EP0207896B1 - Film-Behandlungsgerät - Google Patents

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EP0207896B1
EP0207896B1 EP86810282A EP86810282A EP0207896B1 EP 0207896 B1 EP0207896 B1 EP 0207896B1 EP 86810282 A EP86810282 A EP 86810282A EP 86810282 A EP86810282 A EP 86810282A EP 0207896 B1 EP0207896 B1 EP 0207896B1
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Brian Frank Moss
Richard John Brent
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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
    • G03D13/00—Processing apparatus or accessories therefor, not covered by groups G11B3/00 - G11B11/00
    • G03D13/02—Containers; Holding-devices
    • G03D13/04—Trays; Dishes; Tanks ; Drums
    • G03D13/06—Light-tight tanks with provision for loading in daylight

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  • the invention relates to a device for the treatment of exposed photographic film material, and in particular to the device described in the preamble of claim 1.
  • photographic films are usually marketed in a film cassette wound on a spool. After exposure of the film in a camera, the cassette with the exposed film wound therein is removed from the camera and opened in the dark. The leading non-photosensitive end of the film is trimmed and the film is then wound onto an open spiral that holds the film in place along its long edges. As soon as the film is usually completely wound onto the spiral by hand, the spiral is inserted into a light-tight treatment drum, which is closed with a light-tight lid. Treatment liquid can then be poured into the drum in daylight and removed from the drum again in daylight. After the treatment of the film is complete, the lid is removed from the drum and the treated film is washed therein and then checked.
  • Treatment devices have therefore been proposed several times, in which the loaded cassette can be inserted in daylight, whereupon the film is wound onto a spiral already built into the device.
  • the known devices are complicated to handle, bulky and expensive. They also often require the filling of a relatively large volume of treatment liquid into the treatment tank of the device. Therefore, such devices that can be loaded in daylight have not been used too often in practice.
  • Various methods for daylight treatment are nevertheless described in the patent literature, of which, however, as has been said, has not yet become widespread.
  • the film is loaded into a film holder or a cartridge or cassette of a special type which, however, requires a special camera for exposure since the cartridge does not correspond to the known film cassette which is used today 35mm film is mainly used.
  • U.S. Patents 3,605,601 and 4,001,857 disclose devices in which the film is treated in place in its cassette. In practice, however, a film is treated very unevenly in such processes and does not give satisfactory results.
  • US Pat. No. 4,134,666 describes a film processing system in which a film is applied from a cassette to a spool which is inserted into a light-tight housing. The housing can then be positioned over a number of baths and the film immersed in each of the baths. This system is complicated to use and requires a large number of individual parts for its equipment.
  • US Pat. No. 4,171,055 describes a complicated and expensive apparatus for removing a film spool from a cassette. The film cassette opener described there can e.g. find application in the method described in the introduction, in which a film is wound on a spiral in the usual tank containing it.
  • a device for opening film cassettes is also described in GB-PS 2 067 163, in which the end cap seated over the shorter hub of the cassette is pressed in and is thereby spread apart from the cylinder wall of the cassette by a hammer part from above onto the long hub seated at the upper end of the cassette and then struck with an anvil part to deform the end cap seated at the lower end of the cassette.
  • the end cap gripping device provided therein is stationary and the cassette body held in another part of the device is moved away from the gripping device.
  • the device according to the invention can be used in daylight to unload cassettes in a treatment room provided within the device without being bulky, and although the device does not have a spiral for stretching the film, the treatment results achieved with this device are extremely satisfactory.
  • the cassette body cannot pass through the cassette body holder, since the radially protruding lips of the outlet gap of the cassette prevent this by protruding into the axial groove in the inner wall of the holder and resting on the closed end of the axial groove at their lower end.
  • the holder block holding the cassette body in the upper housing part of the device can be designed such that it holds the cassette body in the central block passage and compressively engages it.
  • the block can consist of two longitudinal halves or can also be designed as an axially slotted cylinder. The cassette is inserted, for example, into the block and this is then pressed firmly into the upper housing part.
  • This version of the holder block offers a very good holder for the cassette body, which is particularly important with crimped end caps.
  • one end of the spool carrying the wound film protrudes considerably from one of the two spool end caps (long hub end of the spool). It is most advantageous if the end cap is pulled off at this hub end, and provision can be made that the cassette can only be inserted into the device with this hub end and not with the opposite end.
  • the end cap gripping device comes into engagement with the lower end cap of the cassette, while the upper housing part is screwed to a lower housing part containing the treatment space.
  • the upper housing part is then closed in a light-tight manner by fitting a cover and then raised by unscrewing it upwards relative to the lower housing part containing the end cap gripping device.
  • the lower end cap is now pulled down from the cassette, while at the same time a cavity forming the treatment space is created below the cassette body holder which is large enough to accommodate the spool with the film wound on it.
