US1878347A - Process and apparatus for preparing printing rollers - Google Patents

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US1878347A
US1878347A US335931A US33593129A US1878347A US 1878347 A US1878347 A US 1878347A US 335931 A US335931 A US 335931A US 33593129 A US33593129 A US 33593129A US 1878347 A US1878347 A US 1878347A
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  • PROESS AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARING PRIfiTiNG ROLLERS Filed Jan. 29, 1929 Patented Sept. 20, 1932 v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ALEXANDER TAUSZ AND FRANZ S'IEHLIK, F BUDAPEST, HUNGARY Application filed January 29, 1929, Se'r1a.1 N 'o. 335,931, and in Hungary December 12, 1928.
  • This invention relates to the production of etched printing rollers having a design formed of design elements which are repeated indefinitely by the photographic contact printing method, one and the same film provided with the design elements to be printed photographically and adapted when placed round the periphery of the roller broadside on, to cover an aliquot part of the circumference of the printing roller, being printed from successively so as to form a number of adjacent sections in register until the entire periphery of the roller has been covered with photographically printed design elements.
  • the film which is placed round a portion of the periphery of the roller consists normally of a single design element, or at least comprises such a small number of design elements that the film only extends over a very small fraction of the length of the roller.
  • This method has the drawback that for carrying it out a complicated'and expensive machine fitted up after the manner of a transferring machine is necessary, without exact register between the adjacent photographic prints being obtainable with certainty, either in the axial or in the circumferential direction, for the reason among others that the film forms the bottom of a box containing the illuminating lamp, so that exactregister of a fresh print with'a print already produced, before exposure, cannot be satisfactorily regulated.
  • a drawback which weighs heavily with the process referred to is this that the sensitized layer which covers the printing roller, and which as is well known usually consists of chrome albumin, becomes locally heated to such an extent during the protracted exposure to the print ing light that it is subjected to a kind of tanning action,which, as is well known,will 'alter' the sensitivity of the layer in a manner and to an extent which cannot be foreseen. From this it follows that in the case of the known process it is impossible to obtain the uniformity in the photographic prints which is absolutely necessary for the production of per-' feet printing rollers.
  • the process is characterized by this that the film employed to be printed from successivelv on the periphery of the roller so as to form a number of adjacent sections in register, and which is placed round the periphery of the roller broadside on so as to cover an aliquot part of the circumference of the roller is a transparent band on which the design to beprinted on the printing roller consists of such a number of design elements that the length of the film. is substantially equal to that of the printing roller to be produced.
  • the placing in register of successive prints axii 7 sufficient, said box permitting the exact registration to be efiected with the naked eye before the exposure, since the film which covers the entire length of the roller no longer requires to form the bottom of a box.
  • the entire periphery of the roller can be completely covered with from two to four printings, the entire time occupied in effecting the exposures amounts only to a few minutes, during which the sensitized layer cannot suffer from any unfavorable deterioration.
  • Fig. 1 shows a View of the film used in the process
  • Figs. 2 and 3 show diagrammatically two sections of an arrangement for extending the contact prints in successive operations according to the invention
  • Fig. 4 shows the same arrangement in perspective view
  • Fig. 5 shows the printing roller to be made, in perspective.
  • Fig. 6 shows a modification of Fig. 3.
  • a printing roller is employed on which the light-sensitive layer which is of a known kind and may for instance be chrome albumin is distributed perfectly evenly in known manner.
  • the flexible film shown in Fig. 1 is laid directly on the said cylindrical surface,.the design elements on the film being printed by causing light to pass through the film on the light-sensitive cylindrical surface.
  • the film shown in Fig. 1 contains such a number of design elements that its length A is substantially equal to the axial length of the printing roller 0. (Fig. 5).
  • the film B consists of a translucent positive or negative. A positive is used for making an intaglio printing roller and a negative for producing a relief printing roller.
