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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1998
Muhammed Aslam, Rochester, NY (US);
Robert D. Bobo, Ontario, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for selectively providing textured handling hazard resistant clear marking particles coatings to photographic elements on an elongated web transported along a travel path from a supply roller to a take-up roller. The apparatus includes a device, located in operative association with the web travel path for applying a clear marking particle coating to the web. A heated fuser roller and a mechanism, such as a pressure roller providing a nip relation with the fuser roller for travel of the web through the nip, are located relative to the web travel path to fuse the clear marking particle coating to the web. At least one heated, textured roller, is located downstream of the fuser roller relative to the web travel path facing the photographic elements on the web. A mechanism is provided for urging a preselected one of the heated, textured rollers into pressure contact with the web for transferring such texture of the roller to the clear marking particle coating while the coating is in a softened state due to heat from the heated, textured roller.