US2681309A - Electrosensitive recording blank - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to an electrosensitive recording blank and more particularly to an improved electrosensitive blank on which various kinds of subject matter may be recorded by means of telegraph facsimile or other types of electrical signals which are applied to selected elemental areas of the recording blank by means of an electrical stylus that scans the surface of the blank for applying the signals to selected areas thereof.
- This application relates to an improvement over the blank described in my copending Patent No. 2,528,005, issued October 31, 1950, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
- Facsimile communication systems are now extensively utilized by commercial telegraph companies and also by various firms and business houses for the transmission and reproduction in facsimile of telegrams, pictures, maps, drawings and other message subject matter.
- the transmitting blank is scanned either by optical or electrical pickup means, depending upon the character of the transmitting blank, for generating the facsimile signals in known manner.
- Reception of the messages commonly is effected on dry electrosensitive recording blanks.
- Such a blank comprises a base sheet of paper which is impregnated with a conductive substance, preferably carbon blank, so that the sheet is sufliciently conductive to pass readily the marking currents applied by the receiving stylus to the recording blank.
- An electrosensitive marking coating is applied to the underlying conductive sheet, which coating is changed to a dark colored sulphide in those elemental areas to which the marking currents are applied as the blank is scanned by the recording stylus during reception of a facsimile message.
- a recording blank having an electrosensitive marking coating comprising cuprous thiocyanate Was found to possess substantial advantages over prior recording blanks, including the lead-thiosulphate coated blank which had become a standard blank for use in facsimile systems for a variety of purposes.
- the cuprous-thiocyanate marking coating provides a good white background and with a lighter-weight coating than that heretofore possible; the blank records with much less smoke and greatly reduced. spark at the point of stylus contact, and is substantially non-toxic in operation; the blank is not subject to smoldering; recording may be effected with lower voltages than those required for recording on lead thiosulphate N.
- Fig. 1 illustrates diagrammatically a facsimile system embodying transmitting and receiving stations with an intermediate repeating station, the system being of the type in which a recording blank in accordance with the present invention is adapted to be used;
- Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one form of recording blank embodying the invention.
- Fig. 3 is a view, in elevation, of a modified arrangement of the recording blank.
- a facsimile transmitting station A a facsimile receiving station 0
- an intermediate facsimile relay station B The transmitter at station A may comprise either optical or electrical pickup devices, both of which are well known in the facsimile art; for simplicity an electrical pickup device is illustrated.
- the transmitter comprises a rotatable metallic cylinder or drum Ill carried by a centrally disposed driving shaft l I which is journaled in frame members 92 and i i.
- the cylinder is rotated, in the direction indicated by the arrow, by any suitable means such as an electric motor l5, preferably of the alternating current synchronous type, which is connected in the illustrative form shown by a driving pulley l6 and a belt H to a driven pulley l8 keyed to the shaft ii.
- the pulleys have pins thereon which are received in slots in the receive apparatus such as disclosed in Wise et belts, as indicated.
- Transmission may be effected in any suitable manner, for example, as described in Kline Patent No. 2,229,091, issued January 21, 1941, in which the transmitting blank has conductive characters on a non-conductive background, or as described in Kline Patent No.
- the stylus 22 is caused to traverse the cylinder in a longitudinal direction as the cylinder rotates, the pitch of the thread of the shaft 24 determining the extent of longitudinal traversal of the stylus during each rotation of the cylinder and hence the number of scanning lines per inch.
- the stylus point will describe a helical path as it moves over the surface of the telegraph blank 2i and thus produces a scanning action.
- the transmitting blank is wrapped once around the metallic cylinder it in the manner shown in the figure and is releasably secured to the cylinder in any desired manner, as by elastic retaining bands such as shown in Wise et al. Patent 2,255,868, issued September 16, 1941.
- the transmitting apparatus includes a transmitting amplifier 28 which is interconnected by a communication circuit Ll to the receiving amplifier 30 of the intermediate relay station B. If desired, the transmitted signals may have a carrier frequency component introduced by the transformer 27 which is connected in a series lead- 28 from the transmitting drum it.
- the signals incoming over line Ll were generated at station A from a transmitting blank having insulating characters on a conductive background the signals may be inverted by means of a. signal inverter 33 so that the message recorded on the receiving blank at station B will be a positive copy of the message on the transmitting blank 21.
