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Photoimaging process using water removable coatings
Assignee: EDWARD WELLER III
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Filing: 1986-05-29
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Granted: 1988-05-31
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Expires: 2006-05-29
Abstract
Abstract Photographic images may be produced on a backing such as paper and polyester sheets, from photographic negatives which encompass line rendering, design comps, copy, complex color separation or the like with water-based varnishes and pigments, the resulting images closely resembling, if not exactly, the same image in its commercially printed form. Thus all aspects of color proofs produced by this invention provide greatly improved predictability as to the appearance of the final printed job, with a further improvement of cost savings over conventional techniques of preparing color proofs. Also, said proofing method can be used to provide a "transfer" so that one may transfer the colored image or images to a more suitable or required backing.
Inventors
- 👤 Edward L. Weller, Jr.
- 👤 Edward Renkor
- 👤 Edward L. Weller, III
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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2026-11-06 15:29
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03F; G03F3/00; G03F3/10; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S430/00; Y10S430/136; Y10S430/162
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
217 words
A method of photographically producing a colored image on a backing using a water-basd system, which comprises: applying a sealant coat containing a nitrocellulose solution onto said backing with a coating rod; drying said sealer coat; applying a uniform layer of a water-based varnish with a coating rod onto said backing over the sealer coat, said water-based varish consisting essentially of a color pigment dispersion, sufficient dispersed organic resin in the range of from about 5 to about 20 percent by weight, said resin being capable of forming cross-links in the presence of ultraviolet radiation and selected from the group consisting of casein, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl acetate, acrylic polymers, silicone acrylics and urethanes, and an alkali dichromate salt in the range of about 0.1 to aboout 1.0 percent by weight, said resin being present in said varnish 25 to 75 times greater by weight than said dry dichromate salt; drying said uniform layer; pressing said uniform layer against a transparent negative image of the desired image; exposing said uniform layer to actinic radiation which passes through transparent areas of said negative image to cause cross-linking said organic resin and dichromate salt, rendering these areas insoluble; developing said image bywashing said uniform layer with water to remove noncross-linked portions thereof; and drying said developed image on said backing.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
217 words
A method of photographically producing a colored image on a backing using a water-basd system, which comprises: applying a sealant coat containing a nitrocellulose solution onto said backing with a coating rod; drying said sealer coat; applying a uniform layer of a water-based varnish with a coating rod onto said backing over the sealer coat, said water-based varish consisting essentially of a color pigment dispersion, sufficient dispersed organic resin in the range of from about 5 to about 20 percent by weight, said resin being capable of forming cross-links in the presence of ultraviolet radiation and selected from the group consisting of casein, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl acetate, acrylic polymers, silicone acrylics and urethanes, and an alkali dichromate salt in the range of about 0.1 to aboout 1.0 percent by weight, said resin being present in said varnish 25 to 75 times greater by weight than said dry dichromate salt; drying said uniform layer; pressing said uniform layer against a transparent negative image of the desired image; exposing said uniform layer to actinic radiation which passes through transparent areas of said negative image to cause cross-linking said organic resin and dichromate salt, rendering these areas insoluble; developing said image bywashing said uniform layer with water to remove noncross-linked portions thereof; and drying said developed image on said backing.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of removing the sealer coat with acetone after the final drying step, applying a uniform layer of adhesive over the dried colored layer, and transferring the image to other substrates.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of coatng the backing with successive layers of colored pigment and progressively developing the image using appropriate transparent negatives until a multi-colored image is produced.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 1 in which said organic resin is a mixture of polyvinyl alcohol and an acrylic polymer solution.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 1 in which the pH of said water-based varnish is from about 7.0 to about 9.0.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
51 words
The method of claim 5 in which said water-based varnish contains a mixture of ammonium hydroxide and an organic amine having a boiling point of at least 100° C and present in an amount capable of imparting a slightly alkaline pH to said varnish in the absence of said ammonium hydroxide.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 6 in which said amine is selected from the group consisting of 2-dimethylamino-2-methyl-1-propanol; 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol; or the group of amines represented by diethylamino ethanol.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 1 in which said varnish has a viscosity range by a No. 2 Zahn cup of 30 to 60 seconds at 72° F.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method of claim 1 in which said varnish contains the following ingredients in substantially the proportions specified, in percent by weight: ______________________________________
polyvinyl alcohol resin
10.0 percent
water 89.2 percent
ammonium hydroxide 0.2 percent
(concentrated)
amine 0.1 percent
pigment dispersing agent
0.5 percent
100.0%
______________________________________
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1 in which said transparent negative image is a photographic half-tone, line, screen, or complex set of separated negatives.
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