US3632374A - Method of making photographic elements - Google Patents

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US3632374A
US3632374A US733944A US3632374DA US3632374A US 3632374 A US3632374 A US 3632374A US 733944 A US733944 A US 733944A US 3632374D A US3632374D A US 3632374DA US 3632374 A US3632374 A US 3632374A
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  • Apparatus which is particularly advantageous for carrying out this method includes means for advancing the support at the desired speed and a hopper for the coating composition which is provided with a downwardly inclined slide surface down which the coating composition flows by gravity, the slide surface terminating in a lip spaced vertically above the moving support from which the coating composition flows as a freefalling curtain.
  • a TTORNEYS METHOD OF MAKING PHOTOGRAPI'IIC ELEMENTS BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1.
  • This invention relates in general to the manufacture of photographic elements comprising a support coated with at least one layer of a photographic coating composition and specifically to a novel method and apparatus whereby the coating composition is applied to the support in the form of a thin uniform layer.
  • Photographic coating compositions typically consist of aqueous solutions or dispersions of hydrophillic colloids with or without other materials dissolved or dispersed therein. They are liquid compositions of relatively low viscosity, for example, a viscosity of less than about 150 centipoises, and most frequently in the range from about 5 to about 100 centipoises, and after being coated onto the surface of the support are subjected to controlled temperatures to effect setting and/or drying. Coating compositions are in use in the photographic art which differ greatly in chemical composition and also, to a more limited extent, in physical characteristics, and a number of different materials are in common use as the support.
  • the support may be made of paper, film base, glass, cloth and the like, and it may be coated in the form of discrete sheets or, as is more usually the case, in the form of a continuous web.
  • a photographic element requires individual layers which are exceedingly thin, i.e., a wet thickness which is a maximum of about 0.015 centimeter and generally is far below this value and may be as low as about 0.0001 centimeter. After coating, the layers have to be set and/or dried before the product can be handled and their surfaces generally cannot be subjected to any physical treatment to increase their smoothness and/or their thickness uniformity.
  • the coating composition must be applied to the support in such a precise manner that after the layer is set and/or dried it will be within permissible tolerances with respect to both thickness and uniformity. Since an individual layer must be extremely thin, as is indicated above, and since the maximum variation in thickness uniformity is plus or minus 5 percent, and may in some instances be as little as plus or minus 1 percent, it will be appreciated that the coating operation in the manufacture of photographic elements is an unusually complex and demanding procedure.
  • the difficulties involved in meeting the requirements of extreme thinness and extreme uniformity are further magnified by the fact that in order to be commercially practical the coating operation must be capable of handling continuous webs of as much as a meter or more in width and must permit the web to be coated at high speeds, for example, speeds of as high as several hundred centimeters per second.
  • the supporting surface can take the form of a roller which dips into a reservoir of coating composition and carries the composition to the coating bead maintained between it and the surface of the web.
  • the necessary support can be provided by a hopper from which a stream of the coating composition is fed to a coating bead maintained between a lip of the hopper and the web, the rate of feed to the bead determining the wet thickness of the coating applied for any given web speed and coating composition viscosity.
  • the bead coating method while a great advance in the art and of great value, has certain limitations which restrict its use.
  • the width and uniformity of the gap between the surface of the web being coated and the hopper or roller feeding coating composition to the bead are quite critical.
  • This gap must be very narrow, i.e., of the order of 0.02 to 0.04 centimeter and thus only slightly greater than the wet thickness of the layer of coating composition applied to the support.
  • Such close spacing between the hopper, or roller, and the support to be coated has greatly complicated the manufacture of photographic elements. For example, this close spacing has resulted in excessive waste of product due to interruptions in the coating operation caused by a splice in the web passing the coating point.
  • the hopper or roller must be backed off to allow the splice to pass and then be returned to its operative position to reform the bead.
  • the spacing is great enough to allow the splice to pass the coating point, its passage may disturb or disrupt the bead and alter the thickness and uniformly of the coating ap plied until the bead is properly reestablished. In either case, reestablishment of the bead to give the desired coating takes some time and when high coating speeds are used a considerable length of product can be wasted during such periods.
  • the close spacing which is necessary for stability of the bead allows minute particles or air bubbles which are present in the coating composition to be momentarily caught between the roller, or the lip of the hopper, and the support to form defects in the coating known in the photographic art as pencil lines.
  • variations in the thickness of the support itself can be sufficient to alter the size and/or shape of the coating bead to such an extent as to introduce irreguiarities in the thickness of the layer of coating composition applied to the support.
  • bead coating is not adapted to the coating of in dividual or discrete sheets moved through the coating bead in succession by reason of the fact that the bead would be repeatedly broken and reformed as the sheets move therethrough.
  • the operable range of coverage, viscosity, and coating speed is not as broad as would be desirable. For example, to operate at high coating speeds it is ordinarily necessary to reduce the viscosity of the coating composition by diluting it with water or other liquid medium. However, the greater the extent of dilution the greater the amount of liquid which must be subsequently removed.
