US3395632A - Laying out of printed characters such as letters of numerals - Google Patents

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US3395632A
US3395632A US507129A US50712965A US3395632A US 3395632 A US3395632 A US 3395632A US 507129 A US507129 A US 507129A US 50712965 A US50712965 A US 50712965A US 3395632 A US3395632 A US 3395632A
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03F—PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES, e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; MATERIALS THEREFOR; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR
    • G03F1/00—Originals for photomechanical production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g., masks, photo-masks, reticles; Mask blanks or pellicles therefor; Containers specially adapted therefor; Preparation thereof
    • G03F1/90—Originals for photomechanical production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g., masks, photo-masks, reticles; Mask blanks or pellicles therefor; Containers specially adapted therefor; Preparation thereof prepared by montage processes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41B—MACHINES OR ACCESSORIES FOR MAKING, SETTING, OR DISTRIBUTING TYPE; TYPE; PHOTOGRAPHIC OR PHOTOELECTRIC COMPOSING DEVICES
    • B41B13/00—Equipment specially adapted for photographing mounted characters or the like, e.g. advertisements, lines
    • B41B13/02—Equipment specially adapted for photographing mounted characters or the like, e.g. advertisements, lines the characters being composed or mounted by hand, and photographed simultaneously

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  • a lay-out board adapted to accommodate a lay-out to be arranged, a plurality of characters arrangeable in any required combination, the lay-out board having a magnetized surface and the characters being formed on sheet material by a coating including metallic matter capable of being influenced by a magnetic field,
  • a receptor sheet made of a transparent preferably synthetic plastic material which on being placed over the lay-out board, with characters arranged thereon, produces a combined electrostatic and suction effect between itself and the characters so that when lifted again it will draw the characters with it, still in their arranged condition.
  • This invention relates to the laying out of printed letters, numerals and characters for use in display or for the purpose of reproduction by photographic means.
  • characters it is intended to include any symbol or pictorial representation other than letters and numerals as such.
  • letters For convenience, reference will hereinafter be made to letters, but this is purely for illustrative purposes and it is to be understood that the term letters as used herein is intended to include within its scope numerals and characters, that is as and Where applicable.
  • the present invention has for its object to provide means whereby words and/or designs can be quickly and easily formulated for use in display or for the purpose of reproduction by photographic means.
  • a lay-out board adapted to accommodate a lay-out to be arranged, a plurality of letters which can be arranged to produce words as required, the lay-out board having a magnetized surface and the letters being formed on sheet material by a coating including metallic matter capable of being influenced by a magnetic field, and a receptor sheet which on being placed over the layout board, with letters arranged thereon, and then lifted therefrom again will draw the letters with it, still in their arranged condition.
  • lay-out may be built up and arranged very quickly and easily as no skill is required 3,395,632 Patented Aug. 6, 1968 other than the ability to select and arrange letters, hereinafter referred to as type elements, in line.
  • a lay-out can be altered or re-arranged in any way until a required result is achieved, whereupon it may be fixed ready for display or reproduction to produce a master copy.
  • a feature of the type elements is that they are of standard dimensions and identical in measure with the equivalent printers type.
  • FIGURE 1 is a general perspective View showing the combination of means, with the exception of the receptor sheet, in accordance with the present invention, some parts thereof being broken away.
  • FIGURE 2A shows an individual type element from one side
  • FIGURE 2B shows this type element from the other side
  • FIGURES 3, 4 and 5 are diagrammatic sectional views showing the various stages in the use of the means as shown in FIGURE 1, including the receptor sheet.
  • FIGURE 1 there is provided a lay-out board which consists of a wooden base 1, a metallic stiffening plate 2 and a sheet 3 of magnetic material all laminated together.