  • the spool with the film wound on it is removed from the cassette body by means of the coupling device mentioned, which, as soon as the cassette is stuck in the holding block, enters a recess in the hub of the protruding spool end, one or more, preferably two, in the hub recess of the Insert the axially protruding connecting members firmly into a notch or transverse groove in the front end of this coupling device. Therefore, while the upper case of the device containing the cassette body holder is partially unscrewed from the lower case below it, the end cap is pulled off the cassette by the end cap gripping means and preferably falls and comes down toward the base of the lower case preferably to lie on the coil coupling device.
  • the coil with the film wound thereon is firmly seated at the upper end of the coupling device and can no longer rotate with the cassette body, which at the same time is lifted up from it. If this is done sufficiently far, the spool with the film it carries is completely removed from the cassette body and is located in the lower housing part. Treatment liquid can now be introduced into this and treatment of the film can begin.
  • treatment liquid is introduced into the treatment room through inlet paths described below and the film or the treatment liquid or both is moved in the said room in such a way that the liquid comes into sufficient contact with all areas of the film surface.
  • light-tight channels or passages are provided in the cover and / or in the base plate of the lower housing part; however, an inlet pipe can also be provided in the side wall of the lower housing part.
  • the liquid can also be removed from the treatment room in the same way.
  • the treatment space provided for the absorption of liquid in the lower housing part below the cassette body holder should be so large that it can hold enough liquid to completely treat the film; however, the volume of liquid required for this is much less than that required for most of the spirals.
  • devices are provided at the base of the liquid-absorbing treatment space which allow liquid to enter this space when the device is placed in a container filled with treatment liquid, the lower housing part of the device being deep enough into the Liquid must be immersed in the container in order to completely fill the treatment room with it.
  • the treatment of the film is now carried out while the device remains in the liquid bath. As soon as it is finished, the device is lifted out of the container and the liquid therein flows out of the device back into the liquid bath in the container.
  • the entry and exit paths also include a labyrinth of light that prevents light from entering the device during treatment.
  • the base or base plate of the lower housing part is preferably designed in such a way that the lower end cap, which is separated from the cassette, can be accommodated in the central position.
  • This base or base plate should also preferably be designed so that the hub end of the spool can be supported on it, thereby facilitating the spool turning when the film windings are partially loosened and the film rewound during treatment.
  • a normal 35mm film cassette is shown which, pulled apart along a central axis, comprises two annular end caps B1 and B2 and between them a substantially cylindrical cassette body C with a light-tight lateral film outlet D, which has two axially extending lateral flanges or Has lips D1 and D2, which protrude from the outer wall of the body C in planes running parallel to the central axis and between which there is an open exit slot S for the film.
  • the film exit D is formed by clamping the two shorter end edges of a metal strip forming the cassette body C.
  • the lips D1 and D2 extend somewhat beyond the circumference of the end caps B1 and B2 from the cylinder wall.
  • the cassette body C is intended to hold the film J on the spool E provided with end flanges E 1 and E2, which has a long hub end F and a short hub end G.
  • Axial coupling members H protrude into a recess at the hub end F (only one of which is visible), with the aid of which the coil E is brought into the correct position in the camera.
  • the film J has an end edge K leading in front of the unwinding from the reel E and holes L on its long edges for the engagement of a toothed wheel or similar film transport means.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 a treatment device according to the invention is shown, which comprises a column-shaped upper housing part 1 intended for receiving the cassette and a wider columnar, pot-shaped lower housing part 3, the latter being connected to the upper housing part 1 by means of a light-tight envelope a screw connection 4 is screwed together, which has an external thread 4a at the lower end of the upper housing part 1 and an internal thread 4b at the upper end of the lower housing part 3.
  • a lid 5 fits on the upper end of the housing part 1 and closes it light-tight.
  • the housing parts 1 and 3 and the cover 5 are preferably all made of opaque plastic.
  • the pot-like lower housing part 3 surrounds the upper housing part 1 practically from all sides almost to its upper end, while in another stage of use the lower housing part 3 is screwed downwards, but always still remains connected to the upper housing part 1 in a light-tight manner.
  • a holding block 2 for holding the cassette body C is attached in the upper housing part 1, a holding block 2 for holding the cassette body C is attached.
  • This cassette body holder 2 has a central passage 2a into which the cassette is inserted; but only the lower end cap B1 and the coil with their flanges E1 and E2 can pass through the lower open end 2b of the passage 2a, since the holder block 2 has an axial groove 6 in the passage 2a, the lower end of which is closed and which is of such a nature that that the lips D1, D2 of the film outlet D protrude into the groove 6 and rest on their closed lower end. As a result, the cassette body C is held in the holder block 2.
