US3757662A - Apparatus for thermic development of heat-sensitive paper - Google Patents

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US3757662A
US3757662A US00105019A US3757662DA US3757662A US 3757662 A US3757662 A US 3757662A US 00105019 A US00105019 A US 00105019A US 3757662D A US3757662D A US 3757662DA US 3757662 A US3757662 A US 3757662A
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  • ABSTRACT Apparatus for thermic development of heliographic paper and diazo copies comprises a drum rotating in an insulated compartment, a stationary tensioned fabric sheet extending around the drum to hold the copy against the drum and a heating element in the form of a thin sheet applied directly to the drum or the fabric sheet. Air is circulated through a space between the insulated compartment and an outer housing, entering at the front of the housing at an opening through which paper is fed to and discharged from the drum, passing over the top of the insulated compartment and being discharged at the rear of the housing.
  • the invention relates to apparatus for thermic development of heliographic paper and diazo copies.
  • the material being developed is herein referred to as paper but it will be understood that it may be other support material.
  • the paper to be developed is passed between a drum and a fabric curtain while being exposed to heat which is transmitted to the drum or to the curtain by radiation with the result that the heat exchange is neither immediate nor total. It is hence necessary to provide a heat substantially greater than that which is effectively necessary for the development.
  • a probe is used to verify the temperature, but taking into account the principles of heating, there is necessarily a substantial lag between the moment when overheating occurs and that when the detecting means gives the necessary instructions for rectification.
  • the diameter of the drums heretofore utilized has generally been quite small so that in order to obtain asufficiently long exposure to the heat, the speed of the development has been very slow.
  • a scrapper comprising profiled sheet metal generally as sociated with a support by means of an adhesive band which unfortunately resists very badly the heat which is transmitted to it by conduction.
  • the scrapper is mechanically fixed to a support with the result that deformation occurs by reason of the different coefficients of expansion of the scrapper and its support.
  • An object of the present invention is to avoid these disadvantages and provide improved apparatus for the thermic development of heat-sensitive material comprising, on the one hand, a rotating drum enveloped by a stationary fabric curtain between which the paper to be developed is passed and, on the other hand, a controlled heat source in the form of a thin sheet which is formed so as to be applied intimately, directly and exteriorly to at least one of the supports for the paper, that is to say, the drum and the fabric curtain.
  • improved means is provided for sensing and controlling the temperature to which the paper is subjected.
  • FIG. 1 is a vertical cross section of apparatus for the thermic development of heat-sensitive material
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating a preferred construction of a scrapper for extraction of the developed paper.
  • the apparatus shown by way of example in the drawings comprises a cylinder or drum 1 fixed on a shaft 2, on one end of which is keyed a gear 3 engaging with a pinion 4 keyed on the shaft 5 of a motor 6 which drives the cylinder 1 in rotation in the direction indicated by the arrow i.e., clockwise as viewed in FIG. 1.
  • the cylinder or drum 1 is carried by bearings 7 provided in the ends of a casing or housing 8 formed of sheet metal or other suitable material.
  • the casing is shown in the form of a rectangular box having a front wall 8a, a top 8b, a back 80, a bottom 8d and opposite ends 8e.
  • a window or opening 9 providing a passage for the entry and discharge of the paper to be developed.
  • the lower boundary of the opening is in the form of a flat, horizontal table 10 which extends into the proximity of the periphery of the drum 1'.
  • the upper boundary of the opening 9 is defined by an edge portion 11 which is turned inwardly and then upwardly.
  • a cross piece 12 Spaced rearwardly of the upper edge 1 1 of the opening 9 there is provided a cross piece 12 which is parallel to the axis of the cylinder. Above the cross piece 12 there is likewise provided a beam 13 which is provided with anchoring means 14 for one end of each of a plurality of springs 15 of which the other ends are engaged in eyelets 16 provided in one end of a fabric curtain 17.
  • the fabric curtain extends down in front of and under the cross piece 12 and then passes around the drum 1 so as to envelop a major portion of its exterior surface.
  • the opposite end portion of the curtain extends out over the table 10 and is fixed at its extremity 18 to the front of the casing 8.
  • the springs 15 hold the fabric curtain under tension so that it conforms closely to the outer surface of the drum 1.
  • the heat source 19 extends at least approximately halfway around the drum from a point near the entry of the paper.
  • the heat regulator 20 is located just downstream of the heat source 19.
  • the drum 1 preferably has a diameter of the order of to millimeters.
  • the utilization of a large diameter drum permits prolonging the contact of the paper with the drum while being heated despite relatively high speed of rotation of the drum and permits at the same time a development at a lower temperature without risk of overheating or dilation of the paper.
  • This technical characteristic- is particularly advantageous in that it permits the treatment of paper of the type referred to in French as cor calque vernis et polyester" and moreover, the thermic refeeding for long printings with great precision. With the apparatus of the invention a speed of printing of 200 meters per hour has been obtained.
  • the drum is made of a material offering the best results from the point of view of heating, such for example as aluminum. It can moreover be made of other material, for example stainless steel, synthetic material, heat resistant glass etc.
  • the fabric 17 for pressing the paper against the drum is either a single piece or a plurality of bands which are juxtaposed and partially superposed to assure tightness. It is preferably made of a heat resistant material such as fibers of teflon" or of glass. The fabric is preferably heat conducting but electrically insulating.
  • the heat source 19 is a thin sheet applied to the exterior of the cylinder on the fabric 17 to which it conforms and to which it may be bonded.
  • the sheet is formed of conductive material, for example graphite, ferronickel or nickel silver, having suitable electrical resistance bonded by a heat resistant synthetic material, for example an acrylic resin.