  • Photographic elements meeting the stringent specifications in force in the photographic industry are presently produced on a vast scale by the bead coating technique, but the serious disadvantages outlined above have hindered progress in improving product quality and reducing costs and in develop ment of new products. It is toward the objective of providing a method of making photographic elements at least as good as those now made by bead coating, while effectively avoiding the disadvantages of bead coating hereinabove described, that this invention is directed.
  • the present invention consists of a novel method and apparatus for making a photographic element which comprises a support coated with at least one layer of a photographic coating composition.
  • the method of this invention is most closely connected with the prior art coating methods of bead coating and curtain coating; the former method,v as hereinbefore described, being the most widely used method of making photographic elements and the latter method having; been utilized heretofore in the painting and packaging arts to coat objects of many different types.
  • the coating composition is applied to the support as a free-falling vertical curtain, and, unlike methods of curtain coating known heretofore, the method disclosed herein is predicated upon exacting control of the means by which the free-falling curtain is generated and also upon maintaining certain critical relationships between the operating variables whereby, as was unexpectedly discovered by applicant, a free-falling curtain will provide the combination of extreme thinness and extreme uniformity which is essential in the coated layers of photographic elements.
  • a photographic element comprising a support coated with at least one layer of a photographic coating composition
  • a method comprising the steps of moving the support to be coated along a path through a coating zone and forming from a liquid photographic coating composition a continuous, stable, free-falling, vertical curtain which extends transversely of the path and impinges on the face of the moving support to form thereon a uniformly thick layer of the coating composition.
  • the means whereby the curtain is generated must provide a uniform flow rate across the width of the curtain over substantially all of the region where curtain and support are coextensive, the magnitude of the flow rate must be sufficient to ensure stability of the curtain, and the flow rate and velocity at which the support is advanced must be coordinated in such manner as to ensure that a coating of precisely uniform thickness meeting the requirements of the photographic art is applied to the moving support.
  • the method of the invention also comprises the step of causing the liquid coating composition to flow as a thin layer along a downwardly inclined slide surface, so that it will be accelerated by gravity at a rate less than acceleration in free fall, and then causing this layer to flow over the end of the slide surface as a free-falling curtain.
  • This technique greatly facilitates establishment of the desired uniformity in flow rate across the width of the curtain with the added advantage, as hereinafter explained, of providing low initial momentum in the free-falling curtain.
  • the thin flowing layer is produced by feeding the coating composition through a horizontally disposed, elongated, narrow slot from which it flows along the downwardly inclined slide surface.
  • the present invention also includes within its scope apparatus for carrying out the method of making photographic elements which is disclosed herein.
  • this apparatus comprises means for moving the support to be coated along a predetermined path at a preselected speed through a coating zone; a hopper for the coating composition which has an elongated uniform discharge opening from which the coating composition is discharged; and a continuous supporting surface for the coating composition including a downwardly inclined slide surface preceding and terminating in a lip spaced vertically above the coating zone, the coating composition flowing by gravity down the slide surface to establish a thin and uniform layer by the time it flows over the lip to thereby form a free-falling curtain.
  • means are also provided for varying the vertical spacing between the hopper lip and the moving support, and thereby regulating the height of the free-falling curtain, for varying the speed at which the support is moved, and for varying the rate at which the coating composition is supplied to the hopper.
  • FIG. 1 is a vertical section of one form of coating hopper which can be used in making photographic elements according to the method of this invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a partial vertical section of a preferred type of coating hopper which is especially well adapted to the application of photographic coating compositions in accordance with this invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a modified form of the hopper of FIG. 1 shown in association with a moving web.
  • FIGS. 4 and S are, respectively, vertical cross-sectional and front elevational views of a preferred embodiment of coating apparatus in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a modified form of the coating apparatus shown in FIG. 4.
  • FIGS. 7 and 8 are perspective views of preferred alternative forms of edge guides for the free-falling vertical curtain.
  • FIG. 9 is a diagrammatic side elevation of a modified form of air shield incorporating a vacuum extractor for removing entrained air from the surface of the support to be coated.
  • FIG. 10 is a diagrammatic perspective view of a modified form of edge guide for stabilizing the free-falling vertical curtam.
  • FIG. 11 is a schematic view illustrating how the position of the free-falling vertical curtain can be adjusted relative to the axis of a roller supporting a web to be coated.
  • FIG. 12 is a schematic view of another arrangement of coat ing apparatus which can be used in practicing the present invention.
  • FIGS. 13 to 16 are graphical representations of results obtained in coating aqueous gelatin solutions in accordance with the present invention.
  • the method of this invention involves application of the liquid photographic coating composition to the support by generating a free-falling vertical curtain of the coating composition and causing this curtain to impinge on the moving support.