- a. signal inverter 33 may be employed.
- a metallic cylinder 36 which carries an electrosensitive recording blank like the blank til at station C and made in accordance with the instant invention, is scanned by an electrical recording stylus 3'! when signals are being received from station A.
- the message or image upon the original transmitting blank 2! will be reproduced in facsimile upon the receiving blank on the drum 36.
- the recording stylus 37 is turned out of engagement with the recording blank and the latter is then scanned by optical pickup apparatus to relay the message to station C.
- the retransmitting equipment includes photocells 38 and 39 which provide an optical pickup in the retransmitting side, two photocells being used in order to effect picture reversal and to transmit a positive copy of the Wise Patent No. 2,176,442, issued October 17, 1939.
- the signals generated by the optical pickup means pass through a transmitting amplifier it and thence over line LE to the receiving amplifier 412 at station C.
- the amplified signals are applied to a recording stylus 62.
- the scanning mechanism of the recorder at station C is similar to that of the transmitter at station A, and comprises a rotatable metallic cylinder or drum 53 carried by a centrally disposed driving shaft 51 journaled in frame members 52 and 5G. During reception of signals the cylinder is rotated, in the direction indicated by the curved arrow, by a synchronous motor 55, driving pulley 56, belt 51, and driven pulley 58 keyed to the shaft 51.
- the recording stylus 62 whose point bears on the surface of the recording blank Si, is carried by a traveling carriage 63 which moves along a threaded shaft 64 rotated by gears 65 and 66 to effect scanning of the blank as the incoming signals are received.
- the recorded blank Bl is a positive facsimile copy of the message on the original transmitting blank 2
- a recording blank 6! embodying the invention is shown in its simplest form in Fig. 2 of the drawings in which reference numeral 50 represents a sheet of fibrous material, which may be ordinary paper although highly calendered paper is preferred since it results in a smoother surface over which the recording stylus can travel without contact bounce or variation in contact resistance.
- Applied to the surface of the paper is an adhesive coating or film H which comprises cuprous thiocyanate whereby, upon application of an electrical signaling potential to selected elemental areas of the recording surface of the blank, there is formed a black copper sulphide of contrasting appearance with respect to the adjoining areas or background of the blank.
- the sheet 10 may be made conductive either by impregnation with an electrolyte or by having a finely divided metal powder or finely divided carbon such as carbon black uniformly distributed throughout the pulp from which the paper sheet is rolled, so that signal marking current in the stylus circuit can flow through the sheet to the underlying metal platen, such as the cylinder 50 shown in Fig. 1, on which the sheet is placed during a recording operation.
- a finely divided metal powder or finely divided carbon such as carbon black uniformly distributed throughout the pulp from which the paper sheet is rolled
- finely divided carbon is employed to make the sheet 10 conductive.
- the thickness of the paper will depend upon the kind of stock used, for example, the thickness may vary from .0015 inch for tissue to .003 inch for ticker stock which comprises ordinary manila paper.
- the degree of conductivity of the sheet 10 is not critical, but must be sufliciently high to cause the recording stylus current readily to pass through the sheet.
- a suitable degree of conductivity of a carbon irfipiegnated sheet is such that if a metal plate is positioned under the sheet and, an electrode whose area of contact surface is .5 sq. cm.
- the electrical resistance of the paper is approximately from 42 to 58 ohms.
- the resistance of papers impregnated with electrolytes will be found to be higher may be as high as several times that of the carbon im pregnated paper. It will be appreciated by those versed in the facsimile art that the necessary conductivity of the sheet 19 may vary within considerable limits and yet produce suitable marl ing effects, depending upon various factors such as the voltage of the recording stylus current, the thickness of the paper 10, the speed at which the recorder is to operate, and the frequency of the marking current in the stylus circuit when alternating current is employed.
- cuprous thiccyanate suitable for use in the blank of the instant invention is to take the commercially available cupric sulphate or blue vitriol and in solution reduce it to the cuprous form with a suitable reducing agent, such as sulphur dioxide.
- a suitable reducing agent such as sulphur dioxide.
- the cuprous thiocyanate is formed in this solution by the addition of a soluble thiocyanate such as the thiocyanate of sodium, potassium or ammonium. Care should be taken to completely reduce the copper solution to avoid the danger of production of even a very small amount of the cupric form which would decrease the whiteness of the finished product.
