EP0061300A1 - Appareil de traitement à fluides - Google Patents

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EP0061300A1
EP0061300A1 EP82301381A EP82301381A EP0061300A1 EP 0061300 A1 EP0061300 A1 EP 0061300A1 EP 82301381 A EP82301381 A EP 82301381A EP 82301381 A EP82301381 A EP 82301381A EP 0061300 A1 EP0061300 A1 EP 0061300A1
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Derrick Sunnucks Woollacott
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03D—APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING EXPOSED PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03D3/00—Liquid processing apparatus involving immersion; Washing apparatus involving immersion
    • G03D3/02—Details of liquid circulation
    • G03D3/04—Liquid agitators
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    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03D—APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING EXPOSED PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03D3/00—Liquid processing apparatus involving immersion; Washing apparatus involving immersion
    • G03D3/08—Liquid processing apparatus involving immersion; Washing apparatus involving immersion having progressive mechanical movement of exposed material
    • G03D3/10—Liquid processing apparatus involving immersion; Washing apparatus involving immersion having progressive mechanical movement of exposed material for plates, films, or prints held individually

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  • the present invention relates to fluid treatment apparatus.
  • the invention has been designed primarily to treat photographic elements such as prints, films etc, but is equally applicable to other fluid treatment processes, such as electroplating, electroless plating, dieing etc.
  • a fluid treatment apparatus comprising a plurality of open-topped tanks for liquid, juxtaposed in side-by-side relation, at least one suspension device, a carrier mounted on the suspension device for carrying an article to be treated, means for raising and lowering the suspension device and for transporting it laterally, whereby the carrier can be sequentially immersed in liquid in each tank, means to reciprocate the suspension device vertically within each tank, and means to rotate the carrier within each tank.
  • Such a construction can be extremely simple and relatively inexpensive.
  • the vertical reciprocation of the suspension device, together with its carrier enables one to do without any circulation or stirring device, and without the requirement for nitrogen bursts to be used, which have previously been used to give the necessary agitation.
  • the vertical reciprocation can be such as to give the necessary amount of agitation, yet still not be sufficiently violent to cause any streaking.
  • the suspension device may comprise a hanger which projects beyond each end of the associated tank and the means for raising and lowering the suspension device and for transporting it laterally may comprise two rails extending outwardly of the ends of the wall of the tanks, and means to move the rails upwardly, laterally and then downwardly, so that the rails engage the projecting portions of the hanger and raise the hanger upwardly to remove the suspension device from the tank, transport it laterally and then lower it into the next tank.
  • Such a structure can be very simple and can be constructed for example, as two sprocket chains on each side of the tank, the sprocket chains carrying a fitting which moves with one of the links of each chain and causes the circulating motion of the rails. This motion can be stopped when the hanger has been deposited on the side of the tank.
  • the means to reciprocate the suspension device vertically may comprise two bars which extend laterally along the ends of each of the tanks, the bars engaging the projecting ends of the hangers, means being provided to reciprocate the bars vertically. This may be achieved, for example, by four flexible elements which pass over pulleys, one flexible element being secured to each end of each bar and a common drive mechanism being provided to pull the flexible elements simultaneously.
  • means are provided to rotate the carrier within the tank.
  • These may, for example, comprise a pawl within each tank and a ratchet on each carrier, whereby, as the suspension device is reciprocated vertically, the ratchet engages the pawl and is rotated thereby. It is important that the rotation should be controlled in order to provide uniform image quality.
  • the carrier is in effect simply indexed around and a further pawl may be provided to prevent any reverse rotation of the ratchet, which may cause the carrier to oscillate.
  • At least one door or lid may be provided to overlie the liquid in the tank, means being provided to open the door as the carriers are lowered into the tank and to close the door firstly as the carriers are lowered further into the tank and secondly, as the carriers are raised out of the liquid.
  • Two doors may be associated with each tank, each door floating on the liquid in the tank.
  • the suspension devices may be provided adjacent each end, with a cam engageable with the doors to tilt the doors by pressing them downwardly at a location spaced from the lateral centre of the door.
  • a further cam may be provided at the centre of each suspension device.
  • each tank includes on each end, a central inwardly projecting rib to prevent each door from moving from its own half of the tank.
  • Each door may comprise, adjacent each each edge spaced apart elements which project from each face to prevent the doors from sticking to the sides of the tank. This is particularly important as the doors become vertical and are usually pressed by the suspension device against the side of the tank. The doors could readily adhere by capillary action to the tank and the provision of these projecting elements prevents this from happening.
  • a drier section may be located adjacent the most downstream tank, means being provided for raising and lowering the suspension device and transporting it laterally to deposit the suspension device in the drier section to a conveyor therein.