  • a free-falling vertical curtain of the coating composition By virtue of the forces acting on such a curtain, it will decrease in thickness as it falls, i.e., the velocity of the falling liquid will increase as a result of gravitational force so that the thickness of the curtain must decrease proportionately.
  • the free-falling curtain is initially generated so that it is free of any turbulence of nonuniformity, i.e., so that the flow rate is the same at all points along a line traversing the curtain widthwise, then the curtain will retain this characteristic as it falls, even to a point where it has become extremely thin, and the layer of coating composition applied to a support advanced through this free-falling curtain will be uniformly thick.
  • the means employed to generate the curtain should function in such manner that the initial momentum of the falling liquid, i.e., the momentum at the start of free fall, will be low.
  • the downward velocity of the liquid as it leaves the means whereby the free-falling curtain is formed and enters the curtain itself should be as small as can be attained in a practical manner. More specifically, it is preferred that this downward velocity be less than about centimeters per second and particularly preferred that it be less than about l0 centimeters per second.
  • the velocity of the falling liquid at the bottom end of the free-falling curtain utilized in the method of this invention i.e., the impingement velocity
  • the impingement velocity will be the sum of the initial downward velocity imparted to the liquid and the velocity acquired during free fall as a result of the force of gravity.
  • This impingement velocity can be made quite high as a result of extending the height of free fall to a considerable distance and yet the curtain will retain the uniformity which is essential to the practice of this invention as long as it is generated in such manner that the flow rate is uniform at all points along a line traversing the curtain widthwise and is protected from any disturbing influences, such as air currents, during free fall.
  • the free-falling curtain can be greater in width than the support being coated, as hereinafter described, it will be apparent that uniformity in flow rate is necessary only in the region where the curtain and the support are coextensive. Moreover, since a portion of the coated support extending along each longitudinal edge can be trimmed off and discarded to avoid problems arising from nonuniforrnity in layer thickness adjacent the edges, it is not essential that there be uniformity in flow rate to the outer limits of this region. Accordingly, operation of the method of this invention is practical as long as the curtain has a uniform flow rate over at least a major part of its width and over substantially all of such portion of its width as is coextensive with the support.
  • Stability of the free-falling vertical curtain i.e., continuous fiow without a break occurring anywhere in the curtain, is achieved, in accordance with this invention, by providing a flow rate of liquid photographic coating composition of at least about 0.5 cubic centimeter per second per centimeter of curtain width.
  • the free-falling curtain must be generated so as to have at least this minimum fiow rate while also satisfying requirement of uniformity in flow rate across its width, as discussed above.
  • these two criteria are necessary, they are not alone sufficient for successful production of photographic elements.
  • the critical limits defining the method of this invention which render the use of a free-falling curtain applicable to the production of photographic elements contrary to what would be expected in light of prior knowledge in the curtain-coating art, are the formation of a free-falling curtain with a flow rate of at least about 0.5 cubic centimeter per second per centimeter of curtain width and also with unifomiity in fiow rate as hereinabove described, and a correlation between flow rate and the speed at which the support is advanced such that the ratio of the flow rate to the velocity of the support is less than about 0.015.
  • the apparatus comprises a hopper 21 supplied with a liquid photographic coating composition via entrance 22 and having an elongated discharge slot 23 in the bottom thereof whose width may be varied by means of eccentric 22.
  • the hopper 21 and the discharge slot 23 extend transversely of the path of travel of a support, i.e., a web or individual sheet, to be coated, the path of travel of the support being indicated at P.
  • End plates 24 at each end of hopper 21 adjustably support the hopper and also act as edge guides for the free-falling vertical curtain 27 of coating liquid issuing therefrom.
  • a catch tray 25 for catching surplus coating liquid, which may be recirculated to the hopper 21 by suitable means (not shown) after passing through suitable means for removing air bubbles therefrom (not shown), as are known in the photographic art.
  • an anchor bar 26 Located within the catch tray 25 is an anchor bar 26 which assists in the initial establishment of the free-falling vertical curtain 27 and reduces the formation of air bubbles in the excess coating flowing into the catch tray by minimizing the tendency for the coating liquid to splash as it enters the tray.
  • a liquid photographic coating composition e.g., silver halide/gelatin emulsion
  • a liquid photographic coating composition is supplied to the: hopper at a rate of at least about 0.5 cubic centimeter per second per centimeter of curtain width to maintain a stable free-falling curtain 27 of liquid between the end plates 24.
  • the top of the hopper is open to the atmosphere and the coating liquid is merely fed into the hopper to maintain a supply having a fixed head from which the curtain is formed by gravity flow through the discharge slot.
  • This particular method of forming the free-falling curtain provides the desired low initial momentum in the falling liquid.
  • the hopper 21 is mounted on the end plates 24 so that it can be adjusted vertically relative to the coating path P.
  • adjusting means comprising a rack R on the hopper engaged by a pinion R may be provided.
  • FIG. 2 shows another form of hopper 21' for forming the free-falling curtain.
