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US 4,275,656 AGranted
Bubble printing method
AssigneesCharles J. Choma, Lena G. Choma
InventorJohn R. Choma
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Abstract
A method for printing on textiles and the like and which employs a substantially ordered array of bubbles, each individually formed and colored, to carry the colorant to the surface being printed and to form the desired pattern on the surface.
Claims11
A method of printing on a surface, said method comprising the steps of:
- forming a plurality of first bubbles in selected sizes, selected ones of said bubbles comprising a fluid film containing a specified first colorant;
- said selected sizes being chosen such that said first bubbles are formed in abutting relationship with one another thereby forming first interstices of capillary dimensions between one another;
- applying said first bubbles to said surface in a substantially ordered first array;
- selectively depositing said first colorant on said surface from said selected bubbles in a pattern according to the distribution of said selected bubbles in said first array;
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- applying discrete portions of a second set of specific colorants in a substantially ordered second array above selected ones of said first interstices, thereby printing on said surface by capillary action a pattern of said second set of specific colorants arranged in accordance with the distribution of said selected first interstices.
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A method of printing on a surface, said method comprising the steps of:
- forming a plurality of first bubbles in abutting relationship with one another thereby forming first interstices of capillary dimensions between the fluid films of said first bubbles;
- applying said first bubbles to said surface in a substantially ordered array;
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- applying discrete portions of specific colorants in a substantially ordered second array above selected said first interstices thereby printing on said surface by capillary action a pattern of said specific colorants arranged in accordance with the distribution of said selected first interstices.
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