  • the ratchets which are provided on the carriers can engage abutments whereby the carriers are rotated as they move through the drier section.
  • FIG. 1 of the drawings there is illustrated therein a support plate 10 with eight identical tanks mounted thereon in side-by-side juxtaposed relationship, these being being indicated by the reference numerals 11 to 18 respectively.
  • the exterior configuration and size of the tanks is identical but some of the tanks have somewhat different internal fittings as will be explained later.
  • pairs of sprockets including a lower sprocket 19 and an upper sprocket 20 at the lefthand end and a lower sprocket 21 and an upper sprocket 22 at the righthand end.
  • sprockets 19 and 20 Arranged around sprockets 19 and 20 is a preferably plastics material sprocket chain 23 which is caused to move in the direction indicated by the arrow 24. Rotation of the sprocket 19, and thus of the sprocket chain 23 is effected by a further chain 25 driven by a common motor 26.
  • the motor 26 also serves to drive, via a chain 27, the lower sprocket 21 of the righthand pair of sprockets, thus driving the sprocket chain 28 in the direction indicated by the arrow 29, whereby the upper sprocket 22 rotates simultaneously.
  • Further sprockets (which cannot be-seen in this drawing) are provided behind the tanks and these are caused to rotate simultaneously, because the lower sprockets 19 and 21 each have a common axle which passes to the back of the apparatus and forms the axle for the lower rear sprockets.
  • the upper sprocket 20 and 22 are provided with stub axles only, so that a clearance is left between the two top sprockets both on the lefthand side and on the righthand side, for the reason which will be apparent later.
  • the chain 23 is provided, at the junction of one of its pairs of links, with a pivotal fitting 30 formed of stainless steel, while the chain 28 is provided with a similar fitting 31. Again, further fittings are provided at the back which correspond.
  • Pivotally mounted on the fittings 30 and 31 is a lifting rail 32, the rail 32 lying on the axially outer side of the chains 23 and 28.
  • a similar rail is provided behind the two rear sets of chains at the back of the tanks.
  • the arrangement of the rear rail can be seen from Figure 2, which is an end elevation as viewed from the right showing the drive mechanism and the common shaft 21A driving the two bottom sprockets. It will be appreciated, therefore, that as the motor 26 is rotated in a clockwise sense as viewed in Figure 1, the rails 32 are caused to rise, move to the right and then lower, move to the left and then rise again.
  • FIG. 11 If one now refers to Figure 3, one will see the formation of one of the tanks. By way of illustration this tank has been indicated by reference numeral 11.
  • the tank includes end walls 40 and 41 connected by two relatively long side walls 42 and 43. It will be seen that the end walls are each provided with a steep-sided V-slot 44.
  • Two centreing arms are mounted in each tank, these each consisting of a vertical arm 45 pivotally connected at 46 to the adjacent end wall 40, 41, so as to hang down from the pivot, the two arms 45 being connected by the centreing bar 47.
  • the centreing bar 47 For ease of illustration only one bar 47 has been shown and it is identical to the other bar which has only been shown very schematically.
  • FIG. 3 shows a suspension device engaged in the two slots 44.
  • the suspension device comprises a hanger 50 having two downwardly extending projections 51 spaced apart by a distance greater than the length of the tank, and for the purpose of engaging in links of chains 110 in the drying section to be described later.
  • the hanger also has two centering collars 49 to centre it longitudinally as it is lowered into the slots 44.
  • Two spaced apertures 52 are provided in the hanger 50 and two pillars 53 which are interconnected above the hanger by a strap 54 pass through these.
  • each cam 55 is provided with an oblique slot 56, the inner end of which terminates at the centre of the cam 55; the two cams 55 are interconnected by two crossbars 57.
  • a pawl 60 Pivotally mounted on the inner wall of the tank, at one end thereof, is a pawl 60 having a pivot axis 61 and a pin 62 at the lower end.
  • the pin 62 is engageable with a ratchet 63 (see Figure 4) mounted on the axis 64 of a photographic material carrier (otherwise not shown).
  • the carrier may be of any suitable type, for example a spiral or a cylindrical member into which the film or other photographic material can be attached.
  • the carrier will take a different form depending upon the material being treated.
  • a further pawl 65 is pivotally mounted on the outer surface of the adjacent cam 55 and has a pawl pin 66 engageable with the teeth of the ratchet 63 to prevent the ratchet from rotating backwards.
  • a further motor-gearbox 70 is mounted below the plate 10 at the centre thereof and has an output shaft 71 extending vertically downwardly.
  • the shaft 71 has lower and upper eccentric arms 72 and 73 carrying vertically extending pins 74 and 75 respectively.
  • Engaged over the pins 74 and 75 is a ring member 76, 77, which is retained in place by a suitable retainer (not shown).
