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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7252719 | High pressure processing method A high-pressure processing apparatus includes a processing vessel including a processing chamber formed therein to perform a certain process onto an object in the processing chamber; fluid feeding means which feeds a high-pressure fluid into the processing chamber; ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7173254 | Compact germicidal lamp having multiple wavelengths A compact germicidal lamp having a plurality of adjacent parallel glass cylinders capable of transmitting different wavelengths of ultraviolet radiation connected by a perpendicular glass tube. A first glass cylinder made of a doped quartz material and capable of tr... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7018481 | Substrate treating method, substrate-processing apparatus, developing method, method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, and method of cleaning a developing solution nozzle There is disclosed a substrate treating method comprising supplying a treating solution onto a substrate, and continuously discharging a first cleaning solution to the substrate from a first discharge region disposed in a nozzle, while moving the nozzle and substrat... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6722799 | Photographic processing drum having a centrally located processing solution delivery system The present invention relates to a photographic processor and a method of processing photographic film which utilizes a circular processing drum and a disk positioned inside the drum. In the arrangement of the present invention, a tubular shaft has one end that is p... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6719465 | Rotating processor A processor has a rotatable drum housed within an enclosure chamber. Processing solution is applied to the surface of the rotating drum and forms a film of solution around the periphery. The media to be processed is fed around the periphery of the rotating drum with... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6704087 | Photographic processing system A method of processing a print order in which the entire order is delivered simultaneously. An exposed sheet carrying all the latent images of the order is developed in a single processing space.... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6692904 | Photographic wash solution and process A photographic washing bath comprises a chamber containing a wash solution for a silver halide photographic material having a pH of less than 7 and comprising water having dissolved therein an oxidizing agent, said oxidizing agent having an oxidizing pote... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6619862 | Thermal management drum for a photographic processor The present invention relates to a photographic processor and a method of processing photographic material where heat is applied to a processing drum in a manner which requires less warm up time and permits better film processing uniformity. The system of... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6595705 | Photographic processor having a washing assembly A photographic processor and a method of operation is disclosed. The processor is in the form of a circular drum processor into which photographic film is inserted and processed. The processor includes a washing assembly which is adapted to wash the non-e... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6592271 | Processing solution delivery system for use with a photographic processor and method of operation A processing solution delivery system and method for a photographic processor includes a plurality of chambers that are adapted to hold a distinct processing solution therein. A manifold is fluidly connected to the chambers and includes an inclined soluti... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6575645 | Method and apparatus for improving resist pattern developing An apparatus and method for developing a selectively exposed resist pattern, on an integrated circuit wafer, which avoids damage to the resist pattern and allows greater freedom in the choice of resists. Developer is placed on a selectively exposed layer ... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6572286 | Method and system for photographic processing A photographic processing system has a first processing stage to process photographic material. A second processing stage is also provided to further process the photographic material. A storage device is provided between the first processing stage and th... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6517262 | Processing photographic material An apparatus for processing photographic material comprises a chamber adapted to hold the material therein, means for introducing solution into the chamber, means for removing the solution from the chamber, and a member located within the chamber and fill... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6517263 | Photographic processor having side by side processing paths and method of operation A photographic processor and method of operation is disclosed. The processor includes a circular drum having first and second film processing paths, and a disk positioned inside the drum. The disk comprises a first set of disk teeth for engagement with pe... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6508599 | Multi-reaction chamber static film processor which allows for multiple overlapped-cycle film processing An automated static film processor that will allow for the running of additional processing cycles of X-ray film while a previous cycle is running, comprising a housing having a pair of chemical storage reservoirs and multiple reaction chambers. The advan... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6505979 | Processing photographic material A method of processing a photographic material in which the material is loaded into a rotatable chamber and a metered amount of solution is introduced into the chamber. The chamber is rotated and the solution is continuously swept along the surface of the... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6322261 | Photographic developer with automated mixing and replenishing A film developing apparatus is provided for developing photographic film by an automated batch process. The apparatus provides automated preparation of precise mixtures of the processing liquids at various stages of the batch process. The mixtures are mad... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6259514 | Rangefinder apparatus In a rangefinder apparatus, a clamp signal is set to Ic1, the number of accumulating operations of an output ratio signal in an integrating circuit is set to N1, and a first distance measurement value D1 is detected. If th... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6082908 | Apparatus for processing a photosensitive medium The improved apparatus for processing a photosensitive medium comprises a tank 1, having a substantially semi-cylindrical shape and provided with an input opening 1a and output opening 1b. A transporting means 50 is provided above the tank 1, consisting of a p... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6020948 | Method for acquiring and printing electronic images on a photosensitive medium, and an apparatus to carry out said method The method for acquiring and printing electronic images comprises the following phases: acquiring and digitizing an image by means of input means (1) on a computer 10; displaying said image on primary display means (11) and on secondary display means (12)... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5960227 | Photosensitive material processing apparatus A photosensitive material processing apparatus feeds an elongated film, which is wound on a spool shaft, out from an entrance/exit opening of a film accommodating container, and carries out developing processing of the film. The photosensitive material pr... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5890028 | Apparatus for and method of development processing A development processing apparatus includes: a plurality of stock tanks which stores a plurality of types of processing solutions; a small-volume single processing tank including an entrance/exit port for a film which enables the entering/exiting of the f... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5867747 | Automatic film processor An automatic film processor is provided for developing high resolution, large sheet-format film in such a manner that fluid flow across the film will be uniform during all phases of film production, in order to avoid gradients, ridge lines and streaking s... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5701544 | Process for producing color filter A color filter is produced through the steps of: forming a layer of a color filter material including a colorant dispersed in a photosensitive resin on a substrate; and pre-baking, exposing and developing the color filter material layer to leave a color f... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5502534 | Automated photo developing machine A self-contained photo developing machine is provided. The apparatus includes a developing canister which holds the photo processed material on a central shaft, a compact manifold injection structure which infuses the attached canister with the developing... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500706 | Developing procedure and machine to carry out the procedure A developing procedure and a machine to carry out this procedure, based on a cylindrical tank with a horizontal shaft, which, by means of a motor with a double turning direction, moves an carrier arm that pulls a material holder with the material to be de... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5436689 | Photosensitive material processing apparatus A photosensitive material processing apparatus includes a transport device for transporting an elongated photosensitive material so that the photosensitive material is immersed in respective processing solutions accommodated in a plurality of processing t... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5412447 | Photographic processing apparatus It is known to use continuous belts for transporting photographic material through large multi-stranded photographic processing machines so that the material is pulled and guided through each of the processing stages in the machine. The belt is arranged t... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5400104 | Photographic processing apparatus In known processing apparatus of the dip-and-dunk type, processing tanks are arranged in a predetermined order, and the material to be processed follows a predetermined sequence as a support on which the material is mounted is moved from the start to the ... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5400103 | Squeeze rollers A squeeze roller assembly is made up of a plurality of pairs of squeeze rollers are that arranged in a row over a plurality of rows of photographic developing tanks for delivering photosensitive materials between the adjacent developing tanks. One roller ... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398093 | Apparatus for the automatic development of x-ray films, in particular in dental field An apparatus for quick and automatic development of X-ray films, comprising a treatment container whith a bottom shaped like a trapezoid catch well provided with circular holes whose edge is on the same level and flush with the bottom of the catch well, s... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5379086 | Automatic photo-chemical replenishment with batch processing The present disclosure concerns a developing machine for batch processing photographic film and paper. The quality of the chemicals used to develop the film and paper are maintained by a system for automatically replenishing used chemical with a concentra... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5361114 | Photographic processing tank A low volume photographic processing tank for use in photographic processing apparatus as a low volume path for solution treating material being processed and drive rollers in the path of the tank driving material through the path. The rollers have extern... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5319409 | Arrangement for developing photographic sheet carriers An arrangement for developing photographic sheet carriers in daylight operation has a closeable receiving container, a chamber with a plurality of treatment baths, an input table through which a sheet carrier is transported to the treatment baths, a trans... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5302995 | Photographic developing apparatus A wet photographic processing apparatus adapted for processing an imagewise exposed silver halide photographic material compsiring a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, said processing comprising at least deve... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5235372 | Automated dental X-ray system An automated dental x-ray system comprising a housing having a pair of reservoirs capable of storing relatively large quantities of developer and fixative agents therein. The developer and fixative reservoirs communicate via respective valves to a reactio... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5168296 | Method and apparatus for processing photosensitive material Photosensitive material is processed by charging a plurality of serially arranged compartments defined in the interior chamber of a single processing tank with processing solution, and successively passing the photosensitive material through the compartme... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5140355 | Continuous developing apparatus An automatic continuous developing apparatus has processing chambers dynamically sealed by a pair of rollers. Flood tanks are located between the processing chambers and the outer tanks surrounding the latter. In a raised position the flood tanks maintain... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5023643 | Automatic photo processor A photo processor is intended for use with a water source and a liquid disposal system and includes plural solution storage tanks and an elongate processing trough. A liquid-entry manifold is located intermediate the ends of the processing trough adjacent... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4922277 | Silicon wafer photoresist developer To provide for improved uniformity of photoresist developing of silicon wafers, developer solution is injected via an inlet port through a set of holes in a surface in a chuck and distributed across the wafer thereby developing the wafer pattern. A second... | 05/01/1990 |
