Process for preparing colored film overlays

Claim 2

A PROCESS FOR PREPARING FILM OVERLAYS INCLUDING THE STEPS OF: A. SUBJECTING A FILM WITH A PHOTOHARDENABLE EMULSION THEREON TO AN IMAGE-WISE EXPOSURE OF LIGHT TO PRODUCE EXPOSED AND UNEXPOSED PORTIONS OF THE EMULSION; B. IMMERSING SAID EXPOSED FILM IN AT LEAST ONE ORGANIC SOLVENT WHICH WIL RENDER ONE OF THE EXPOSED AND UNEXPOSED EMULSION PORTIONS SOLUBLE WHILE LEAVING THE OTHER SUCH PORTION FIXED; C. REMOVING THE SOLUBLE EMULSION WITH THE FILM IMMERSED IN A LIQUID BATH BY SCRUBBING THE EMULSION SIDE OF SAID FILM UNDER THE SURFACE OF THE LIQUID WITH A RESILIENT, SOFT, LIQUID ABSORBENT MEMBER WHEREIN SAID SCRUBBING IS ACCOMPLISHED BY USE OF A ROLLER SHAPED SCRUBBING IS ACCOMTHE SCRUBBING ACTION IS ACCOMPLISHED BY SUPPORTING THE SIDE OF THE FILM OPPOSITE THE EMULSION SIDE ON A BACK-UP PLATE AND WITH THE EMULSION SIDE IN CONTACT WITH THE SCRUBBING ROLLER, AND BY ROTATING THE ROLLER WHILE MOVING THE FILM PAST THE ROLLER, THE ROTATION OF THE ROLLER BEING AT A HIGH ENOUGH SPEED SO THAT THE PERIPHERAL SPEED OF THE ROLLER SURFACE OVER THE EMULSION SIDE OF THE FILM IS CONSIDERABLY FASTER THAN THE RATE OF MOVEMENT OF THE FILM PAST THE ROLLER; D. REMOVING THE FILM FROM SAID BATH AND REMOVING ALL BEADS OF THE ADHERED LIQUID THEREFROM BY SQUEEZING IT BETWEEN TWO ADJACNET, RESILIENT CONTACTING ROLLERS WHICH MAKE FIRM CONTACT WITH THE FILM AND WHICH ARE ROTATING AT A SPEED SUCH THAT THE PERIPHERAL SPEED OF THE ROLLERS IS IDENTICAL WITH LINEAL SPEED OF THE FILM; AND E. ALLOWING THE FILM TO AIR DRY AFTER LEAVING SAID ADJACENT ROLLERS.

Claim 3

The process of claim 1 wherein the step of immersing the film in said organic solvent takes place in advance of the step of removing the soluble emulsion.

Claim 4

The process of claim 1 wherein the step of immersing the film in an organic solvent takes place concurrently with the step of removing the soluble emulsion.

Claim 5

The process of claim 1 wherein a surfactant is present in effective quantities in the liquid bath during the scrubbing step.

Claim 6

The process of claim 4 wherein the surfactant constitutes at least one part to 2,000 parts of liquid bath by volume.

Claim 7

The process of claim 2 wherein said liquid bath is constituted as water to which at least one part of surfactant has been added to 2,000 parts of water by volume; and wherein said liquid bath is maintained at a temperature of not less than about 78* F.

Claim 8

The process of claim 6 wherein the liquid bath temperature does not exceed 90* F.

Claim 9

The process of claim 1 wherein the temperature of the liquid bath does not exceed 90* F.

Claim 10

The process of claim 8 wherein the temperature of the liquid bath is maintained at a temperature of not less than 78* F.

Claim 11

The process of claim 1 wherein the temperature of the liquid bath is maintained at a temperature of not less than 78* F.

Claim 12

The process of claim 1 wherein the temperature of the liquid bath is 85* F.

Claim 13

The process of claim 1 wherein the step of removing the adhered liquid includes squeezing the film between a second set of adjacent, resilient, contacting rollers after the film leaves the first such set.

Claim 14

The process of claim 1 wherein the speed of the peripheral surface of said adjacent resilient, contacting rollers is precisely the same as the speed of the film through the bath and under the scrubbing roller.

Claim 15

A process for preparing photographic sheet-like carriers including the steps of: A. subjecting a sheet-like carrier with a photohardenable emulsion thereon to an image-wise exposure of light to produce exposed and unexposed portions of the emulsion; B. immersing said exposed carrier in a developer which will render one of the exposed and unexposed emulsion portions soluble while leaving the other such portion fixed; C. removing the soluble emulsion with the carrier immersed in a liquid bath and scrubbing the emulsion side of the film under the surface of the liquid with a resilient, soft, liquid absorbent member wherein said scrubbing is accomplished by use of a roller shaped scrubbing member and the scrubbing action is accomplished by supporting the side of the film opposite the emulsion side on a back-up plate and with the emulsion side in contact with the scrubbing roller, and by rotating the roller while moving the film past the roller, the rotation of the roller being at a high enough speed so that the peripheral speed of the roller surface over the emulsion side of the film is considerably faster than the rate of movement of the film past the roller; D. removing the carrier from the bath and removing all beads of adhered liquid therefrom by squeezing it between two adjacent, resilient, contacting rollers which make firm contact with the carrier and which are rotating at a speed such that the peripheral speed of the rollers is identical to the lineal speed of the carriers; and E. allowing the carrier sheet to air dry after leaving the adjacent rollers.

Claim 16

A process for preparing photographic sheet-like carriers including the steps of: A. subjecting a sheet-like carrier with a photohardenable emulsion thereon to an image-wise exposure of light to produce exposed and unexposed portions of the emulsion; B. immersing said exposed carrier in a developer which will render one of the exposed and unexposed emulsion portions soluble while leaving the other such portion fixed; C. removing the soluble emulsion with the carrier immersed in a liquid bath and scrubbing the emulsion side of the film under the surface of the liquid with a resilient, soft, liquid absorbent member wherein said scrubbing is accomplished by use of a roller shaped scrubbing member and the scrubbing action is accomplished by supporting the side of the film opposite the emulsion side on a back-up plate and with the emulsion side in contact with the scrubbing roller, and by rotating the roller while moving the film past the roller, the rotation of the roller being at a high enough speed so that the peripheral speed of the roller surface over the emulsion side of the film is considerably faster than the rate of movement of the film past the roller; D. removing the carrier from the bath and removing all beads of adhered liquid therefrom by squeezing it between two adjacent, resilient, contacting rollers which make firm contact with the carrier and which are rotating at a speed such that the peripheral speed of the rollers is identical to the lineal speed of the carriers; and E. allowing the carrier sheet to air dry after leaving the adjacent rollers.

Claim 17

The process of claim 14 wherein the step of immersing the carrier in said developer takes place in advance of the step of removing the soluble emulsion.

Claim 18

The process of claim 14 wherein the step of immersing the carrier in developer takes place concurrently with the step of removing the unsoluble emulsion.

Claim 19

The process of claim 14 wherein a surfactant is present in effective quantities in the liquid bath during the scrubbing step.

Claim 20

The process of claim 14 wherein the step of removing the adhered liquid includes squeezing the carrier between a second set of adjacent, resilient, contacting rollers after the carrier leaves the first such set.

Claim 21

The process of claim 14 wherein the speed of the peripheral surface of said adjacent resilient, contacting rollers is precisely the same as the speed of the carrier through the bath and under the scrubbing roller.