  • each end of the plate 10 there are provided four pulleys, only two of which can be seen at each end in the drawing, these including, at each end, two pulleys 80 mounted for rotation about a vertical axis and two pulleys 81 mounted for rotation about a horizontal axis. Further pulleys 82 are mounted at the front and back at each end of the apparatus at a location above the top of the tanks. Two cords 83 are connected to the ring member 77, each pass first over the vertical axis pulley 80 and then over the horizontal axis pulley 81, and upwardly over the upper pulley 82.
  • the cords 83 Adjacent the top, the cords 83 pass through a hole in a mounting plate 84 before passing over the pulley 82 and then down to be secured to the mounting plate 84 again. Adjustment of the position of the mounting plate can be achieved by passing the cord downwardly through a further aperture in the plate providing some securing such as a collar provided with a grub screw.
  • the plates 84 carry a bar 85 which extends along the front of the tank.
  • a similar bar extends along the back of the tanks and the mounting plate 84 at the lefthand end of the tanks are secured together by a crossbar 86 which extends along the lefthand end of the tank 11.
  • Two further cords 87 are secured to the ring member 76 and are caused to pass along an identical path to be secured to a further mounting plate 84 at the righthand end of the tank, this also having a crossbar 86 associated therewith.
  • the mounting plate 84 is, it will be understood, secured to the other end of the bar 85.
  • the eccentric arms 72 carry out an orbiting motion and the two cords 83 and the two cords 87 are pulled simultaneously by identical amounts. This will cause the rail 85 at the front and the rail 85 (not shown) at the back, to be reciprocated vertically simultaneously.
  • the motor shaft 71 could alternatively be horizontal with an eccentric arm 72,73 at each end and pins extending from these arms.
  • each tank two doors 90 which are identical to one another.
  • the doors are of a generally rectangular cross-section and together take up substantially the whole surface area of the associated tank.
  • the doors are themselves formed from rigid airfilled plastics material such as PVC and as shown carry on each surface three closed cell rigid foam material flotation pads 91,92, 93 which are slightly spaced apart from one another.
  • Spaced outwardly projecting spacer skids 94 are provided to extend above and below the upper and lower surfaces respectively of the doors adjacent each edge thereof.
  • a recess is formed adjacent the skids 94 to accommodate the pillars 53 on the carrier.
  • Two doors are provided in each tank for chemicals and these doors float on the surface of the liquid and substantially cover this surface, thereby reducing to a minimum the oxidation of the chemical, evaporation of the chemical and the loss of heat.
  • the carrier for film material may include the shaft 64 previously described and the ratchet 63 mounted on the end thereof.
  • a series of angular spaced plates may extend generally radially from the shaft 64 and have radially outwardly extending projections formed thereon, these projections being arranged along a helix so that a length of film can be wrapped loosely around the plates and the successive convolutions are spaced apart by the projections.
  • the lateral surfaces of the projections are chamfered so that, once a film has been wrapped around, and held loosely at its ends, it will relax slightly thereby preventing the film from being unduly tensioned at any point.
  • the carrier such as the carrier described above, is assembled onto the suspension device, by slipping the shaft 64 down the inclined slots 56, the shaft then being centred at the centre of the discs 55. Distance pieces are provided on the shaft 64 to engage on the axially outer faces of the discs 55.
  • the suspension device is then offered up to a pair of feed rails (not shown) mounted to the left of the apparatus illustrated in Figure 1.
  • tank 11 is filled with developer, and tanks 12 and 13 with bleach.
  • Tank 14 is filled with water while tank 15 and 16 each have fixer.
  • Tank 17 is again a wash tank and thus is filled with water, while tank 18 contains stabilizer.
  • the motors 26 and 70 are started, and the first suspension device is moved off its feed rails onto the rail 32.
  • the rail 32 will at this time be moving upwardly and it will therefore take the suspension device over the top of the sprocket 20 whereby the carrier mounted on the lower end of the suspension device will clear the lefthand wall of the tank 11.
  • the suspension device will begin to be lowered into the tank 11.
  • the two cams 55 will abut the centreing bars 47 which will pivot slightly away from one another, but will nonetheless centre the suspension device accurately in the lateral centre of the tank 11.
  • the effect of the motor 70 is to cause the bars 85 to be reciprocated vertically.
  • This reciprocation is also carried out on the suspension device so that the carrier is vertically reciprocated as indicated schematically in Figure 5(5).
  • the ratchet 63 will, on each downward movement of the reciprocation engage on the pin 62 of the pawl 60. This will cause the ratchet to be rotated and the film carrier to be rotated with it. The rotation will be through a certain number of degrees, usually approximately 45°. Reverse rotation of the ratchet is prevented by the second pawl 65 and the next time the carrier will be caused to rotate is at the next downward movement of the suspension device.
