Method for developing three dimensional surface patterns for a papermaking belt
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsGrant Edward Tompkins, IV, Rebecca Howland Spitzer, Ward William Ostendorf
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Abstract
A process for making an image for a papermaking belt wherein the image is the product of: (a) providing an image, said image being a simple geometric figure; (b) performing a first alpha image modification algorithm on said image; (c) performing a first beta image modification algorithm upon said image to provide a resultant image, said beta image modification algorithm being a three-dimensional image modification algorithm; and, (d) using said resultant image to form a pattern for said papermaking belt.
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A process for making an image for a papermaking belt wherein the image is the product of
- (a) providing an image, said image being a simple geometric figure;
- (b) performing a first alpha image modification algorithm on said image;
- (c) performing a first beta image modification algorithm upon said image to provide a resultant image, said beta image modification algorithm being a three-dimensional image modification algorithm;
- and,
- (d) using said resultant image to form a pattern for said papermaking belt.
A process for making a papermaking belt comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing an image;
- (b) performing a first alpha image modification algorithm on said image;
- (c) performing a first beta image modification algorithm upon said image to provide a resultant image, said first beta image modification algorithm being a three-dimensional image modification algorithm;
- (d) using said resultant image as a template to form a mask;
- (e) radiating a photosensitive resin that is disposed on the paper-facing side of a reinforcing element through said mask;
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- (f) removing any uncured photosensitive resin, any cured resin forming said resultant image on said paper-facing side of said papermaking belt.
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