  • This hopper is preferred because by its use it is possible to more readily obtain a stable free-falling curtain using low flow rates of low viscosity liquid than with the extrusion-type hopper shown in FIG. 1.
  • a liquid photographic coating composition is fed, at a constant rate commensurate with the thickness of the coating desired on a support moved through the coating zone at a given speed, by a constant feed pump, not shown, into a relatively large cavity 10 and thence vertically upward through a narrow, elongated discharge slot 11 and out onto a downwardly inclined slide surface 12.
  • the layer L of liquid issuing from the discharge slot 11 is substantially uniformly thick and flows down the slide surface 12 under the force of gravity.
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a slightly modified coating apparatus of the type shown in FIG. 1 and illustrates more clearly the manner in which a support is passed through the free-falling curtain to have its surface coated.
  • the longitudinal edges of the free-falling curtain 27" emanating from the hopper 21" engage vertical edge guides 24' which extend beyond and below the opposite edges of the support 29 to be coated, in this case a continuously moving web, and into a catch tray, not shown.
  • the edge guides 24' serve to help form the vertical curtain 27" and also to restrain the edges of the curtain from necking in (a phrase used to refer to narrowing of the edge to edge curtain width) during the free fall so as to maintain uniformity across a width sufficient to cover the entire width of the support to be coated.
  • the edge guides 24' serve in the same capacity as the end plates 24 of the apparatus shown in FIG. I. Since the curtain tends to be thicker adjacent to the edge guides, if those guides were placed at or within the edges of the support to be coated, then the coating applied at the edges of the support would be thicker than that applied to the major portion of the support. This would complicate the drying problem unless the edges of the support were subsequently trimmed off.
  • the curtain 27" is generally made wider than the support to be coated to ensure that the coating applied to the support is of uniform thickness right to its edges. The overflow of coating at the edges of the support is caught in a catch tray and recirculated to the hopper.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 illustrate a preferred embodiment of coating apparatus for applying a layer of photographic coating com position onto the surface of a continuous support.
  • the apparatus includes a slide hopper 21' essentially like that shown in FIG. 2.
  • a liquid photographic coating composition is fed at a uniform rate by a constant-feed pump, not shown, into a cavity 10 and thence vertically upward through a narrow, elongated discharge slot 11 and out onto a downwardly inclined slide surface 12.
  • the layer of liquid L issuing from the discharge slot 11 is substantially uniformly thick, is wider than the support to be coated, and flows down the slide surface 12 under the force of gravity.
  • the slide surface is arranged at an angle of approximately 15 to the horizontal. So that the layer of liquid flowing down this slide surface will flow cleanly off the end thereof, the surface terminates in a lip having a radius of about 2.5 centimeters, or less, and is undercut at its lower surface to an angle approximately 30 above the horizontal.
  • the vertical free-falling curtain of liquid 27 impinges upon a continuous web 29 as it passes over and around a supporting roll 35 which in turn forms a part of means for moving the web at a substantially constant speed through the coating zone. As shown in FIG.
  • the width of the free-falling curtain 27' is somewhat greater than the width of the support 29 to be coated, and to prevent the overflow of liquid at the edges of the support from running down the ends of the roll 35 the roll is made narrower than the web.
  • the hopper 21 can be adjustably mounted on vertical supporting end plates (see FIG. I) so that the vertical spacing of the lip 13 above the coating point on roll 35 can be readily increased or decreased as desired.
  • edge guides 34 extend vertically downward from the lip 13 to engage and constrain the longitudinal edges of the free-falling curtain 27
  • the lower ends of the edge guides are spaced beyond the edges of the web 29 and extend into individual catch trays 36 which in turn conduct the excess coating which overflows the edges of the web to a main catch tray 37 located forwardly of the roll 35, and from which tray the excess liquid can be recirculated to the hopper by means not shown.
  • edge guides 34 are shown spaced so that the edges of the layer L of liquid moving down the slide surface neck in slightly to engage the edge guides, but this arrangement is not essential and, if desired, the edge guides may be spaced apart a distance equal to the width of the layer as it leaves the slide surface.
  • FIG. 4 fixed to and depending downwardly from the hopper 21' are one or more curved air shields 32 which extend to a region closely adjacent the plane of the web 29 being coated.
  • air shields 32 are provided to protect the free-falling curtain from air currents and to remove entrained air from the surface of the support just before it reaches the coating zonev
  • the shields reduce the thickness or stability of the air barrier on the support surface which the falling curtain must penetrate to ensure an even application of the coating composition on the support.
  • a curtain deflector 38 shown only in FIG.
  • deflector 38 is positioned between the edge guides 34 with its lower end extending into the catch tray 37.
  • This deflector 38 is pivotally mounted to move between the position shown in broken lines in FIG. 4, wherein it intercepts the free-falling curtain 27' and directs it into tray 37, to an inoperative position shown in full lines, wherein it allows the curtain 27' to impinge upon web 29.