  • a random agitation effect takes place.
  • the motor 26 is operated again, after a suitable interval, so that the rails 32 are once again raised and the suspension device is thus lifted out of the tank 11.
  • the way in which the doors open to allow this to happen is illustrated at Figure 5(7) and after the suspension device has risen further, the doors begin to close again (Figure 5(8) ) until the door is fully closed as seen in Figure 5(9).
  • the motor 26 then stops for a very short time, for example 10 seconds and the chemical is allowed to drip from the suspension device and carrier.
  • the operation is then carried out as previously so that the carrier is moved into the tank 12 and thence into the tank 13.
  • the suspension device is carried on further into the succeeding tanks in exactly the same manner.
  • suspension devices After the suspension devices have left the last tank 18, they are moved into a discharge section which is only illustrated very schematically and may include a drier tunnel.
  • a further sprocket chain 110 is passed around the various wheels so as to have an upper run lll, the chain being driven via yet another sprocket chain 112 by the same motor 26.
  • Adjacent the upper run 111 is a horizontally reciprocable member 113 having several pivotally mounted wires 114 thereon, these wires extending horizontally to adjacent the upper run 111.
  • the suspension device is lowered having passed over sprocket 22, it is deposited on the upper run 111 and initially clears the wires 114.
  • the horizontal reciprocation of member 113 is caused via a linkage, (not shown) from motor 70.
  • the wires 114 are arranged to engage the ratchet 63 on the carrier.
  • the gearing is'such that the sprocket chain 110 will move the suspension device along the upper run 111 at the same effective speed as a suspension device is moved laterally through the apparatus.
  • the suspension device which has previously been deposited on the upper run 111 will be a sufficient distance from the sprocket chain 28 to enable the next carrier to be deposited on the upper run without hindrance from its predecessor. Because the wires 114 engage the ratchet 63, there will be a limited rotation of the carrier, thus preventing the film material having drips of liquid depositing in any particular place.
  • the indexed rotation thereby provided can reduce the necessary drying time significantly and thus reduce the necessary length of the tunnel.
  • a fan heater is provided to project hot air into the tunnel to expedite the drying.
  • the fan heater would be provided with a filter to prevent dust blowing into the tunnel.
  • Any form of discharge rail can be provided at the righthand end of the upper run lll.
  • suspension devices can be applied sequentially so that there is one moving into each tank in turn to increase the throughput of the apparatus.
  • the carrier may take the form of a hollow cylinder having, for example, holes therein, the hollow cylinder being provided with an end cap having a flange on the outer surface of the cylinder, and this can be used to hold a large format film which will be mounted with the emulsion side inwards.
  • Another form of carrier includes a generally rectangular frame mounted on the shaft 64 and this frame having suitable clips to support a regular film.
  • a further concept is for the carrier to be in the form of a simple bottom rail with upstanding spigots thereon, the spigots being used to mount a conventional stainless steel or plastic film spiral.
  • a perforated cage or barrel could be provided for electroplating small articles.
  • a suitable clamping arrangement could be provided for supporting larger articles.

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EP0301710A1 (fr) * 1987-07-31 1989-02-01 Hitachi, Ltd. Un appareil de décapage humide apte à traiter des plaques grandes comme des plaques de verre des panneaux d'affichage à cristaux liquides
EP1217440A2 (fr) * 2000-12-21 2002-06-26 Eastman Kodak Company Traítement de matériau photographique
CN113731721A (zh) * 2021-10-11 2021-12-03 富乐压铸(太仓)有限公司 一种用于纳米涂层的加工设备

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GB892003A (en) * 1960-03-16 1962-03-21 Pako Corp A photographic film treating apparatus
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US3469517A (en) * 1967-01-03 1969-09-30 Kan Ichi Nishimoto Vertically reciprocating apparatus for carrying film hangers in a developing tank
US3739706A (en) * 1971-12-09 1973-06-19 H Carstens Photographic processor
GB1495745A (en) * 1975-05-22 1977-12-21 Kodak Ltd Liquid containers
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GB382537A (en) * 1931-04-01 1932-10-27 Ig Farbenindustrie Ag An improvement in photographic developing vessels
FR817633A (fr) * 1936-05-13 1937-09-07 Brauthite Perfectionnements aux cuves destinées à l'emmagasinage des vins ou autres liquides
GB892003A (en) * 1960-03-16 1962-03-21 Pako Corp A photographic film treating apparatus
FR1492766A (fr) * 1964-03-06 1967-08-25 Procédé et appareil pour le traitement de produits photographiques
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GB1495745A (en) * 1975-05-22 1977-12-21 Kodak Ltd Liquid containers
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