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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5762745 | Substrate processing apparatus A substrate processing apparatus includes a plurality of easily removable processing units including at least a heating unit for heating a substrate and a cooling unit for cooling the substrate, and an outer frame having a plurality of compartments. Each ... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5664255 | Photographic printing and processing apparatus A method and apparatus for exposing and developing the photographic material at a single workstation. The apparatus comprises a digital device for exposing a photographic material located at a workstation and a developing mechanism for developing the phot... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5572339 | Film scanning system and method A scanner housing encloses a rotatable cylindrical drum, the outer surface having opposing rims or hubs which support respective outer edges of a film strip or slide to be scanned. The edges of the film are releasably held flat against respective rims by ... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5537178 | Apparatus for the processing of photographic sheet material A processing apparatus comprises at least one wet processing station followed by a dryer in which wet sheet material comes into contact with heated drying air. Sheet material is fed over a static support member which supports the sheet material during dry... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5526086 | Film carrier transport adaptor The present invention relates to a device used to position and secure smaller sized film, during film processing in a film processor adapted for processing larger sized film. The generally rectangular film carrier transport adaptor is of a size adaptable ... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5477301 | Photographic processing apparatus Described herein is a compact photographic processor which uses small volumes of processing solution to achieve effective processing without the need for process control. The processor comprises an applicator element (50) having a plurality of orifices fo... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5450155 | Removable processing assembly A developer cartridge for developing an imaging sheet includes a tray for holding a developer fluid, a fluid retaining pad in the tray, the pad having an upper surface for contacting the sheet, a cover movably attached to the tray for sealing the tray in ... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5438385 | Automated development processor for dental x-ray film When a ring with an exposed dental X-ray film mounted thereon is thrown into a first tank filled with a processing solution, the ring is scooped into a space of a ring-holding portion of a rotating arm through a first opening. As the ring-holding portion ... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5396307 | Guide apparatus It is well-known to use grooves to guide photographic material through processing apparatus. However, there is a tendency for debris to accumulate in the bottom of the grooves. Furthermore, the machining operation needed to form such grooves is complicate... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5355166 | Image sensing apparatus An image sensing apparats comprises a plurality of image sensing devices, a beam splitter for supplying an image of an object to the plurality of image sensing devices, and a plurality of shutters, each of which is disposed between the beam splitter and a... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5339128 | Resist processing method A resist process system of the present invention includes at least two robots for conveying a wafer, a passage through which the robots can move, plural process units arranged along the passage, and a waiting unit for temporarily holding the wafer which i... | 08/16/1994 |
| 4515468 | Combined photographic enlarger and print developing tray A light-tight, elongated, hollow tapered wall base to which a slide housing is movably connected. The slide housing includes a light source which produces a light beam which passes through a filter assembly and a lens assembly to the bottom of the base. A... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4514072 | X-Ray film holder apparatus An improved X-Ray film holder apparatus for restrainably maintaining a plurality of X-Ray films in position within conventional developing and chemical processing tank insert trays. A holder fixture with upper and lower ends embodies a plurality of film h... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4355879 | Photographic developing tank This invention concerns a photographic developing tank in which at least one of the end panels is removable and in which the cylindrical container includes at this end at least one slot or lug for the reception and the angular positioning of a sleeve of w... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4317626 | Photo-identification card pack A pack of photo-identification cards comprises a casing including an exposure aperture and an exit slot and containing a plurality of photo-identification cards. Each card includes an exposable film chip surrounded by a core spacer and laminated with a tr... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4295730 | Washer for resin-coated photographic prints A print-washing tank with generally rectangular spirally-looped pipes in parallel vertical arrays, fed by a horizontal input conduit in the upper portion of the tank, the arms of the pipes having holes to spray photographic prints on both sides with jets ... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4291968 | Daylight developing apparatus for photographic film A daylight developing apparatus is described for developing photographic film under daylight conditions. The apparatus includes a tank unit having one or more wells for receiving photographic film treating liquid. A light impermeable film carrier is provi... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4245035 | Photo-identification card A photo-identification card comprises a plastic laminate permanently encasing a photographically-exposable film chip that is developable by a single processing fluid. The laminate includes a core spacer having a compartment for receiving the chip with the... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4181222 | Kit for processing printed circuit boards A method and apparatus for etching, developing, or plating circuit boards with a solution utilizing a transparent container in which the circuit board is contacted with the solution.... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4175849 | Photographic drum processor inserts A drum processor insert for use in the drum of a photographic drum processor is described which enables the capacity of the processor to be substantially increased. The insert comprises a plurality of arcuate holders each adapted to hold a sheet of photog... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4123770 | Process and apparatus for developing photographs A process and apparatus for developing photographs is provided wherein photographic sensitive material is held in a holding frame. The sensitive material is soaked in a developing solution by positioning the holding frame in a development tank with its up... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4001857 | Developing device A developing device for developing a film in a film magazine wound on a film spool by rotating the spool is constituted of a developing tank body to receive the film and a developer liquid therein and a handle to rotate the spool. The tank body is provide... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3943540 | Photographic developing apparatus In a liquid supply system for a developing apparatus, a liquid absorbing wick construction which is formed of polyester fibers matted together to form a liquid absorbant pad which, when it is pressed against the surface of a rubber applicator roller, feed... | 03/09/1976 |