  • deflector 38 can be slideably mounted rather than pivotally mounted and is then preferably positioned so as to intersect free-falling curtain 27 just above web 29.
  • a coating liquid is pumped by a constant-feed gear pump, or the like, not shown, into the cavity at a rate commensurate with the thickness of the layer of liquid desired to be coated onto the surface of the web 29.
  • the coating liquid exits through the elongated, narrow discharge slot 11 to form on the slide surface 12 a layer L of liquid which is substantially of uniform thickness adjacent to the slot.
  • This layer of liquid then flows down the slide surface under the force of gravity and by the time it reaches the lip 13 it is of almost exactly uniform thickness.
  • This layer then passes over the lip at a low velocity and forms the free-falling curtain 27' which is also uniform in thickness adjacent to the lip, has an initial momentum which is practically zero, and has a low and uniform flow rate at all points along any line across its width.
  • the freefalling curtain 27' is deflected into the catch tray 37 by deflector 38 until a stable curtain is established and the web to be coated is accelerated up to the required speed.
  • the deflector 38 is then pivoted from the path of the falling curtain allowing it to fall onto and coat the web with a thin uniform layer of liquid.
  • each edge guide 34' has attached thereto a trailing brush 40 composed of a few hairs, the foot 39 being spaced approximately 0.3 cm. to 0.6 cm. above the surface of the web 29 to be coated and the bristles of the brush extending 1.25 cm. below the foot so that they ride on the surface of the web.
  • the curtain 27' can, if desired, be of the same width as the support to be coated.
  • FIG. 8 illustrates a preferred embodiment of the arrangement shown in FIG. 7.
  • each edge guide 34' (again in the form of a small diameter rod of, for example, stainless steel) has an axial slot 41 in its foot 3? into which is fitted a strip 40a of a flexible, resilient material.
  • This strip 40a is advantageously a strip of photographic film base, but may also be a strip of stainless steel of the required resilience and flexibility.
  • the edge guides are oriented so that the strips 400 riding on the surface to be coated trail and are splayed laterally toward the edges of the web 29. Such an arrangement tends to spread out the excess coating liquid which occurs at the edges of the sheet 27 by reason of the coating liquid surrounding and running down the edge guides.
  • edge guides 34 may be so spaced that the strips 40a cause the curtain 27' to coat right up to the edges of the web 29, or as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, they can be adjusted so that the curtain coats to any selected point in side of the edge of the support.
  • the spreading action afforded by these improved forms of edge guides is primarily beneficial in that it equalizes the drying load at all points across the coated web and permits the entire coated web to be dried at the same time.
  • the edge guides 34' of the form shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 are used, it is desirable that they be rotatably adjustable.
  • the hopper 21' is provided with a cap 42 extending over the top thereof.
  • the cap 42 supports a clamping bar 43 at its end in alignment with the leading edge of the lip 13.
  • the clamping bar serves to retain the edge guides 34' in a selected position transversely of the hopper 21 and in a vertical position relative to the roll 35.
  • Each edge guide is of the form described in relation to FIG. 8 and is provided with a knob 44 whereby the guide can be rotated so as to vary the angular trailing relation of the strip 40a relative to the path of the support. It will be seen that in this embodiment no catch trays are provided since the free-falling curtain is never wider than the web to be coated.
  • Air shields 32 fixedly secured to hopper 21' extend closely adjacent to web 29 to reduce the air barrier, as previously described.
  • FIG. 9 illustrates a further modification which is useful in coating apparatus according to the present invention.
  • the air shield 32' is straight instead of curved and is provided with a vacuum manifold 45 which is positioned adjacent the web to be coated and connected to a vacuum pump (not shown) to withdraw air therefrom as in dicated by the arrow.
  • a vacuum pump not shown
  • the ends of the edge guides 34 are shown as being provided with a trailing strip 40a as illustrated in FIG. 8.
  • FIG. 10 illustrates another modification which is applicable to any of the edge guides mentioned above and which assists in maintaining a stable curtain even at very low flow rates.
  • each of the edge guides 34 is hollow and is provided with an axial slot along that side thereof to which the curtain adheres.
  • a porous tube 46 extends axially of each of the hollow edge guides and an inert liquid, for example a clear gelatin solution, is pumped into the top of the tube so as to exude from the axial slots in the edge guides 34".
  • FIG. 12 shows a slide hopper 21' forming a vertical free-falling curtain 27 between edge guides 34 spaced wider apart than the width of the web 29 to be coated, a catch tray 37 being positioned therebeneath for collection and recirculation of coating liquid.
  • that portion of the web 29' passing through the free-falling curtain 27 is placed under tension to keep it from vibrating excessively as it passes the coating point.
  • the web-feeding means of this apparatus can be adjustable so that the speed at which the web is moved through the free-falling curtain can be varied to meet different coating requirements, as desired.