  • the extensions C and C represent non-translucent, for instance blackened bands, the inner edges of which lie closely adjacent the outline of the particular design, said bands forming a single piece with the film B or being separate pieces which are united with the same, for instance by means of an adhesive.
  • the film B contains as many design elements as will enable its height D to be an aliquot part of the circumferential length of the printing roller (1, being at the maximum half the circumferential length.
  • film signifies any flexible and translucent or transparent support of any suitable material, for instance also oil paper, gelatine, and so on.
  • design element used in the following specification and in the claims signifies not only pictures in the ordinary sense of the word but also all kinds of drawings, ornamental patterns, designs and the like, such for instance as are used in intaglio printing on textile fabrics and wall papers, and in which also portions of text may appear in some cases.
  • Figures 2 and 3 a is the printing roller, arranged so as to be partly within a box 0, the walls of which are closed in a light-tight manner.
  • the box 0 has two hinged covers 0 which rest on either side against the non-translucent extensions 0 and C of the film B wrapped round the printing roller a, along a generatrix, so that only that portion of the periphery of the printing roller round which the film is wrapped is exposed to the action of the printing lamps d.
  • two registering circles f, f are marked in a machine like a lathe at the two ends of the printing roller, at places (as shown in Fig. 5) lying outside the portion of the surface of the printing roller used for printing, and on the film B, corresponding exactly to the axial distance between the said two circles f, f,,, two parallel lines B, B are drawn (Fig. 1).
  • registering points B B B are marked and corresponding exactly to the relative distance between these points, registering points f f f are marked on the registering circles f, f
  • a generatrix 9 may also be marked which may correspond to one edge or to the centre line of the film B.
  • the printing roller a prepared in the above manner and the correspondingly prepared film are thereupon mounted in the arrangement shown in Figures 2 to 4.
  • the film may be tensioned by means of screws 72
  • screws 72 These screws are supported on a partition 0 of the box 0 and act on two rails 7%, la between which the edge (1' or C of the non-translucent extension C C of the film B is clamped.
  • the tightening'screws h are distributed over the length of the printing roller and the box 0 is provided on both sides with doors 0 so that each of the screws h can be tightened individually as required.
  • the film B is set upon the printing roller a with registering lines B B and the registering points B B B provided on the film B exactly and respectively covering and registering with the registering circles f f and the registering points f f provided on the said printing roller.
  • the screws h ore have to be tightened suitably and the covers as well as the doors a. have to be closed.
  • photographic printing may be carried out by means of thelamps shown diagrammatically at (1.
  • the bearings 0 v for the journals of the printing roller a are adjustable in height in the box 0 by means of screws 0 so that, for turning the printing roller (1, it is only necessary to lower the bearings 0 and with them the roller itself, whereupon, after the printing roller has been turned, it is raised again by means of the screws 0 In this way the time-wasting which would otherwise occur by the loosening of the large number of tightening screws h at each turning of the roller a can be avoided, the screws h rendering possible to effect any subsequent tightening up locally, which ma be required.
  • the band l is eased oil, the roller a turned for instance by means of a hand-operated crank 0 the film B again accurately brought into register and the band is given the requisite tension, whereupon a further section of the printing roller may be. exposed and so on.
  • tensioning of the translucent band is of the printing roller (1 according to Figure 6 may be also effected by means of clamping rails h, b and a series of screwsh as shown in Figures 2 and 3 for the film extensions C C and on the other side
  • tensioning of the film B may be effected instead of the clamping rails h, b as-shown in Figures 2 and 3 by means of rollers m and locking devices m m as shown in Figure 6 for the translucent band in.
  • the small rollers m may conveniently also be mounted at the ends of the hingedv covers 0, which rest on the film parts C (3
  • the hinged covers 0 can be provided with members (such as the screws u and pull rods '11 shown in broken lines in Fig. 6) by means of which they can be fixed in their closed position, in order to ensure light-tight closure of the interior of the box 0- during the photographic printing.
