Method and apparatus for making printing form sheets

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS OF THE TYPE DESCRIBED, COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A FIRST GUIDE MEANS FOR A FIRST PRINTING FORM SHEET AND HAVING A FIRST OUTLET PORTION; A SECOND GUIDE MEANS FOR A SECOND TRANSFER SHEET, SAID SECOND GUIDE MEANS BEING SPACED FROM SAID FIRST GUIDE MEANS AND HAVING A SECOND OUTLET PORTION LOCATED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SAID FIRST OUTLET PORTION; AND TRANSPORTING PRESSURE ROLLER MEANS LOCATED ADJACENT TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND OUTLET PORTIONS SO THAT PORTIONS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND SHEETS LOCATED BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND OUTLET PORTIONS AND SAID ROLLER MEANS ARE SUPERIMPOSED, PRESSED AGAINST EACH OTHER AND TRANSPORTED BY SAID ROLLER MEANS; A TANK FOR A DEVELOPING LIQUID; A THIRD GUIDE MEANS FOR GUIDING A THIRD LIGHT-SENSITIVE SHEET HAVING A DEVELOPABLE COATING THROUGH SAID TANK AND HAVING A THIRD OUTLET PORTION LOCATED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY WITH SAID SECOND OUTLET PORTION AND ADJACENT TO SAID ROLLER MEANS; A PAIR OF PRESSURE ROLLERS LOCATED SPACED FROM SAID ROLLER MEANS, ONE OF SAID ROLLERS INCLUDING HEATING MEANS; A GUIDE MEMBER EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID ROLLER MEANS AND SAID PRESSURE ROLLERS AND HAVING AN INLET PORTION FOR RECEIVING A THIRD SHEET TRANSPORTED BY SAID ROLLER MEANS AND AN OUTLET PORTION FOR SUPPLYING THE THIRD SHEET TO SAID PRESSURE ROLLERS; A FOURTH GUIDE MEANS FOR SAID SECOND SHEET AND HAVING A FOURTH OUTLET PORTION LOCATED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY WITH SAID OUTLET PORTION OF SAID GUIDE MEMBER SO THAT SAID PRESSURE ROLLERS SUPERIMPOSE PORTIONS OF SAID SECOND AND THIRD SHEETS, PRESS THE SAME AGAINST EACH OTHER, AND TRANSPORT THE SAME.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS OF THE TYPE DESCRIBED, COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A FIRST GUIDE MEANS FOR A FIRST PRINTING FORM SHEET AND HAVING A FIRST OUTLET PORTION; A SECOND GUIDE MEANS FOR A SECOND TRANSFER SHEET, SAID SECOND GUIDE MEANS BEING SPACED FROM SAID FIRST GUIDE MEANS AND HAVING A SECOND OUTLET PORTION LOCATED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SAID FIRST OUTLET PORTION; AND TRANSPORTING PRESSURE ROLLER MEANS LOCATED ADJACENT TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND OUTLET PORTIONS SO THAT PORTIONS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND SHEETS LOCATED BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND OUTLET PORTIONS AND SAID ROLLER MEANS ARE SUPERIMPOSED, PRESSED AGAINST EACH OTHER AND TRANSPORTED BY SAID ROLLER MEANS; A TANK FOR A DEVELOPING LIQUID; A THIRD GUIDE MEANS FOR GUIDING A THIRD LIGHT-SENSITIVE SHEET HAVING A DEVELOPABLE COATING THROUGH SAID TANK AND HAVING A THIRD OUTLET PORTION LOCATED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY WITH SAID SECOND OUTLET PORTION AND ADJACENT TO SAID ROLLER MEANS; A PAIR OF PRESSURE ROLLERS LOCATED SPACED FROM SAID ROLLER MEANS, ONE OF SAID ROLLERS INCLUDING HEATING MEANS; A GUIDE MEMBER EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID ROLLER MEANS AND SAID PRESSURE ROLLERS AND HAVING AN INLET PORTION FOR RECEIVING A THIRD SHEET TRANSPORTED BY SAID ROLLER MEANS AND AN OUTLET PORTION FOR SUPPLYING THE THIRD SHEET TO SAID PRESSURE ROLLERS; A FOURTH GUIDE MEANS FOR SAID SECOND SHEET AND HAVING A FOURTH OUTLET PORTION LOCATED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY WITH SAID OUTLET PORTION OF SAID GUIDE MEMBER SO THAT SAID PRESSURE ROLLERS SUPERIMPOSE PORTIONS OF SAID SECOND AND THIRD SHEETS, PRESS THE SAME AGAINST EACH OTHER, AND TRANSPORT THE SAME.