  • FIG. 11 is a schematic view which illustrates that it is not necessary that the free-falling curtain be oriented to intersect the axis of the supporting roll 35 in order to satisfactorily coat a web passing therearound.
  • the free-falling curtain can be directed on axis with the roll, as indicated by arrow 27a, or off axis of the roll] as shown by arrows 27b and 27c, and a satisfactory coating will be ap plied to the web.
  • the free-falling curtain should not be so far off axis that the direction of travel of the web at impingement is so far from horizontal as to detrimentally affect the coating operation.
  • the method of this invention is suitable for use with any liquid photographic coating composition and can be employed with any type of photographic support and it is, accordingly, intended to include all such coating compositions and supports as are utilized in the photographic art within the scope of these terms, as employed herein and in the appended claims.
  • photographic normally refers to a radiationsensitive material, but not all of the layers presently applied to a support in the manufacture of photographic elements are, in themselves, radiation sensitive. For example, subbing layers, pelloid protective layers, filter layers, antihalation layers, etc. are often applied separately and/or in combination and these particular layers are not radiation sensitive.
  • the present invention relates also to the application of such layers, and the term photographic coating composition, as employed herein, is intended to include the compositions from which such layers are formed.
  • the invention includes within its scope all radiation-sensitive materials, including electrophotographic materials and materials sensitive to invisible radiation as well as those sensitive to visible radiation. -although, as mentioned hereinbefore, the layers are generally coated from aqueous media, the invention is not so limited since other liquid vehicles are known in the manufacture of photographic elements and the invention relates also to the use of such liquid vehicles.
  • the photographic layers coated according to the method of this invention can contain light-sensitive materials such as silver halides, zinc oxide, titanium dioxide, diazonium salts, light-sensitive dyes, etc. as well as other ingredients known to the art for use in photographic layers, for example, matting agents such as silica or polymeric particles, developing agents, mordants, and materials such as are disclosed in US. Pat. No. 3,297,446.
  • the photographic layers can also contain various hydrophillic colloids.
  • colloids are proteins, e.g., gelatin; protein derivatives; cellulose derivatives; polysaccharides such as starch; sugars, e.g., dextran; plant gums; etc.; synthetic polymers such as polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylamide, and polyvinylpyrrolidone; and other suitable hydrophillic colloids such as are disclosed in [1.8. Pat. No. 3,297,446. Mixtures of the aforesaid colloids may be used, if desired.
  • Suitable supports include film base, e.g., cellulose nitrate film, cellulose acetate film, polyvinyl acetal film, polycarbonate film, polystyrene film, polyethylene terephthalate film and other polyester films; paper; glass; cloth; and the like.
  • Paper supports coated with alpha-olefin polymers, as exemplified by polyethylene and polypropylene, or with other polymers, such as cellulose organic acid esters and linear polyesters, may also be used if desired.
  • the support can be in the form of a continuous web or in the form of discrete sheets, but in commercial practice it will most frequently take the form of a continuous web.
  • Optimum conditions for carrying out the method of this invention will depend, in part, upon the physical properties of the particular liquid photographic coating composition and support involved.
  • the characteristics of the free-falling vertical curtain, and in particular its stability are influenced by such physical properties as the viscosity and surface tension of the coating composition, and the uniformity of the coating applied to the support is influenced by such factors as the smoothness and wetting characteristics of the support.
  • Photographic coating compositions are liquids of relatively low viscosity, i.e., viscosities from as low as about 2 centipoises to as high as about 150 centipoises, or somewhat higher, and most commonly in the range from about 5 to about centipoises.
  • the surface tension of photographic coating compositions also varies depending on the nature of the composition. Surface tensions of, for example, aqueous gelatin solutions are typically in the range of from 40 to 50 dynes per centimeter. In view of this rather high surface tension, it is generally advantageous in the practice of this invention to incorporate surfactants in the photographic coating composition in order to reduce the surface tension and thereby in crease the stability of the free-falling vertical curtain.
  • surfactants can be used to modify the surface tension and coatability of photographic coating compositions in accordance with this invention.
  • Useful surfactants include saponin; nonionic surfactants such as polyalkylene oxides, e.g., polyethylene oxides, and the water-soluble adducts of glycidol and alkyl phenol; anionic surfactants such as alkylaryl polyether sulfates and sulfonates; and amphoteric surfactants such as arylalkyl taurines, N-alkyl and N-acyl beta-amino propionates; alkyl ammonium sulfonic acid betaines, etc. lllustrative examples of useful surfactants of These types are disclosed in British Pat. No. 1,022,878 and in US. Pats. No. 2,739,891, 3,026,202 and 3,133,816.
  • the method of this invention permits selection of coating speed, i.e., the speed at which the support is advanced through the coating zone, within a very broad range.
