Patent ID: 6260509
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: G03D,Y10S

Abstract:
Apparatus for selectively providing textured handling hazard resistant clear marking particle coatings to photographic elements on an elongated web transported along a travel path from a supply roller to a take-up roller, said apparatus comprising:a device, located in operative association with said web travel path, for applying a clear marking particle coating to said web;a heated fuser roller;a mechanism for urging said web into operative association with said fuser roller to fuse said clear marking particle coating to said web;at least one heated, textured roller, located downstream of said fuser roller relative to said web travel path facing said photographic elements on said web; anda mechanism for urging a preselected one of said heated, textured rollers into pressure contact with said web for transferring such texture of said heated, textured roller to said clear marking particle coating while said coating is in a softened state due to heat from said heated, textured roller.