- the filtered and washed material is dried and dispersed in a coating medium such as a lacquer for application to the conductive base sheet.
- a coating medium such as a lacquer
- the essential steps of the method comprise (1) reducing cupric sulphate to the cuprous form by employing a substantial excess of the reducing agent, preferably sodium sulpliite, above the amount required to effect and maintain complete reduction of the cupric sulphate, (2) precipitating the copper with a soluble thiocyanate, such as NaSCN or NHQSCN, under controlled concentration conditions, (3) washing the precipitate until the by-product impurity content (ammonium sulphate or sodium sulphate) is reduced to approximately 1% or less, (4) adjusting the pH of the final rinse of the washing step to a value of approximately 9 to 10, and drythiocyanate with during the process ing the precipitate to a moisture content of approximately 1% or less.
- the reducing agent preferably sodium sulpliite
- the complex apparently is formed during the second step of the method, although the first, third and fourth steps are. essential to the formation, preservation and behavior of the complex. If the above-mentioned substantial excess of the re" ducing agent is not present the desired increase in opacity is not obtained, so that it is a most important consideration; likewise, if the byproduct impurity content is not properly reduced final rinse is not adjusted to the value given the desired results are not step, namely, drying the precipitate, obviously does not contribute to the increase in opacity.
- ammonium thiocyanate instead of sodium thiocyanate, in the formula will be found preferable; the quantity of the NHiSCN is 293 grams because of its lower molecular weight, assuming the same proximate purity of the two compounds.
- An adjustment of the relative quantities of the ingredients should, of course, be made to coinpensate for any variations in purity thereby to avoid needless waste, although slight excesses are not harmful to the resulting product.
- the foregoing values are based on 98% to 100% cornmercial purity.
- the copper solution is filtered to remove scum, and the sodium sulphite solution added slowly with stirring or other agitation, followed promptly with the sulphuric acid which is added slowly with stirring or other agitation. Without any appreciable delay which would permit loss of S02, the NaSCN or NHiSCN is added slowly and with stirring or other agitation. A black precipitate may form first, but promptly turns white. If too much S02 were lost there would be decomposition of the thiocyanate and liberation of CN which must be avoided.
- the precipitate is now allowed to settle, and the clear liquor is decanted to approximately 50% of the original volume.
- the tank is now refilled to the original volume with water and this decantation procedure repeated several more times, usually four.
- dilute NHAOH is added until the pH is between 9 and 10 as measured by indicator test paper or electrometric means.
- the precipitate is now filtered without any further washing or rinsing.
- the cake shall have close to 50% water content.
- This cake is now broken up into lumps one inch in diameter or less and dried in trays to a moisture content of less than one percent.
- theslight bounce of the stylus over the paper lap frees the stylus from any accumulation of decomposition products on the point thereof.
- one or more styli are used with a continuous traveling sheet or web of recording paper there is no such stylus bounce and the accumulation may become objectionable. This may be prevented by embodying certain materials in the pigment composition to prevent stylus accumulations.
- hydroxides, sulphides, carbonates and basic carbonates are suitable for the purpose; for example, aluminum hydroxide, zinc sulphide, calcium carbonate, copper carbonate, strontium carbonate, barium carbonate, and basic zinc carbonate are particularly adaptable due to their chemical and mechanical properties when used as pigments. These materials may be used, when mixed with the cuprous thiocyanate, either singly or in combination.
- a chemical reaction apparently takes place which, however, does not affect the desired decomposition of the cuprous thiocyanate for mariting purposes. Also, with certain of the foregoing materials a mechanical effect is produced which assists in preventing stylus accumulation. Copper carbonate and basic zinc carbonate, for instance, on decomposition will yield both water vapor and carbon dioxide which may have, be sides a useful chemical effect altering the decomposition products, a useful mechanical effect because'of the volume of gaseous compo nents liberated.
- Aluminum hydroxide likewise yields water vapor and has been found quite effective. After the initial decomposition, oxide is left which may react with and trap any sulphur released and so help prevent tarnish of adjacent unrecorded areas.
