing an electrostatic charge on said recording means.

Claim 11

The apparatus of claim 8 including means for developing said formed images resulting from the exposure of said charged recording means to the light beam of said cathode ray tube.

Claim 12

The apparatus of claim 9 including means for transferring the developed images on said recording means to a permanent record means.

Claim 13

A high speed recording apparatus comprising: signal transducer means for producing a translatable energy beam, a record medium responsive to said energy beam, means for sequentially placing discrete elements of each page portion of said record medium against said signal transducer means in synchronism with the crosswise movement of said energy beam to generate a latent image on said record medium with substantially no transverse movement between the exposed elements of said record medium and said signal transducer means during the exposure time of said elements, and means for developing said latent images.

Claim 14

A high speed recording apparatus comprising: signal transducer means for producing a translatable energy beam, a record medium responsive to said energy beam, means for sequentially placing discrete elements of each page portion of said record medium against said signal transducer means in synchronism with the crosswise movement of said energy beam to generate a latent image on said record medium with substantially no transverse movement between the exposed elements of said record medium and said signal transducer means during the exposure time of said elements, and means for developing said latent images.

Claim 15

The high speed recording apparatus of claim 11 wherein said signal transducer means comprises a cathode ray tube.

Claim 16

The high speed recording apparatus of claim 11 wherein said placing means comprises a plurality of rollers which advance in sequence loop portions of said record medium over the surface of said signal transducer means.

Claim 17

The high speed recording apparatus of claim 11 including means for transferring said developed images to a permanent surface.

Claim 18

The high speed recording apparatus of claim 14 including means for developing said record medium in a vacuum.

Claim 19

A high speed recording apparatus capable of page incrementing at micro, intermediate and full size for processing data from a high speed data source comprising: a cathode ray tube capable of converting electrical signal input intelligence into image characters, a photosensitive record medium, drive means for sequentially contacting discrete elements of each page portion of said record medium against the face of said cathode ray tube in synchronism with the crosswise beam movement thereof to generate a full page latent electrostatic image on said record medium without crosswise movement parallel to the face of said cathode ray tube by said record medium, means for developing said latent image, and means for transferring said developed image to a permanent surface.

Claim 20

A high speed recording apparatus capable of page incrementing at micro, intermediate and full size for processing data from a high speed data source comprising: a cathode ray tube capable of converting electrical signal input intelligence into image characters, a photosensitive record medium, drive means for sequentially contacting discrete elements of each page portion of said record medium against the face of said cathode ray tube in synchronism with the crosswise beam movement thereof to generate a full page latent electrostatic image on said record medium without crosswise movement parallel to the face of said cathode ray tube by said record medium, means for developing said latent image, and means for transferring said developed image to a permanent surface.

Claim 21

The apparatus of claim 16 including a fiber optic plate attached to the face of said cathode ray tube.

Claim 22

A high speed imaging apparatus in which data from a readout source is synchronously or asynchronously recorded on a record medium comprising: a cathode ray tube suitably connected to a power source and an input data and timing source, said cathode ray tube having a fiber optic face plate for concentrating the light beam emitted by said cathode ray tube; a plurality of roller means each responsive to said timing source and adapted to move in sequence across said fiber optic face plate in synchronism with the beam sweep of said cathode ray tube, a record medium disposed between said roller means and said fiber optic face plate, means for placing an electrostatic charge on said record medium, said roller means presenting an incremental portion of said charged record medium to imagewise exposure from said cathode ray tube, means for maintaining a loop in said recording means and for maintaining the tautness of said record medium about said roller means, means for developing the recorded data on said record medium, and means for transferring said recorded data to a permanent surface.

Claim 23

A high speed imaging apparatus in which data from a readout source is synchronously or asynchronously recorded on a record medium comprising: a cathode ray tube suitably connected to a power source and an input data and timing source, said cathode ray tube having a fiber optic face plate for concentrating the light beam emitted by said cathode ray tube; a plurality of roller means each responsive to said timing source and adapted to move in sequence across said fiber optic face plate in synchronism with the beam sweep of said cathode ray tube, a record medium disposed between said roller means and said fiber optic face plate, means for placing an electrostatic charge on said record medium, said roller means presenting an incremental portion of said charged record medium to imagewise exposure from said cathode ray tube, means for maintaining a loop in said recording means and for maintaining the tautness of said record medium about said roller means, means for developing the recorded data on said record medium, and means for transferring said recorded data to a permanent surface.

Claim 26

The method of claim 19 including developing said created images by applying electroscopic toner particles thereto.

Claim 27

The method of claim 20 including developing said formed images on said record medium in a vacuum.

Claim 28

The method of claim 21 including developing said web asynchronously in accordance with the timing of the advancing of said web.