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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6033136 | Field-replaceable guide ribs for film processors A film processor for processing film comprises a stiffner for providing a support device; and fastenable guide ribs which are manually attachable to and detachable from the stiffner so as to permit field replacement of the ribs, and the stiffner and guide... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5857126 | Photosensitive material processing apparatus A photosensitive material processing apparatus includes a processing tank and a rack placed in the processing tank. A processing solution is introduced into the interior of the processing tank through the bottom portion of the processing tank. The process... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5822645 | Photographic processor An apparatus for processing a photosensitive material. The apparatus comprises a narrow processing channel for containing a processing solution for processing of a photographic material passing through the processing channel. A discharge nozzle is provide... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5784661 | Photographic processing apparatus A high capacity, low volume processor is described in which the benefits associated with low volumes are obtained. The processor comprises an inner tank (50) which holds a volume of processing solution which is substantially less than that of an outer tan... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5778275 | Processing device for photographic materials and automatic developing machine using the same Provided is a photographic processing device comprising at least one pair of a tray section and an upper section, which are each made by integral molding, arranged so as to form a space. A photosensitive material is passed through the space with its emuls... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5746366 | Wear plate positioned guide shoe A flexible web guiding apparatus including; a turnaround roller; a pinch roller positioned in driving engagement with said turnaround roller and defining a nip therebetween; and a web guide for accurately directing an end of the web into the nip defined b... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5387499 | Method and apparatus for photographic processing A method of processing an imagewise exposed photographic material in a processing solution which is unstable to the extent that it deteriorates without external reaction in which the photographic material is passed through a tank containing the solution c... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5302996 | Apparatus for processing photosensitive material In an apparatus for processing photosensitive material, the apparatus having, a narrow processing chamber formed by a pair of substantially planar guide plates spaced apart a predetermined distance. The processing chamber having an entrance and an exit fo... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5255042 | Top-drop film feed system A film processor is provided with a top-drop film system which, in the perferred embodiment includes a slot in the top housing cover of the processor, an inclined-plane film guide directly beneath the slot, and a pair of opposing rollers positioned at the... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5241339 | Film processor for X-ray film There is disclosed an automatic X-ray film processor assembly comprised of a drive assembly for the film transport unit including intermittently operated film lifters for passing film more rapidly through processing units thereby ensuring more uniform pro... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5179404 | Anti-web adhering contour surface for a photographic processing apparatus Textured surfaces on respective walls of racks and tanks of photographic processing apparatus reduce the frictional forces between the photosensitive material leading edge surfaces and the walls of the racks and tanks. The processing solution flows throug... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5063401 | Wet treatment arrangement for photographic sheet carriers A wet treatment arrangement for photographic sheet carriers comprises at least one liquid tank having an inlet slot and an outlet slot, and an upper side, at least one transporting roller located in the tank for transporting a sheet carrier from the inlet... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5032871 | Guide with oblique ribs for wiping a material An image forming solvent applying device for applying an image forming solvent, for example, water, to a recording material whereby the recording material is immersed in the image forming solvent and bubbles or dust are wiped from the surface of the recor... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4833496 | Web guiding apparatus A film guide shoe for a film processor is supported on the shafts of two pinch rollers which are biased into contact with a turnaround roller. The guide shoe moves with the pinch rollers as the filmstrip passes between each pinch roller and the turnaround... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4821057 | Process for image transfer and equipment therefor Disclosed is a process for image transfer from an image donating sheet to an image receiving sheet by treating these sheets in equipment or apparatus provided with a parting member, a processing tank and a pair of squeegee rolls which comprises introducin... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4719484 | Photosensitive material guide structure for developing apparatus A photosensitive material guide structure for use in a developing apparatus adapted to develop a photosensitive material having been subjected to light exposure has at least one pair of feed rollers which feed forward the photosensitive material while cla... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4641939 | Automatic film threading apparatus for roll-film processors An automatic film threading apparatus (10) that allows roll-film (58) to be automatically threaded through a series of film developing and processing chambers (12a) located on a roll-film processor (50). The apparatus is further comprised of a powered fil... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4613223 | Method of and apparatus for treating with a liquid a sheet of flexible photographic material having a photographic emulsion on one face thereof A method of and apparatus for treating with a liquid a sheet of flexible photographic material having a photographic emulsion on one face thereof are described. The sheet of photographic material is introduced into a processing vessel (2) from above the l... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4598988 | Film developing tube A film developing tube for developing roll film is provided. The preferred embodiment is a tubular developing tank with a light trap incorporated at one end which allows the reagents to be easily and efficiently cycled over the film with no requirement of... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4516844 | Film cassette usable as processing chamber A photographic film assemblage including a film cassette having a film spool rotatably supported therein, and a length of self-developing type film coiled about the spool with one of its ends secured to the spool and its other end extending to the exterio... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4512645 | Film processor tank with tank divider An improved film processor tank for processing photographic film and paper. The tank characterized by having an integrally formed round bottom with a contoured tank divider for improved film transporting, chemistry circulation in the tank and air drying o... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4511231 | Processing tank for making photographic contact prints A contact processor with a vertical tank having an upper aperture through which two sheets are passed to be immersed in a solution in the tank, and then withdrawn in contact with one another to transfer an image. Sheet guides deflect the sheets toward and... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4486085 | Apparatus for developing color-photographic images in etching alkaline solutions according to the color diffusion process In order to develop color-photographic images by the color diffusion process, a first cylindrical container (1) for receiving the aqueous-alkaline working solution (4) is provided having a threaded bushing (7) on its upper edge and a contact safeguard (5)... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4440485 | Apparatus for continuously automatically processing a plurality of dental X-ray films Cooperating pairs of drive rollers propelling the film through the developer, fixer, and rinse tanks and drying area, have one roller of each pair mounted to a separate cantilever spring member formed in each of both roller frame supports which rotatably ... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4423946 | Locking arrangement for guides in photographic material developer apparatus A conveying arrangement in a developing apparatus for photographic material has pairs of conveying rollers as well as guiding and/or deflecting sheets which extend between two opposite sidewalls. Fastening elements are provided on both sidewalls and are a... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4416529 | Racks for developing and/or fixing film An arrangement for developing or fixing film has a container for accommodating a developing or fixing solution. A pair of spaced strips or sheets extend across the container. The surfaces of the strips or sheets which face one another are provided with a ... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4345832 | Automatic film developer having a film guide means An automatic film developer having a film guide means, wherein a film exposed is developed while it is conveyed in a developing liquid in a liquid tank, and then the film developed is taken out of the liquid along a contact surface of a film guide means i... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4316664 | Conveyance system incorporated in photographic treatment apparatus for long length photosensitive material A conveyance system incorporated in photographic treatment equipment or apparatus in which various photographic treatments are performed for an exposed but undeveloped long length photosensitive material comprising a conveyance passage which is formed wit... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4256398 | Double surfaced developing tank A developing tank wherein means is provided to divide the surface of the developer charged into the tank into two separate portions, into one of which the film enters as it enters the developer, and out of the other of which the film leaves as it leaves t... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4179208 | Horizontal one step automatic plate processor A compact, simple, fully automatic table-top plate processor for developing offset plates which are inserted horizontally in the front and ejected horizontally from the rear using paired transport rollers and brush rollers training the plate at the exit a... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4167320 | Vertical film processing apparatus A processing apparatus has a processing chamber configured to receive a plurality of cylindrically-shaped film units. The film units comprise a plurality of film discs supported by a central aperture on an elongated shaft, in spaced relation and with the ... | 09/11/1979 |
| 4156569 | Apparatus for automatically treating pieces of exposed photosensitive paper Apparatus for automatically treating photosensitive paper after exposure in an automatic camera comprises four treatment tanks each having its own dipping mechanism, and three transfer mechanisms between the tanks. Each dipping mechanism and each transfer... | 05/29/1979 |
| 4148576 | Apparatus for continuously processing film in a horizontal through-put manner An apparatus for continuously processing, in a horizontal through-put manner, a thin substrate having an image carrying coating on one surface thereof includes tank member for containing the processing solution, the tank having an entry end and an exit en... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4135809 | Microfilm recording and developing apparatus A microfilm recording and developing apparatus comprising an inverted planetary optical system for photographically recording and reducing documents, and the like on microfilm, and a film processor assembly for treating the exposed film. The processor ass... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4119991 | Horizontal one step automatic plate processor A compact, simple, fully automatic table-top plate processor for developing offset plates which are inserted horizontally in the front and ejected horizontally from the rear using paired transport rollers and brush rollers training the plate at the exit a... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4099194 | Device for the wet processing of photosensitive materials A closed container for wet processing photographic strip or sheet materials such as film or printing paper has a cover piece which rests upon several of the conveying rollers. The cover piece has indentations in its lower surface which correspond to the o... | 07/04/1978 |