  • the minimum speed which can be employed in a given instance is dependent upon the flow rate of the coating composition and is determined in accordance with the criterion hereinbefore disclosed that the ratio of the flow rate to the velocity of The support must be less than about 0.015. However, as long as this minimum is exceeded then the support may be advanced at any speed that is practical.
  • the wet thickness of the layer of coating composition deposited on the moving support will be the same as the thickness of the freefalling curtain just before impingement where the velocity of the support is equal to the impingement velocity.
  • the velocity of the support is greater than the impingement velocity then the wet thickness of the layer deposited will be less than the thickness of the curtain just before impingement, with greater and greater support velocities resulting in correspondingly thinner and thinner coatings.
  • High support velocities are permissible since the free-falling curtain will remain vertical, rather than being pulled out in the direction the support is traveling, as long as the momentum of the curtain at impingement is sufficient to break the air barrier present on the surface of the moving support and the coating composition readily wets the support surface.
  • means are preferably provided, in accordance with this invention, to reduce the thickness of the boundary layer of air at the surface of the support immediately before the support passes through the free-falling vertical curtain.
  • This air barrier varies with the surface characteristics of the support, generally being greater for rough surfaces than for smooth ones, as evidenced by the fact that photographic film base presents a lesser air barrier to the coating liquid than photographic paper. Also the air barrier is found to be greater for high support velocities than for low ones, probably because of the fact that more air is entrained between the support and the free-falling curtain as the speed of the support increases.
  • Means for reducing the air barrier at the surface of the support e.g., air shields, have been described hereinbefore and are illustrated in the drawings.
  • the height of the freefalling curtain i e., the distance over which free fall occurs, is selected to facilitate attainment of the desired objective of applying an extremely thin coating with extremely uniform thickness.
  • an important criterion is that the height be made as small as is practical because the longer the free-falling curtain the more susceptible it is to being affected by ambient air currents causing flutter of the curtain and resultant nonuniformity in the product.
  • the height must also be selected in accordance with the requirement that the free-falling curtain have adequate momentum at impingement to effectively penetrate or displace the air barrier and adhere to the moving support. To this end, it is desirable that the coating apparatus provide for adjustment of the height of free fall over a substantial range.
  • the air barrier will vary with such factors as the character of the surface to be coated, the effectiveness of mechanical means utilized to remove entrained air, and the velocity at which the support is advanced, Also, since momentum is the product of velocity and mass, if the flow rate of the coating composition is reduced the height of free fall should, in general, be increased so as to increase the impingement velocity and give the free-falling curtain sufficient momentum to penetrate the air barrier. Under typical conditions in the practice of this invention, the height of the free-falling curtain will be in the range from about to about centimeters, but operation at smaller or greater heights than this is also fully within the contemplation of this invention.
  • the invention is further illustrated by the following exam ples of its practice.
  • EXAMPLE 1 Apparatus similar to that shown in FIG. 1 was used to coat aqueous gelatin solutions onto glass plates measuring 25 cm. X 20 cm. and onto sheets of film base and photographic paper measuring 32.5 cm. X 21.5 cm. The hopper used was 37.5 cm. wide and the distance of free fall was 10 cm. Edge anchorage of the longitudinal edges of the free-falling vertical curtain was obtained by means of anodized aluminum plates positioned at right angles to the curtain and extending from the ends of the discharge slot in the hopper down into the catch tray. Three different flow rates and two different support velocities were employed with each of three different aqueous gelatin solutions and, in each instance, a thin uniform layer of the gelatin solution was successfully applied to the surface of the support. Operating conditions employed and the wet coverage obtained are summarized in table 1 below.
  • EXAMPLE 2 A hopper similar to that shown in FIG. 1 having a width of 140 cm. and a 0.025-cm. discharge slot and equipped with wire edge guides secured in the discharge slot L9 cm. from each end, was used to determine the effects of flow rate, viscosity, and surface tension on the stability of the free-falling vertical curtain for aqueous gelatin solutions. In each instance, the height of the free-falling curtain was 11.4 cm. For purposes of demonstrating surface tension effects, the aqueous gelatin solutions were tested with and without the addition of surfactants. Results obtained are depicted graphically in FIGS. 13, 14 and 15. FIG. 13 represents flow rates to which a freefalling curtain which is first established at a high flow rate can be reduced without breaking. FIG.
  • FIG. 14 represents flow rates at which the free-falling curtain is resistant to breaking upon introducing a solid object (such as a dry pencil) into the curtain and moving it about.
  • FIG. 15 represents flow rates at which the free-falling curtain will reform of its own accord after being deliberately broken.
  • surfactant 'A is saponin at a concentration of 15 percent in water and surfactant '3' is a 6 percent solution in water of an anionic alkyl substituted aryl oxyalkylene ether.
  • Surfactant 'A' was employed at a concentration of IO cc./liter of gelatin solution and surfactant '8' at a concentration of 6 cc./liter of gelatin solution.
  • EXAMPLE 3 A hopper similar to that shown in FIG. I was successfully employed to coat a continuous web of film base.
