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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7326304 | Control of the pH in washwater recovery system for a glass forming line A neutralization system for controlling the pH of the washwater used to clean and maintain polyacrylic bound glass forming equipment is provided. The neutralization system introduces a base solution to a washwater solution when the pH of the washwater solution conta... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7301606 | Supporting plate, stage device, exposure apparatus, and exposure method For example, to control an effect due to entrance and leakage of liquid for exposure and allow a preferable exposure processing, a support surface is provided which supports an object. The support surface is liquid repellant, and a collection device is provided whic... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7125178 | Photographic processing arrangement and a processing solution supply cartridge for the processing arrangement The present invention relates to a processing solution supply cartridge that utilizes a single developer solution holding area having interconnected compartments for a single-part developer concentrate. The holding area has interconnected compartments and includes v... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7050944 | FCC catalyst injection system having local data access A system and method for injecting catalyst into a fluid catalyst cracking (FCC) unit is provided. In one embodiment, a system for injecting catalyst into a FCC unit includes a catalyst injection apparatus coupled to a controller. The controller is housed in an enclo... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6715941 | Device for the wet chemical processing of photographic material A processor for photographic material includes a multitude of treatment tanks through which the photographic material to be treated is sequentially moved and in which photographic treatment solutions are found during operation, especially developing, bleaching, fixi... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6702486 | Method and device for processing a color reversal photographic film The invention relates to a method and device for processing an exposed color reversal photographic film. This method enables the water consumption of the washing baths to be limited, the water levels being maintained by a counter-current coming from the b... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6137965 | Container for developing equipment The invention relates to a container 1 for receiving and distributing liquids, which are employed in the development of photographic images. The container 1 comprises a liquid duct 2, which extending from a point in the vicinity of the floor of the contai... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6120195 | Method for supplying water to a treatment liquid and a photo-developing apparatus When level sensors detect the fall of the levels of treatment liquids from standard levels to supply levels while a photo-developing apparatus having treatment tanks containing treatment liquids is in operation, water supply devices are activated to suppl... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6102589 | Processing method of black-and-white photographic materials A method of processing an exposed black-and-white silver halide photographic film material, the method having the steps of developing in a developer solution, fixing in a fixer solution, replenishing of fixer and developer solution, rinsing in a washing s... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6059467 | Processing photographic material Exposed photographic film is washed in a multi-stage arrangement in which the film is guided through a container of solution and transferred from one stage to the next via air bubbles. The surface of solution that is exposed to the ambient atmosphere is m... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6053643 | Solid processing agent storing container for photosensitive material processing In a container for storing plural different kinds of photosensitive material processing agents provided with a first storing room having a first opening; a second storing room having a second opening; a third storing room having a third opening; a first f... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5997189 | Automatic developer for photosensitive material A liquid channel (411a) is formed in an upper end of a partition wall (411) between subtanks (41) and (42) each filled with a fixing liquid to draw the fixing liquid from the subtank (42) into the subtank (41), and a guide plate including an opposing plat... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5993084 | Apparatus and method for the processing of photographic sheet material The apparatus comprises a developing station (10), a second treatment station (12), a third treatment station (14). A liquid connection (52) is provided between the third treatment station (14) and the second treatment station (12). In a cleaning mode, li... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5980131 | Automatic developing apparatus for photosensitive material This invention is directed to an auto developing apparatus for a photosensitive material. The auto-developing-apparatus of this invention includes a treatment tank that is filled with a liquid; a supply unit for supplying the liquid to the treatment tank;... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5952161 | Processing photographic material An exposed photographic film is processed by being passed from a first tank into a second tank containing processing solution through an air bubble. The solution is supplied to the second tank and is arranged to flow into the first tank, such that the fil... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5923916 | Processing assembly having a processing apparatus with an inclined processing path A processing apparatus for processing photosensitive material combines thin channel technology with nozzles, and an inclined processing path. Processing solution can be introduced into the inclined processing path so as to cause the solution to flow along... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5852755 | System for controlling circulation of developing liquid A developing liquid circulation controlling system includes a circulating pump 61-67 for providing circulation of processing liquid from an upper region of a processing tank 41-47, an auxiliary tank 41a-47a, a circulating passage 51-57, a lower region of ... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5822644 | Photographic processor and method of operation A modular photographic processor for processing a photosensitive material. The processor comprising a modular processing section containing at least one removable processing tank for holding a processing solution therein, the removable processing tank hav... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5802417 | Chemical supply cartridge It is known to supply processing chemicals for photographic processing apparatus in chemical supply cartridges. These cartridges may include ion-exchange resins for cleaning wash solutions therein before they are delivered to the processing apparatus. How... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5802418 | Solution manufacturing apparatus In an apparatus for dissolving solid processing agent for photographic light-sensitive material in a dissolving tank in which a collecting section for collecting a supplied solid processing agent and a guide member for guiding the supplied solid processin... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5802416 | Photographic processing apparatus Described herein is a countercurrent multi-tank washing stage (10) for photographic processing apparatus which comprises a first washing tank (500), a last washing tank (100) and at least one intermediate washing tank (200, 300, 400), each washing tank ha... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5799224 | Photographic sheet material processing apparatus and a method of cleaning A photographic sheet material processing apparatus has a plurality of treatment cells (12', 12", 12'") mounted one above another in a vertical stack to define a substantially vertical sheet material path (20) through the apparatus. The apparatus is cleane... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5781821 | Developing apparatus having float sensor system for replenishing tank A float sensor system for a replenishing tank 70 including an injection nozzle 80 attachable to a liquid feeding nozzle 60 of a replenishing device 70 for replenishing processing liquid to a development processing tank unit. This system includes a float 8... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5771090 | Image recording apparatus comprising an imagesetter and a vertical processor Apparatus for exposing and processing a photographic recording material, generally called imaging element, comprising (i) an exposing part, generally called imagesetter, in which the imaging element is imagewise exposed, and (ii) a processing part, genera... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5754915 | Automatic photosensitive material developing machine and photographic processing solution replenishing apparatus An automatic photosensitive material developing machine supplies a solid processing solution to be dissolved according to consumption of processing solution for a silver halide photosensitive material to be treated. The developing machine includes a solid... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5708903 | Processing apparatus for light-sensitive materials An apparatus for processing a light-sensitive material includes a supply controlling section for controlling an amount of solid processing agents to be supplied per a unit time period in accordance with an amount of the light-sensitive material to be proc... | 01/13/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5689751 | Automatic processor for silver halide photographic light-sensitive material An automatic processor for processing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material with a processing solution, includes a processing tank containing the processing solution for processing the material; and a circulating path for circulating the p... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5678114 | Automatic photographic developing apparatus for photosensitive materials An automatic photographic developing apparatus for photosensitive materials includes a number of processing baths which are filled with processing solutions of different types for processing silver halide coated photosensitive materials. A same number of ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5678120 | Method and apparatus for processing a photosensitive material A method and apparatus for processing a photosensitive material. The apparatus has a processing tank for holding and retaining a processing solution, an agitation propeller, and a motor for driving said agitation propeller so as to move the processing sol... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5652939 | Apparatus for the wet processing of photographic sheet material A wet processor comprises a plurality of cells (12, 12', 12") mounted one above the other in a stack to define a substantially vertical sheet material path (20) through the apparatus. Each cell comprises a housing within which is mounted rotatable roller ... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5633697 | Photographic processing apparatus A photographic processing apparatus including a processing tank unit formed with a small volume for holding a processing solution for processing a continuous web of photographic material is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first circulation system havi... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5619745 | Processing apparatus for a silver halide light-sensitive material In an apparatus for processing a light-sensitive material, a plurality of processing tanks are serially arranged along a conveyance passage on which the light-sensitive material is conveyed in a conveying direction. The apparatus comprises a device for re... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5611077 | Processing apparatus for color photographic material A processing apparatus for color photographic photosensitive materials comprises (a) processing tanks comprising a color developing tank, a desilvering tank, a washing tank and/or a stabilizing tank, (b) means for replenishing respective processing tanks,... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5587760 | Automatic developing apparatus used for silver halide photosensitive material An apparatus for processing a silver halide photographic material with a processing solution comprises a guide passage constructing member provided between a solid agent replenishing device and a processing solution in a tank. The guide passage constructi... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5587759 | Automatic developing apparatus for silver halide photosensitive materials In an apparatus for processing a silver halide photographic material with a processing solution, a processing agent supply section is movable between a first position and a second position. On the first position, the supply section is brought in connectio... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5581322 | Photographic processing apparatus A photographic processing machine has at least two processing tanks for holding different processing solutions and a removable container containing at least two working strength processing solutions in separate sub-containers. The sub-container which feed... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5578430 | Method of processing photographic silver halide materials without replenishment A method of processing an imagewise exposed photographic silver halide material in a machine containing a number of non-replenished processing tanks or processing tanks that are supplied from a non-replenished source, the method wherein the silver halide ... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5572273 | Apparatus and method for making a lithographic offset plate by the silver salt diffusion transfer process Provided is an apparatus for processing a photographic sheet (9) which comprises at least one station (4) with inlet and outlet pressure roller pairs (42 to 45) for transporting the sheet, spray means (22) for spraying processing liquid (21) onto at least... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5568221 | Apparatus for processing silver halide photographic light-sensitive material An apparatus for processing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material with a processing solution is disclosed, comprising a processing tank containing the processing solution and replenishing means for replenishing the processing solution duri... | 10/22/1996 |
