Title: Whiskering test apparatus

Abstract: A means is disclosed for producing whiskers with a laboratory apparatus that simulates an electrostatically assisted gravure press. The apparatus does not employ the dynamic printing conditions normally found on a printing press, but utilizes static conditions to reproduceably generate whiskers as a means for assessing the whiskering tendency of the ink or paper involved.

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Inventors: Donigian, Doulgas W. (Catonsville, MD, US)

Application Number: 894106
Filing Date: 1978-04-06
Publication_date: 1979-12-11
Assignee: Westvaco Corporation (New York, NY)
Primary Class(es): 73/150R 101/170
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US Patent Ref:

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Other Refs: Other References: Gravure Research Institute-Press Report, No. P-23, Oct. 1966, "Electrostatic Transfer of Ink in Gravure Printing" Gravure Research Institute, Inc., 22 Manhasset Ave, L.I., N.Y.
American Ink Maker-Feb. 1974, pp. 24, 26, 27, 48, 49.
Gravure Research Institute-GRI Newsletter, No. 29, Sep. 1973, pp. 17-21.
Gravure Research Institute-Research Report No. M-53, Nov. 1975-"Whiskering in Gravure Printing".
Gravure Research Institute-GRI Newsletter, No. 34, Jun. 1976, pp. 40-44.