  • the film B can be made in any suitable known manner.
  • said film occupying not more than one-half the circumferential dimension of the roller during each printing operation and being held taut during each printing operation by tensional force acting upon the ends thereof, the length of said film being equal to the effective length of said printing roller, so that said roller is shifted relative to said film solely in the circumferential direction.
  • a device for producing an etched printing roller having a continuous design formed upon its face which comprises a continuous succession of design elements comprising a light-tight casing having an opening therein, bearing means for the roller to be etched located within said casing, said bearing means being adapted to hold said roller in operative relationship to said open-- ing so that its edges are closely adjacent the circumference. of said printing roller.
  • edges of said opening being substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the roller and being separated from each other for a distance corresponding to an aliquot portion of the circumferential dimension of said roller so that said aliquot portion projects from said light-tight casing, and holding means located within said casing and adapted to hold a flexible member against a portion of the periphery of said roller including the projecting portion thereof, said flexible member comprising a light permeable portion which is provided with said design elements and which is held in contact with said projecting portion by said holding means, the length of said edges being at least equal to the length of the printing portion of the roller.
  • a device for producing an etched printing roller having a continuous design formed upon its face which comprises a continuous succession of design elements comprising alight-tight casing having an opening therein, bearing means for the roller to be etched located Within said casing, said bearing means being adapted to hold said roller in operative relationshi to said opening so that its edges are closeij' adjacent the circumference of said printing roller, the edges of said opening being substantially parallel'to the longitudinal axis of the roller and being separated from each other for a distance corresponding to an aliquot portion of the circumferential dimension of said roller so that said aliquot portion projects from said light-tight casing, and holding means located within said casing and adapted to hold a flexible member against a portion of the periphery of said roller including the projecting portion thereof, said flexible member comprising a light permeable portion which is provided with said design elements and which is held in contact with said pro jecting portion by said holding means, the Walls of said casing adjacent said opening comprising movable sections, the length of said
  • a device for producing an etched printing roller having a continuous design formed upon its face which comprises a continuous succession of design elements comprising a light-tight casing having an opening therein, bearing means for the roller to be etched located within said casing, said bearing means being adapted to hold said roller in operative relationship to said opening so that its edges are closely adjacent the circumference of said printing roller, the
  • said opening being substantially, parallel to the longitudinal axis of the rollelements
  • said flexible member also comprising opaque end portions continuous with said light-permeable portion
  • said holding means being adapted to exert tension on said end portions in order to hold said light-permeable portion in contact with said projecting casing
  • said bearing means being adapted to hold said roller in operative relationship to said opening so that its edges are closely adjacent the circumference of said printing roller, the edges of said opening being substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the roller and being separated from each other for a distance corresponding to an aliquot portion of the circumferential dimension of said roller so that said aliquot portion projects from said 1i ht-tight casing
  • holding means locatet l within said casing and adapted to hold a flexible member against a portion of the periphery of said roller including the projecting portion thereof, said flexible member comprlsing a light-permeable portion which is provided with said design elements, said flexible member also comprising opaque end portions continuous with said light-perme
  • a device for producing an etched printing roller having a continuous design formed upon its face which comprises a continuous succession of design elements comprisingla light-tight casing having an opening t erein, bearing means for .the roller to be etched located within said casing, said bearing means being adapted to hold said roller in operative relationship to said opening so that its edges are closely adjacent the circumference of said printing roller, the edges of said opening being substantiallyparallel to the longitudinal axis of the roller and being separated from each other for a distance corresponding to an aliquot portion of the circumferential dimension of said roller so that said aliquot portion projects from said light-tight caslng, and holding means located within said casing and adapted to hold a flexible memher against a portion of the periphery of said roller including the projecting portion thereof, said flexible member comprising a light permeable portion which is provided with said design elements and which is heldin contact with said projecting portion by said holding means, said holding means comprising a series of tensioning members which can be independently actuated

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