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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7110019 | Image reading apparatus A head of a spliced film is transported to downstream side along a path by feed roller pairs, nip roller pairs and transport roller pairs; while the head of the spliced film is detected by a sensor located before a transport merging portion, the nip roller pairs are... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6705780 | Processor A processor for processing photosensitive material has a rotatable outer drum and an inner sprocket wheel which is independently rotatable from the outer drum. Two sets of sprocket teeth and, are provided on the sprocket wheel to engage with the material to be proce... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6068413 | Perforator apparatus and perforating method for photo film, and photo film working/securing apparatus and method A perforator apparatus for continuous photo film includes a perforator unit having a punch and a die. The perforator unit is disposed between first and second suction chambers. The photo film is extended past each of the suction chambers. A blower applies... | 05/30/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6030131 | Photographic film processing apparatus including a film supplying apparatus in film developing system A film developing process automatically conveys film to a film developing section. When a cartridge conveyed intermittently by a cartridge conveying device is conveyed to a first stop position, a tapered tongue drawing device is actuated to draw an end po... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5920741 | Film guide device for film attachment A film guide device for guiding a front end portion of a film to a position before a film cartridge so as to be positioned at a film attachment position includes a film bending portion for allowing the front end portion of the film to be positioned at the... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5864728 | Adapter for use with a photographic processing apparatus Minilab paper processors are known for giving an exposure to photographic paper, processing the exposed paper and then drying the paper to produce photographic prints corresponding to negative filmstrips. Such processors have a second entry slot to the pr... | 01/26/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5794092 | Method for adjusting the guide width for photosensitive material and mechanism used therefor A method and a mechanism for setting a proper guide width corresponding to an actually used photosensitive material is disclosed. In adjusting a guide width L of a width guide installed in the conveyance course of photographic processing apparatus in orde... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5629751 | Automatic photographic developing machine An automatic photographic developing machine has easily detachable top turn guides each provided with a locking mechanism that allows any incompletely set top turn guide to be pushed to an accurate set position and locked. The top turn guides are detachab... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5579074 | Integrated photographic processing system and procedure for operating the system An integrated photographic processing system is equipped with a series of processing stations that are all arranged inside a shared housing. These include an input station for undeveloped, exposed roll film, e.g., miniature film coiled in film magazines. ... | 11/26/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5523817 | Photosensitive material processing apparatus A photosensitive material processing apparatus is provided in which the structure thereof is simple, a plurality of types of photosensitive materials can be reliably guided in accordance with the width of the photosensitive material to be conveyed, and th... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5483317 | Film developing device A film developing apparatus includes a loading section for receiving a film holder, a developing section, a film transport device for transporting a film protruding from a film feed opening of the film holder to the developing section, and a film drawing ... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5475465 | Method for changing guide width and mechanism used therefor A mechanism for changing a guide width is provided to automatically change a width of a width guide depending upon papers differ from each other in true width in spite of the same nominal size. The mechanism comprises a width guide, a pulse motor for movi... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5463441 | Leader, methods for attaching the leader to a film and for detaching it therefrom, and developing apparatus with automatic attachment and detachment of the leader There are disclosed a leader for use in developing a film, methods for attaching the leader to the film and for detaching it therefrom, and an apparatus for automatically attaching the leader to the film and detaching it therefrom. The apparatus for autom... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461446 | Photosensitive material processing apparatus A photosensitive material processing apparatus which performs, with high accuracy, the positioning of a negative table, an optical system supporting member, a guide member for photographic paper, a conveying member, a development portion, a drying portion... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5461449 | Method and means for separating leader from film in photographic processing machine The leader attached to a web of film is cut from the film while processing the film in a photographic processing machine. Before feeding the film to the printing unit, the leader is separated from the film. At a turning point where the film feed direction... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5455652 | Photographic transport mechanisms It is well known to attach clips carrying photographic material to a belt for transport through processing apparatus. However, known clips have the disadvantage of distorting the belt to which they are attached which eventually leads to belt damage. Descr... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5453810 | Leader stocker and leader stocker assembly A leader stocker is located at a discharge end of a leader carrier path in an automatic film developing machine for storing leaders with films coupled thereto. The leader stocker is a case that has a bottom opening for receiving leaders therethrough. A pl... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5453811 | Carrier guide for use in photoprocessing apparatus A carrier guide can prevent treating solutions from crystallizing thereon and thus can prevent photosensitive materials from clogging and getting damaged and does not require frequent cleaning. The guide surface of the guide provided over the treating tan... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5450154 | Storage buffer apparatus for continuous-strip type photographic material Transfer storage buffer apparatus for interconnecting processing machines for the development and printing of continuous-strip photographic material includes a plurality of rollers arranged on a fixed upper carriage and a movable lower carriage, respectiv... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5438384 | Photographic apparatus In known photographic apparatus, processing is achieved by passing the material to be processed from one processing stage to the next in a predetermined sequence. This necessitates that the processing stages are sequentially arranged in the apparatus. How... | 08/01/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5418589 | Apparatus for processing photosensitive material An apparatus for full-automatically processing a photosensitive material is provided which requires less installation space, realizes a higher working efficiency based on a high-speed feeding of film and thereby assures less costly processing. The apparat... | 05/23/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5382995 | Photographic processing apparatus In photographic processing apparatus in which continuous processing is carried out in a tank having a low volume, it is difficult to obtain sufficient agitation of the processing solution. This problem arises because processing solution adheres to the emu... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5381204 | Leader card attachable to a photographic filmstrip having a lead end with at least one aperture A leader card attachable to a photographic filmstrip having a lead end with at least one aperture. The leader card includes (1) a piece of material having a tab portion and (2) at least one hook secured to the material. The hook is sized to be extendible ... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5325144 | Photographic film curling correcting method and apparatus A photographic film curling correcting method and apparatus for correcting curling of a photographic film generated when the photographic film is stored for a long time in a cartridge in a state in which the photographic film is taken up around a spool sh... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5257065 | Apparatus for transporting exposed photographic films through and beyond a developing unit Successive exposed photographic films are connected, either individually or in groups of two or more, to discrete sheet-like leaders which are transported along an elongated first path extending through the baths and the dryer of a developing unit. The le... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5243373 | Photographic processing apparatus A low volume thin tank photographic development apparatus has a narrow passage which has a width which is adjustable by placing strips of chemically inert material at the edges of the passage. The strips may be wound on rollers, and the strips may be step... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5198848 | Processing apparatus Processing apparatus for image-wise exposed light-sensitive sheets of the DTR-type, which comprises a trough (11) for processing liquid, a sloping entry guide plate (17) for guiding a sheet towards its deepest point, a pair of outlet rollers (16) for pull... | 03/30/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5049915 | Photosensitive material processing apparatus with dryer In photographic silver halide photosensitive material processing apparatus comprising a processing tank for processing the photosensitive material by dipping it in a processing solution and a drying section including pairs of transport and guide rollers f... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4945375 | Photosensitive material processing apparatus In an apparatus for processing a photosensitive sheet by passing it through processing solution in a tank, vertically spaced-apart roller units are disposed in the tank for normally feeding the sheet downward and then upward at opposite sides thereof, but... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4922278 | Developing apparatus A developing apparatus for developing a presensitized plate comprises a developer tank for storing a developer, a feed roller provided at an upper portion of the feeding side of the developer tank for feeding the presensitized plate into the developer tan... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4887116 | Light-sensitive material feeding rack A light-sensitive material feeding rack for feeding a light-sensitive material along a feeding path within a processing tank by holding the material between paired feed rollers. The rack has guide plates extending along the feeding path for guiding the ma... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4860044 | Photographic material processing unit The object of the present invention is to provide a small-sized photographic material processing unit of a simple structure capable of developing both disk film and roll film simultaneously or selectively. In order to attain this object, the present inven... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4772907 | Unit for collecting developed films in a film developing machine, particularly of industrial kind A film accumulating device for a film developing machine of an industrial kind in which the films are entrained by leaders. The collecting unit is situated at the outlet side of the developing machine and includes a box-like envelope (9), a series of pair... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4763152 | Photographic film processing rack and method of assembling the same A photographic film processing rack is adapted to be immersed in a processing liquid tank. The processing rack includes four identical rack panels which combine to form two oppositely spaced pairs of mating vertical rack panels, each pair defining between... | 08/09/1988 |