  • the sheet 3 is made from a moulded rubber having a ferrous material mixed into its mass in such a way as to permit magnetisation thereof in the form of linear poles whereby closely spaced horizontal lines of magnetic field are produced over the whole of the upper surface of the sheet 3.
  • the lay-out board may be of any desired size so that it is adapted to accommodate a lay-out which it is desired to arrange.
  • Type elements 4 are formed by printing, for example with black or white ink, on a transparent synthetic plastics sheet material 5 such as polyethylene terephthalate. Letters are printed in reverse (FIGURE 2B) so that they show through the sheet material 5 the correct way round (FIGURE 2A).
  • the ink used is treated with a magnetisable powder, as indicated at 6 in FIGURE 2B.
  • Type elements In actual practice a plurality of letters would be printed on a large sheet which would then be cut up to produce type elements 4 of standard dimensions and identical in measure with the equivalent printers type. Type elements would be stored in any convenient manner, for example in trays, folders or the like ready for use when required.
  • a receptor sheet 10 is made of polyvinyl chloride.
  • a sheet 20 of thin paper may be provided for covering the face of the lay-out board, this sheet having thereon, for example, a series of vertical and horizontal lines forming large squares.
  • the sheet may be marked in any other desired way.
  • Strip steel bars 21 may be provided for holding a sheet 20 in position while a lay-out is prepared.
  • a hand tool 22 may be provided for manipulating the type elements. This hand tool has a wooden, synthetic plastics or other non metallic handle 23 with a magnetic head 24, the magnetic-field produced thereby being weaker than that produced by the sheet 3 of the lay-out board.
  • the hand tool 22 will pick up a type element from its storage tray or the like, but will surrender it to the sheet 3.
  • a sheet of paper 20 is first placed on the sheet 3 of the lay-out board.
  • the strip steel bars 21 are then placed on the sheet of paper 20 and due to the magnetic attraction between them and the sheet 3 the sheet of paper will be firmly held in position.
  • Type elements 4 are then arranged on the sheet of paper 20 as required (FIGURE 3), the lines thereon facilitating the positioning of the type elements and the magnetic attraction between the treated ink of the type elements and the sheet 3 firmly holding the type elements in position.
  • the words ANY WORD are shown in FIGURE 1.
  • the receptor sheet 10 is placed over the type elements (FIGURE 4) and rubbed to ensure intimate contact between it and the type elements. Finally the receptor sheet 10 is lifted or pealed oh and, due to the combined electrostatic and suction effect between it and the type elements, the latter will remain adhering to the receptor sheet (FIGURE 5).
  • a receptor sheet with type elements adhering thereto may 'be used as it is for display purposes.
  • FIGURES 3, 4 and 5 the thickness of the sheet 20, the type elements 4 and the receptor sheet 10 has been exaggerated for the purpose of clear illustration.
  • the receptor sheet 10 may comprise a piece of transparent film such as for example regenerated cellulose or cellulose acetate having one side coated with an adhesive.
  • an adhesive When such a receptor sheet is laid, adhesive side down, on the arranged type elements, the latter will positively adhere to it and in effect hecome set or fixed in position.
  • the sheet 20 is treated with a suitable waxy or silicone compound to make it resistant to the adhesive on the receptor sheet.
  • a lay-out board adapted to accommodate a lay-out to be arranged, a plurality of characters arrangeable in desired combinations, the lay-out board having a magnetized surface and the characters being formed on sheet material by a coating including metallic matter capable of being influenced by a magnetic field, and a receptor sheet made of transparent synthetic plastic material which on being placed over the lay-out board, with characters arranged thereon, produces a combined electrostatic and suction effect between it and the characters, so that when lifted therefrom again will draw the characters with it, still in their arranged condition.

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AT335889B (de) * 1975-03-21 1977-04-12 Kohlhauser Gerhard Magnetische anzeigetafel
FR2417394A1 (fr) * 1978-02-17 1979-09-14 Junqua Lamarque Pierre Mise en page magnetique pour appareil a reproduire
JPS597946A (ja) * 1982-07-06 1984-01-17 Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd 放射線画像読取方法および装置
AT382974B (de) * 1983-05-03 1987-05-11 Kohlhauser Gerhard Magnetische anzeigetafel

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