- a substance such as zinc sulphide probably has little chemical reactivity except that its relative ease of volatilization may cause zinc fumes to surround the stylus tip and, aided by the copper-containing smoke, lower the temperature of combustion of the car bonaceous stylus deposits so that the tiny spark will cause the stylus to burn clean- Calcium carbonate or copper carbonate is preferred due to their good mechanical properties in lacquer dispersion, and an illustrative formula of a pigment composition employing either of them is as follows, the percentages being by weight:
- cuprous thiocyanate Another illustrative formula in which but one of the foregoing compounds is added to the cuprous thiocyanate is as follows:
- cuprous thiocyanate 45% copper carbonate 55% cuprous thiocyanate 45% copper carbonate
- cuprous thiocyanate must predominate to attain the beneficial results of the instant invention.
- the other ingredients are replaceable in whole or in part by any of the other equivr alent materials mentioned, and small amounts of other pigments such as titanium dioxide may be incorporated, if desired, without substantially altering the desired characteristics of the pigment composition.
- cuprous-thiocyanate coated paper do not support smoldering; in fact, if they are lighted by an open flame so that smoldering is started, the smoldering ceases as soon as the flame is removed or extinguished, and this even though the blanks are subjected to drafts of air at the time they are lighted. Thus, even under adverse conditions, if smoldering should be started it immediately ceases due apparently to the chemical behavior of the cuprous thiocyanate upon decomposition thereof.
- cuprous thiocyanate Due to the lower signaling voltage which may be employed with cuprous thiocyanate, there is also less likelihood of any charring of the coataround the characters, and this facilitates the production of clean-cut characters. With a blank in accordance with the instant invention, it is possible to record a continuous signal and produce a sharper line than has heretofore been possible.
- a coating of cuprous thiocyanate sufficiently opaque that it may be tinted to any desired color and yet cover the black underlying carbon coating, and it is unnecessary to add whitening agents to the coating to increase its opacity and produce a white background where desired.
- Fig. 3 is a view of a recording blank embodying a conductive paper sheet H3 having coatings l! and ii of cuprous thiocyanate on opposite sides thereof, whereby the blank is adapted to record on both sides at different times, respectively, and hence each blank may be used for two different messages, thus materially reducing the cost of using such recording blanks.
- recording usually is effected by means of alternating current of suitable frequency, for example, 2500 cycles, and in this case the conductive paper iii and the under coating i i which is resting on the metallic cylinder 36 or 55 of Fig. 1., together with the cylinder, act as electrical condenser elements.
- the stylus 3i or 62 When the sheet on the recording cylinder is scanned, the stylus 3i or 62 will mark the upper coating H, but the lower coating H will remain undisturbed since is in intimate contact over a large peripheral area of the cylinder 36 or 59, thus reducing the current density below that required to cause marking of the surface 1 l
- the coating 1 i has a very high electrical resistance
- displacement currents are passed therethrough at the frequencies ordinarily employed for alternating current recording, due to the condenser effect produced by the conductive sheet Ill and the cylinder 36 or 56 spaced therefrom only by the thickness of the coating El.
- a record may be made on the opposite side H merely by reversing the sheet and placing the previously recordedside H in contact with the recording cylinder 36 or 50.
- the resistance of the recording material should be concentrated in that region.
- the cuprous thiocyanate may be suspended in a vehicle or binder of cellulose derivative lacquers, hydrocarbon resins, shellac dissolved in alcohol, or other suitable binder, the marking compound being uniformly distributed in finely divided form throughout the binder. Since the electrical breakdown strength of the entire coating is to be maintained at a uniform value, with the variations in reduction or conversion of the marking material being controlled by the intensity of the signaling currents or potentials, the thic.-ness of the coating should be maintained at a substantially constant value throughout the useful area of the record.
- the coating is applied as a very thin film, the surface layer preferably being of the order of .00008 to .60015 of an inch.
- the white cuprous thiocyanate is reduced or converted by the application thereto or passage therethrough of the signaling potentials or currents to a black copper sulphide, this change in color at the points to which the signaling energy is applied providing a sharp contrast with the unchanged portions of the coating which have not been affected by the signaling potentials or currents.
- the thickness of the coating should be just sufficient to mask the underlying conductive base material for supplying a good background for the recorded subject matter.
- the marking potential applied to the coating by the stylus may be just below the marking value so that superimposed signal potentials will provide the differential necessary for effective operation. Recording may be effected either with direct or alternating currents including frequencies ranging into the carrier spectrum.
