Apparatus for the manufacture of a dual coated manifold sheet with pressure-rupturable materials
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorWilliam J. Goetz
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for the preparation of a manifold sheet having a relatively smooth, curl-free coating of a reactive composition on one side of a manifold sheet and a relatively smooth curl-free coating of rupturable encapsulated material on the opposite side of the manifold sheet, wherein the coatings are applied simultaneously to both sides of the manifold sheet in a single coating pass and without the application of pressure for smoothing either of the coatings.
Claims14
A method of producing a carbonless manifold sheet having relatively uniform coatings on opposite sides of the sheet, one side being coated with an aqueous emulsion containing pressure-rupturable capsules of a liquid color-forming material, and the other side being coated with a reactive coating composition, which comprises applying the aqueous emulsion to an anilox roll, transferring the aqueous emulsion from the anilox roll and then to one side of the paper web, while simultaneously metering a reactive coating onto the opposite side of said paper web, and then drying both coatings at the same time to form a coated sheet substantially free of curl and dimensional instability.
An apparatus for simultaneously coating a web with pressure-rupturable capsules of a liquid color-forming material on one side and a reactive material on the other side thereof which comprises a metering roll, an anilox roll and a covered backing roll disposed in side-by-side relationship, said anilox roll being disposed between said metering roll and said backing roll and containing a plurality of cells disposed below its surface, said backing roll being arranged so that the pressure-rupturable encapsulated material is transferred from the anilox roll to the backing roll at the nip formed therebetween, means for bringing one side of said web into contact with said backing roll for coating said side with the pressure-rupturable encapsulated material and means for simultaneously metering a reactive coating to the opposite side of said web at said contact position.
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