Apparatus and methods for controlling application of a substance to a substrate

• Main Authors: CYMAN, JR., THEODORE F, MOSCATO, ANTHONY V, DE JOSEPH, ANTHONY B, HOOK, KEVIN J, HAAN, HENDERIKUS A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 31.08.2011
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; CHEMISTRY; COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES ORLACQUERS; COLOUR PRINTING; CORRECTING FLUIDS; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; DYES; FILLING PASTES; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; INKS; LINING MACHINES; MATERIALS FOR SURFACES USED IN PRINTING MACHINES FOR PRINTING,INKING, DAMPING, OR THE LIKE; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; PAINTS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POLISHES; PREPARING SUCH SURFACES FOR USE AND CONSERVING THEM; PRINTING; PRINTING PLATES OR FOILS; PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; PROCESSES FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR REPRODUCTION OF PRINTINGSURFACES; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR; WOODSTAINS

A principal substance such as ink is selectively transferred from a first substrate to a second substrate by first applying a gating agent to the first substrate to define first and second areas thereof. The principal substance is then applied to the first and second areas of the first substrate and...