- the copper thiocyanate may be tinted with from 1 /2 to 3%, by weight, of a suitable dye to produce any of a large number of different shades or colors.
- the entire body of the paper base i is made conductive, but if desired only its surface need be conductive.
- a suitable conducting substance such as finely divided carbon, incorporated in a suitable binder, for example, synthetic resins commonly used in lacquers, such as cellulose nitrate, or water soluble materials such as casein, starch and polyvinyl alcohols.
- a layer of metal foil may be used in lieu of the carbon layer.
- the electrode 68 shown in Fig. l is placed in contact with the marginal edge of the conductive surface of the recording blank instead of being in contact with the metallic drum 5! thereby to complete the recording stylus circuit.
- An electrosensitive recording blank comprising an electrically conductive support, said conductive support having in intimate contact therewith, over the recording surface of the blank, a coating of a recording medium comprising cuprous thiocyanate in an amount sufiicient to produce a color change in selectable elemental areas of said recording surface when electrical signaling potentials are applied by a scanning stylus to said selectable areas to produce a record by the signaling potentials applied thereto, said coating comprising approximately 40% to 75% of cuprous thiocyanate, by weight, with the remainder of said coating principally composed of a substance operative to prevent substantial a cumulation of decomposition products on said stylus, said substance comprising at least one compound of the class consisting of aluminum hydroxide, calcium carbonate, copper carbonate, strontium carbonate, barium carbonate and basic zinc carbonate.
- An electrosensitive recording blank comprising an electrically conductive support, said conductive support having in intimate contact therewith, over the recording surface of the blank, a coating of a recording medium comprising cuprous thiocyanate in an amount sufiicient to produce a color change in selectable elemental areas of said recording surface
- said coating comprising approximately 50% of cuprous thiocyanate, approximately 35% of a compound of the class consisting of calcium carbonate, copper carbonate, strontium carbonate, barium carbonate and basic zinc carbonate, and approxi mately 15% of zinc sulphide, the said percentages being by weight.
- An electrosensitive recording blank comprising an electrically conductive support, said conductive support having in intimate contact therewith, over the recording surface of the blank, a coating of a recording medium comprising cuprous thiocyanate in an amount sumcient to product a color change in selectable elemental areas of said recording surface when electrical signaling potentials are applied by a scanning stylus to said selectable areas to produce a record by the signaling potentials applied thereto, said coating comprising approximately 50% of cuprous thiocyanate, approximately 35% of copper carbonate and approximately 15% of zinc sulphide, the said percentages being by weight.
- An electrosensitive recording blank comprising an electrically conductive support, said conductive support having in intimate contact therewith, over the recording surface of the blank, a coating of a recording medium comprising cuprous thiocyanate in an amount suilicient to produce a color change in selectable elemental areas of said recording surface when electrical signaling potentials are applied by a scanning stylus to said selectable areas to produce a record by the signaling potentials applied thereto, said coating comprising approximately 55 of cuprous thiocyanate and approximately i5% of copper carbonate, said percentages being by Weight.
- An electrosensitive recording blank coinprising an electrically conductive support, said conductive support having in intimate contact therewith, over the recording surface of the blank, a coating of a recording medium comprising cuprous thiocyanate in an amount sufficient to produce a color change in selectable elemental areas of said recording surface when electrical signaling potentials are applied by a scanning stylus to said selectable areas to produce a record by the signaling potentials applied thereto, said coating comprising approximately 40% to 75% of cuprous thiocyanate, by weight, with the remainder of said coating principally composed of a substance operative to prevent substantial accumulation of decomposition products on said stylus, said substance comprising at least one compound of the class consisting of aluminum hydroxide, calcium carbonate, copper carbonate, strontium carbonate, barium carbonate and basic zinc carbonate, and a lesser amount of titanium dioxide to increase the opacity and brightness of said coating.
- An electrosensitive recording blank comprising an electrically conductive support, said conductive support having in intimate contact therewith, over the recording surface of the blank, a coating of a recording medium comprising cuprous thiocyanate in an amount sufiicient to produce a color change in selectable elemental areas of said recording surface when electrical signaling potentials are applied by a scanning stylus to said selectable areas to produce a record by the signaling potentials applied thereto, said coating comprising approximately 50 of cuprous thiocyanate, the remainder of said coating essentially comprising copper carbonate, and titanium dioxide in an amount substantially less than that of the copper carbonate.
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