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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7306384 | Processing apparatus for lithographic printing plate and process for processing the same A processing apparatus for a lithographic printing plate, which has a photosensitive material coated thereon and has an image formed with an FM screen or a high definition AM screen, by a developing part and a rinsing part in this order, in which a concavo-convex pa... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7270409 | Liquid applying apparatus and ink jet printing apparatus A liquid applying apparatus and an ink jet printing apparatus can reduce evaporation that may occur when an application liquid is left in a liquid holding member for a long time. The liquid holding member forms a space between an elastic member and a roller to hold ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7208263 | Method for manufacturing photosensitive resin printing plate, and developer treatment device A method for making a photosensitive resin printing plate which comprises at least (1) the exposure step of forming a latent image in an aqueous-developable photosensitive resin layer of a printing plate material by irradiating the printing plate material with a ray... | 04/24/2007 |
| 6910815 | Photosensitive material processing apparatus The present invention provides a photosensitive material processing apparatus in which a photosensitive material is processed with a processing solution. Reliable liquid displacement in the vicinity of the surface of a photosensitive material, and uniform temperatur... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6905267 | Method for reducing consumption of plate processing fluid Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for efficiently processing workpieces which are developed using a liquid developer. According to the invention a first set of workpieces is obtained from an imaging station, a second set of workpieces is obtained from a wo... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6905266 | Wire wound applicator for developing fluid on a lithographic printing plate The invention relates to the application of a uniform film of a fluid to the surface of a flat workpiece as it is being conveyed through a workstation. The invention is specifically directed to the development of lithographic printing plates and comprises the applic... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6799908 | Developer unit having metering roller for wet-type color image forming apparatus A developer unit for a wet-type color image forming apparatus. The developer unit includes a developer bath filled with a liquid developing agent to a predetermined depth, and a developing roller that develops an electrostatic latent image formed on a photoreceptor ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6793418 | Method and apparatus for applying a film of fluid onto a flat surface and specifically onto a lithographic printing plate in a developing station The invention relates to the application of a uniform film of a fluid to the surface of a flat workpiece as it is being conveyed through a workstation. The invention is specifically directed to the development of lithographic printing plates and comprises the applic... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6554506 | Method and apparatus for processing photographic material The method and apparatus supplies processing solution directly to the surface of a web of sensitized material by means of a movable applicator. The web and applicator are moved relative to each other to enable good mixing of the solution on the surface. T... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6371044 | Wax coating device for a wet type electrophotographic color printer A wax coating device for a wet type electrophotographic color printer is capable of preventing the coating operation when printed matter is not supposed to be wax-coated. The wax coating device includes: a coating roller rotatably disposed so as to be par... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6241401 | Image forming apparatus Photosensitive material which is a silver halide photosensitive material optimally used for copies of a color film original and the like is coated with developing solution from the nozzle holes of a spray tank. A chamber provided with an internal cavity i... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6213657 | Automatic processor for silver halide light-sensitive photographic material An automatic processor for a silver halide light sensitive photographic material is disclosed. The automatic processor comprises at least two reservoirs storing partial processing compositions separately, and a supply means to supply each of said partial ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6161968 | Processing photographic material Photographic processing apparatus comprises a combination of a surface processing stage and a replenishable tank processing stage. This allows advantage to be taken of the low quantities of processing solution that are characteristic of surface processing... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6152617 | Processing photographic material Photographic material is processed in a sequence of stages by the application of solution to an upper surface thereof as the material is carried on endless belts beneath respective coated roller arrangements. Each roller arrangement is movably mounted in ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6139204 | Cleaning device, cleaning device for developing processing apparatus, drying device, and drying device for developing processing apparatus According to the invention, only the surface where washing is necessary can be washed with a simple configuration, and a high humidity adhesion property of the heat developing photosensitive material after the heat developing processing can be eliminated ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6099174 | Method for processing a photographic material by surface application A method for processing a photographic material can be carried out by surface application. A device for processing a silver halide photographic material comprises a means for measuring the surface temperature of the material. This device affords more effi... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6045273 | Automatic developing machine for silver halide photographic light-sensitive material An apparatus for processing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material, the apparatus having plural processes of at least a developing process, a bleaching process and a fixing process, comprises a supplying device to supply a processing soluti... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6022152 | Non-abrasive processing of printing plates A printing plate processor for processing a printing plate having a substrate, a hydrophilic layer over the substrate and a processable ink-receiving layer over the hydrophilic layer includes a structure for receiving processing fluid and a roller partial... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6000863 | Photographic processing method A method for photographic processing of an exposed photosensitive film wherein a plurality of photographic processing elements comprising a carrier layer and a photographic processing layer containing photographic processing material are brought into cont... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5993080 | System for optical dry processing of spooled photographic film A light-tight, temperature controlled system, controlled by a controller, for processing a photographic film housed in a film cartridge detachably secured upon a spool caddy having a plurality of processing spools mounted thereon, includes: means for rota... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5984539 | Method and apparatus of applying a solution of a predetermined viscosity to photosensitive material to form a protective coating thereon The present invention relates to a method and apparatus of applying a solution of a predetermined viscosity to photosensitive material to form a protective coating on the photosensitive material. The method and apparatus can be used in a photographic proc... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5887214 | Apparatus for processing photosensitive material The apparatus for coating a photosensitive material (M) with a processing liquid comprises an activator coating mechanism (43) for metering a constant amount of activator to apply the metered activator to the photosensitive surface of the photosensitive m... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5875370 | Coating apparatus having a removable coating module for applying a protective coating to photosensitive material The present invention relates to a coating apparatus having a removable coating module for applying a protective coating to at least one surface of a photosensitive material. The coating apparatus can be a stand-alone unit and can be added to an existing ... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5839011 | Apparatus for processing photosensitive material The apparatus for coating a lithographic printing plate or a photosensitive material (M) with a processing liquid comprises first and second pairs of feed rollers (41,42: 44,45) for feeding the photosensitive arterial along a predetermined path. A coating... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5834156 | Method for processing photosensitive material and apparatus therefor A method for processing a photosensitive material characterized in that an exposed photosensitive material is subjected to dip coating with a processing solution, according to which there are no problems encountered in plate making by the conventional dip... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5752121 | Photographic processing apparatus Described herein is processing apparatus in which processing solution can be applied in precise quantities to the sensitive surface of a photographic material. The apparatus includes at least one processing stage in which an endless belt is utilized to su... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5734946 | Processing device for photographic materials Processing with a particularly economical use of chemicals is achieved with a device for the wet-chemical processing of a photographic material, in which at least one processing stage comprises a rack having a plurality of rotatable rollers which are in c... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5649262 | Film cleaning apparatus and method A film cleaning apparatus has a container (32) in which a film (22) is exposed to mercury. This may be achieved by immersing the film in a mercury bath (34), exposing the film to mercury pressure jets (44,46) or a combination of both. The mercury effects ... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5519473 | Liquid developing material applicator An apparatus for developing an electrostatic latent image with liquid developing material. The apparatus includes a liquid developing material applicator, wherein a single piece housing fabricated from a non-conductive material is provided for defining an... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5481328 | Apparatus for processing photographic sheet material A photographic sheet material processing apparatus comprises a pair of processing rollers, means for feeding sheet material to be processed between the processing rollers. Processing liquid distribution means supply processing liquid to the rollers. The p... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5452041 | Apparatus for processing photographic sheet material An apparatus for processing photographic sheet material comprises a housing, a first roller shaft supported within the housing and first and second processing rollers rotatable on respective roller shafts supported within the housing. The second processin... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5418590 | Photographic processing apparatus It is well known to use a transport belt to transport material being processed through photographic processing apparatus. In some arrangements, water is used to hold photographic material against the belt using surface tension. However, other means are ne... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5357305 | Apparatus for processing photosensitive materials A photographic processing apparatus intended to process a photosensitive material with first and second processing ingredients includes a belt having first and second porous members located along the belt for absorbing first and second processing ingredie... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5311234 | Developing apparatus The apparatus comprises a metering roller (7) for the metered supply of liquid developer to an applicator roller (10). A profiled roller (11) is provided for pressing the photosensitive stock against the applicator roller. The profiled roller has a cylind... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5309192 | Photo coating machine An improved photo coating machine of the present disclosure is used to put an evenly distributed coating of chemical fluid on the surface of a photograph so as to form a protective film thereon. The photo coating machine is equipped with a roller assembly... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5266994 | Method and apparatus for the processing of a photosensitive sheet material employing a minimum of liquid processing fluid A method for processing a flexible photosensitive sheet or web material (PSM) including a photographic emulsion on at least one of the flat surfaces thereof and employing a minimum quantity of processing solution including the steps of containing the proc... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5109246 | Apparatus for processing light-sensitive materials An apparatus for processing a light-sensitive material that has a roller that is partly submerged in a processing solution and that picks up said processing solution to supply said processing solution onto the light-sensitive material being transported ab... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5017951 | Photographic processing application with replaceable cassette Photographic image-forming apparatus with replaceable cassette which comprises an exposure station for the imagewise exposure of a photographic silver halide emulsion layer element, a developing station wherein a silver halide developer liquid is applied ... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5016036 | Device for developing recording media with liquid developer A developing device of such liquid developer circulating type that introduces the liquid developer into a developing head by the action of negative pressure suction force created by a suction pump to develop a latent image on a recording medium by the liq... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4967221 | Photographic processing cassette A photographic processing cassette (35) for the processing of an exposed photographic silver halide emulsion layer element, which comprises: a developer liquid container unit including an initially empty developing tray (38) arranged for cooperation with a lic... | 10/30/1990 |