  • the sheet thus forms an electrical resistance connected in a heating circuit comprising conductors 49 connected to a source of electric current 50 under control of the heat sensing means 20.
  • the thin heating sheet 119 is provided on its inner surface with an additional sheet 21 which is relatively rigid and formed for example of aluminum.
  • This additional sheet 21 is bonded on the thin heating sheet 19 but does not adhere to the fabric 17 on which it is simply applied.
  • the bonding of the sheet 211 to the thin heating Sheet 19 includes a layer which is electrically insulating but heat conductive so that the sheet 21 is electrically isolated from the heating sheet 19 but in good heat-conduction relation thereto.
  • this additional rigid sheet 21 there is no danger of any local heating such as that caused by excess thickness of the paper to be developed.
  • the rigidity of the thin intermediate sheet 21 prevents all deformation of the fabric.
  • the absence of adhesive bonding of the rigid sheet 21 on the fabric 17 provides the advantage of permitting the replacement of the fabric 17 without replacing the heating resistance 19 and vice versa.
  • the heat source is applied to the exterior of the cylinder or is incorporated therein.
  • the electrical connections with the resistance element is effected by means of suitable slip rings and brushes.
  • the system of temperature regulation comprises a bulb containing a vaporizable or expansible fluid connected with a regulator responsive to fluid pressure, for example the pressure of the vapor.
  • This bulb is disposed on a stationary part of the apparatus, that is to say, the fabric 17. It has a slightly curved form with a radius of curvature identical with that of the fabric 17 permitting its direct application to a very large surface of the fabric. It thereby obtains a very high precision control permitting in effect the detection of variations of the order of one or two degrees centigrade. Control of the current by the fluid or vapor pressure in the bulb is effected by suitable mechanical means or by an electronic unit connected in the circuit of the heating element and comprising a transducer for converting pressure variations into electrical signals.
  • the drum is housed in an insulating compartment comprising panels 22 of glass wall disposed above, behind and under the drum.
  • the panels 22 are held in place by rigid insulating plates 23 formed, for example, of asbestos of which the surface facing the drum can advantageously be covered by aluminum foil 24 which reflects heat rays given off by the drum.
  • a vertical partition 25 pierced by a circular orifice 26 in the plane of which there is a fan or impeller 27 fixed on the shaft 2% of a motor 29 which rotates the fan in a direction to create in the part 30 of the casing 8 situated in front of the partition'25 an aspiration of air which is discharged through a duct 31.
  • Air is thus drawn through the space between the upper insulating panel 22 and the top 8b of the casing and between the rear panel 22 and the partition 25.
  • the air is drawn in through an opening 33 between the cross piece 12 and the intumed upper edge 11 of the opening 9 thereby creating a suction which acts upwardly on the paper as it is discharged from the drum.
  • the front and top of the casing 8 are cooled by the flow of air thus produced.
  • the scrapper 343 comprises a plate 35 of which one wing 36 is essentially tangential to the upper front part of the cylinder l which is grazed by the edge 37 of the wing 36 so as to remove the paper from the drum.
  • the other wing 32 of the plate 35 is clamped between a base plate 39 and an upper plate by the interposition of an elongated, thin wedge 41.
  • a guide 42 fixed beneath the base plate 39 and having a down-tumed wing portion guides the paper 43 entering the apparatus into correct engagement between the drum and the fabric curtain 17.
  • the lower ends 45 of a plurality of guide wires 46 extend through holes provided in the wing 36 of the plate 35 but abut an upturned inner edge portion of the base plate 39.
  • the guide wires 46 are regularly spaced apart and are judiciously bent to form a vertical portion 47 guiding the paper 43 as it leaves the apparatus, the upper end portions of the wires 46 being bent forwardly and downwardly and fixed to a cross bar 43.
  • Apparatus for the thermic development of heat sensitive paper comprising an outer casing, a heat insulated compartment disposed in said casing, a drum rotatably mounted in said compartment, means for rotating said drum, means defining an elongated opening in one side of said compartment providing access to the periphery of said drum, said opening having opposite edges, a flexible curtain of heat conducting material having opposite ends, said curtain having one of said ends fixedly secured at a first edge of said opening and extending around the drum in the direction of its rotation to the second edge of said opening, means at the second edge of said opening for.
  • said temperature control means comprises a heat sensing unit directly in contact with said flexible curtain downstream of said heating element, said sensing unit having a surface concavely curved to conform to the curvature of said curtain engaged by said sensing unit.
  • said heat sensing unit comprises a bulb containing a fluid having a high coefflcient of expansion.
  • said curtain comprises a fabric of heat resisting, heat conducting and electrically insulating material.
  • Apparatus for the thermic development of heat sensitive paper comprising a heat insulating compartment, a drum rotatably mounted in said compartment,
  • means for rotating said drum means defining an elongate opening in one side of said compartment providing access to the periphery of said drum, said opening having opposite edges, a flexible curtain of heat conducting material having opposite ends, said curtain having one of said ends fixedly secured at a first edge of said opening and extending around the drum in the direction of its rotation to the second edge of said opening, means at the second edge of said opening for applying tension to the other end of said curtain to maintain said curtain taut around the drum, such' paper to be developed being fed between said curtain and said drum at the first edge of said opening carried around by the rotating drum and discharged at the second edge of said opening, means for applying heat to such paper comprising a thin heating sheet of resistive electrically conducting material conforming to the curvature of said curtain extending around the drum-and in contact with said curtain throughout substantially its entire width and through a circumferential extent equal to half the circumference of said drum, means for controlling the temperature to which such paper is heated, guide means positioned in said opening to discharge developed paper from said drum, and guide means comprising a

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