  • the lower housing part 3 comprises a base plate 7 and has a cylindrical side wall 8 which carries on its inside the internal thread 4b which extends almost over its entire height.
  • a pipe socket 9 On the base plate 7 sits a pipe socket 9, the upper open end of which has a radially inwardly projecting inner ring flange 11.
  • the pipe socket 9 is provided with axial slots 9a, through which its open end can easily be widened by bending apart by means of a downward stretching force.
  • the pipe socket 9 and the clear width of the inner ring flange 11 are dimensioned such that the end cap B1 emerging from the holder block 2 is pressed down under the flange 11 and is then held by it (FIG. 2).
  • the base plate 7 has a central opening 7a, in which a coil coupling element 12 is provided centrally and rotatably with respect to the tube stages 9, which comprises a shaft part or pin 13 which extends upwards through the opening 7a and a transverse slot at its upper end 13a or has a transverse groove 14. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the pin 13 extends into the recess of the long hub end F, and the coupling member (s) located therein penetrate into the cross section 14 with a tight fit.
  • a number of liquid passages 17 are also provided in the base plate 7. The incidence of light through the passages 17 into the interior of the lower housing part 3 is prevented by light traps (not shown) of a known type. There is also a central transverse groove 19 in the underside of the coil coupling element 12.
  • the entire device is placed in an outer treatment container or tank 20 which bears an upwardly projecting, elongated transverse nose or similar locking element 21 in the center of its inner bottom surface 20a, which fits into the transverse groove 19.
  • the upper housing part 1 When using the device for treating a film in a cassette, the upper housing part 1 is first completely unscrewed from the lower housing part 3. The cassette with the film fully rolled into it is then inserted into the holder block 2 with the long hub end F pointing downwards. The upper housing part 1 is now closed with the cover 5.
  • the upper housing part 1 is screwed into the lower housing part 3 so that it is light-tight that the coupling members H penetrate the transverse slot 14 in the pin end 13a firmly enough so that not only a rotation of the coil E relative to the coupling element H, but also an axial one Movement of the two parts away from each other when screwing the housing part 1 out of the housing part 3 is prevented.
  • the end cap B1 is pressed into the pipe socket 9, so that the inner ring flange 11 of the pipe socket 9 engages over the edge of the end cap 81.
  • the device is then placed in the cup-shaped container 20 in such a way that the nose 21 at the bottom of the container 20 is fitted into the transverse groove 19, so that when the container 20 is stationary, neither the coil coupling element 12 nor the one via its transverse slot 14 and the coupling members H connected coil S can be rotated when the container 20 is stationary.
  • the container 20 In order to remove the end cap B1 from the cassette body C, the container 20 is held in place and the upper housing part 1 is screwed upwards in the direction from the lower housing part 3.
  • the cassette body holder 2 is lifted upwards away from the pipe socket 9 and its inner ring flange 11 which grips the end cap B1, and the end cap B1 is pulled downwards from the cassette body C and falls into the interior of the pipe socket 9, on the bottom of which they lie around the pin 13 remains (Fig. 3).
  • the coil coupling element 12 pulls the coil E, which is stuck to it, with increasing progressive screwing of the upper housing part 1 downwards out of the cassette body C until it is completely removed from the cassette in the end position shown in FIG. 3 and is located in the interior 10 of the lower housing part 3 is located.
  • the entire device can now be lifted out of the container 20 and filled with the required amount of treatment liquid up to the upper level of the wound film.
  • the device is then put back into the container 20 so that the transverse groove 19 fits onto the nose 21.
  • the treatment liquid then enters through the passages 17 into the lower housing part 3.
  • the coupling element 12 together with the coil E and the film 3 located on it is then set in rotating motion by rotating the container 20 in relation to the lower housing interior 10 and the liquid therein.
  • This causes the film J to spread out, so that its turns on the coil E become looser and away from the central axis of the coil on a truncated cone-shaped intermediate floor 15, which is fastened to the upper end of the pipe socket 9 and surrounds it, after the side wall 8 of the housing part 3 slide down.
  • the lower circumferential edge of the intermediate bottom 15 lies at a distance above the base plate 7 of the housing part 3, so that treatment liquid can fill the interior 10 through the remaining gap to such an extent that it reaches all areas of the film surface.
  • a certain number of rotations of the container 20 in one sense is followed by an equal number of rotations in the opposite sense.
  • the device When the required treatment time of the film in the treatment liquid supplied has elapsed, the device is lifted out of the container 20 and the liquid runs back out of the device into the container. The device can then be placed in another container 20 which is loaded with a different treatment liquid.
  • the device can be removed from the container with the treatment liquid last used and placed in one with wash water. This last step can be repeated as many times as necessary to thoroughly wash the film.

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