  • the coating composition was a 12 percent aqueous gelatin solution and it was coated at a flow rate of 1.31 cubic centimeters per second per centimeter of curtain width with the web being advanced at a speed of 430 centimeters per second.
  • EXAMPLE 4 A hopper similar to that shown in FIG. I was successfully employed to coat a web of paper 7.6 cm. in width with a 10 percent aqueous gelatin solution (28 cps. at 40 C.) containing 4.5 grams of saponin per 1,000 grams of solution. The web velocity was 1,000 cmJsec. and the wet coverage was 18.8
  • EXAMPLE 5 Using a hopper similar to that shown in FIG. 1, a water solution (9.25 percent solids and with a viscosity of I cps. at 40 C.) of a copolymer of ethyl acrylate and acrylic acid (a watersoluble synthetic polymer of the type described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,062,674), containing 4.5 grams of saponin per. 1,000 grams of solution, was coated on a web of paper 7.6 cm. in width. The curtain height was 11.4 cm. and the web was advanced at a speed of 900 cm./sec. to obtain a wet coverage of 18.8 g./sq. meter.
  • a water solution (9.25 percent solids and with a viscosity of I cps. at 40 C.
  • a copolymer of ethyl acrylate and acrylic acid a watersoluble synthetic polymer of the type described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,062,674
  • EXAMPLE 6 Using coating apparatus similar to that shown in FIG. I2, photographic coating compositions were satisfactorily coated at web velocities of 38 cmjsec. to 1,330 cm./sec., with curtain heights of 2.5 cm. to [2.7 cm., and with wet coverages of i6 g./sq. meter to I50 g./sq. meter.
  • the coating compositions employed had viscosities within the range of II to I20 centipoises and included aqueous gelatin solutions, solutions containing gelatin and polyvinyl phthalate, solutions of a copolymer of ethyl acrylate and acrylic acid, solutions of polyvinyl alcohol, black and white photographic emulsions, and color photographic emulsions.
  • EXAMPLE 7 A silver halide/gelatin photographic emulsion having a viscosity of 22.5 centipoises was coated on a continuous web of film base by the method of this invention using a slide hopper of the type shown in FIG. 2.
  • This emulsion is one which when utilized in the bead coating method requires a minimum web velocity of 125 cm./sec. and gives a wet coverage at this speed of about cc./sq. meter with skip and mottle problems.
  • Using the method of this invention at a flow rate of 0.8 cubic centimeters per second per centimeter of curtain width, coating of this emulsion was accomplished without skip and mottle problems and could be successfully carried out at web speeds less than the minimum possible with bead coating. Wet coverages obtained in this test were as fol lows:
  • EXAMPLE 9 Flow Rate Web Velocity Wet Coverage (cc.lsec./cm.) (cm.lsec.) (ccJsq. meter)
  • the flow rate was 1.34 cc./sec./cm. and the web velocity was 150 cm./sec. to give a wet coverage of 89 cc./sq. meter.
  • EXAMPLE 1 A 2 percent aqueous gelatin solution having a viscosity of 2 centipoises at 105 F. and containing 1 gram of surfactant B per 1,000 cubic centimeters of solution was satisfactorily coated on a continuous web using a hopper of the type shown
  • the relationship between coating speed, i.e., support velocity, and wet coverage at a fixed flow rate of coating composition is shown graphically in FIG. 16, the data having been plotted on logarithmic scales. in this plot, the inclined line AB represents the variation in wet coverage with support velocity at a constant flow rate of 0.56 cc./sec./cm.
  • the plot includes a broken line curve representative of conditions under which aqueous gelatin with a viscosity of 40 centipoises can be coated by the conventional bead coating technique.
  • the method of this invention has many important advantages as compared to the bead coating method now in widespread use in the photographic industry.
  • discrete supports can be coated in succession by the method of this invention, whereas bead coating is applicablc only to the coating of a continuous support since discrete supports would render it impossible to maintain a stable bead.
  • a further advantage of the method of this invention is that the moving support is spaced at a considerable distance below the lip of the hopper so that splices in a continuous web can pass without detrimental effect and so that the uniformity of thickness of the layer of coating composition applied is not affected by thickness differences or surface irregularities in the support itself.
  • a further important advantage of the method of this invention is that it permits much greater flexibility in the choice of coating parameters.
  • the speed at which the web can be advanced is dependent on the viscosity of the coating composition and to employ high web speeds it is ordinarily necessary to lower the viscosity of the coating composition by diluting it with water or other liquid.
  • the amount of water which must be removed in the drier is increased and the practical limitations involved in the drying step severely restrict the extent to which coating speed can be increased in this manner.
  • the support can be advanced at high speeds using coating compositions of the viscosity ordinarily encountered in the photographic art to provide coated layers of extreme thinness.
  • a method of making a photographic element comprising a support coated with at least one layer of a photographic coating composition comprising the steps of:

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