EP0843216A1 - Gerät zur Nassbehandlung fotographischen Blattmaterials - Google Patents

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EP0843216A1
EP0843216A1 EP97203175A EP97203175A EP0843216A1 EP 0843216 A1 EP0843216 A1 EP 0843216A1 EP 97203175 A EP97203175 A EP 97203175A EP 97203175 A EP97203175 A EP 97203175A EP 0843216 A1 EP0843216 A1 EP 0843216A1
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Bartholomeus Verlinden
Patrick Van Den Bergen
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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
    • G03D3/13—Liquid processing apparatus involving immersion; Washing apparatus involving immersion having progressive mechanical movement of exposed material for long films or prints in the shape of strips, e.g. fed by roller assembly
    • G03D3/132—Liquid processing apparatus involving immersion; Washing apparatus involving immersion having progressive mechanical movement of exposed material for long films or prints in the shape of strips, e.g. fed by roller assembly fed by roller assembly
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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
    • G03D3/02—Details of liquid circulation
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  • This invention relates to an apparatus and method for processing photographic sheet material, such as X-ray film, pre-sensitised plates, graphic art film and paper, and offset plates. More particularly the invention relates to improvements in apparatus in which photographic material is transported through one or more treatment units.
  • photographic sheet material such as X-ray film, pre-sensitised plates, graphic art film and paper, and offset plates. More particularly the invention relates to improvements in apparatus in which photographic material is transported through one or more treatment units.
  • a processing apparatus for photographic sheet material comprises several vessels each of which contains a treatment liquid, such as a developer, a fixer and a rinse liquid.
  • a treatment liquid such as a developer, a fixer and a rinse liquid.
  • sheet material includes not only photographic material in the form of cut sheets, but also in the form of a web unwound from a roll.
  • the sheet material to be processed is transported through these vessels in turn, by transport means such as one or more pairs of drive rollers, and thereafter optionally to a drying unit.
  • the time spent by the sheet material in each vessel is determined by the transport speed and the dimensions of the vessel in the sheet feed path direction.
  • a housing defines a treatment vessel having entrance and exit openings defining a sheet material path therethrough.
  • the housing may include a collecting chamber positioned to collect treatment liquid which in use falls from the treatment vessel through the lower opening or through both of the openings, depending upon the orientation of the apparatus.
  • the treatment liquid collected in the collecting chamber is discarded. This is because exposure of the collected liquid to the atmosphere causes oxidation and/or evaporation of the liquid, and renders it less suitable for further use.
  • a practice is wasteful.
  • United States patent US 4166689 (Schausberger et al. assigned to Agfa-Gevaert AG) describes such an apparatus in which liquid escapes form the lower opening and is intercepted by the tank of a sealing device with two squeegees located in the tank above a horizontal passage in line with the lower opening.
  • One or more pairs of drive rollers in the vessel close the lower opening and also serve to transport the sheet material along a vertical path which extends between the openings of the vessel.
  • an apparatus for liquid processing of photographic sheet material comprising a housing defining a treatment vessel having entrance and exit openings defining a sheet material path therethrough, the housing including a collecting chamber positioned to collect treatment liquid which in use falls from the treatment vessel through one or both of the openings, characterised in that the collecting chamber is a closed chamber and means are provided to return treatment liquid from the collecting chamber to the treatment vessel.
  • a method for the liquid processing of photographic sheet material comprising passing the sheet material along a sheet material path through a treatment vessel having entrance and exit openings defining the sheet material path, and collecting treatment liquid which falls from the treatment vessel through one or both of the openings in a collecting chamber, characterised in that the collecting chamber is a closed chamber and treatment liquid is returned from the collecting chamber to the treatment vessel.
  • the volume of liquid falling into the collecting chamber may be much less than the volume of liquid in the vessel, so that its surface area is relatively high, the use of a closed collecting chamber means that oxidation and evaporation of this collected liquid is low.
  • closed in relation to the collecting chamber we mean that there is substantially no exchange between the collecting chamber and the atmosphere, as is the case with open " chambers.
  • the air cushion " above the collected liquid in the collecting chamber will quickly come to equilibrium with the collected liquid following start-up of the apparatus, after which oxidation and evaporation will be reduced to a minimum.
  • the quality of the collected liquid does not therefore differ significantly from the quality of the treatment liquid in the vessel. It is therefore possible to return this liquid to the vessel, without significantly disturbing the treatment process taking place therein.
  • the air cushion " above the collected liquid to be filled with an inert gas, such as nitrogen or carbon dioxide, depending upon the nature of the treatment liquid.
  • the vessel opening is closed by a path-defining roller biased into contact with a reaction surface to form a nip through which the sheet material path extends.
  • the reaction surface towards which the roller is biased to define the nip will usually be the surface of another roller, or for the reaction surface to be in the form of a belt or a fixed surface with a low friction coefficient.
  • this general description refers to the use of two rollers, it is to be understood that the second roller may be replaced by any other reaction surface, such as those referred to above.
  • the path-defining rollers may be driven rollers, thereby constituting transport means for driving the sheet material through the treatment vessel, or they may be freely rotating rollers in which event alternative transport means may be provided.
  • the ratio of the maximum roller diameter to the length of the nip is preferably greater than 0.012.
  • Typical rollers have a core provided with a covering of elastomeric material, although it is possible for the roller to be elastomeric throughout its cross-section.
  • the rollers must exert a sufficient and homogeneous pressure over the whole width of the sheet material. Also, to reduce edge effects, it is desirable that the opposite roller surfaces are in contact with each other beyond the edges of the sheet material.
  • rollers used in conventional processing apparatus for example have a length of 400 mm or more and a diameter of from 24 to 30 mm.
  • the sheet material typically has a width of from a few millimetres up to 2 m and a thickness of 0.05 mm to 0.5 mm.
  • the force between the rollers is sufficient to prevent leakage when no sheet material is passing through. However, the force must not be so high as to risk physical damage to the sheet material as it passes through the nip.
  • the objective of a minimum leak zone referred to above can be achieved if the ratio of the diameter of the roller to its length is above a critical limit.
  • At least one of the rollers, and preferably each roller, comprises a rigid core carrying a covering of elastomeric material, the ratio ( ⁇ /L) of the maximum diameter ( ⁇ ) of the elastomeric material covering to the length (L) thereof being at least 0.012, most preferably between 0.03 and 0.06.
  • the reaction surface towards which the roller is biased to define the nip is the surface of another roller
  • the roller requirements referred to above apply to this, second, roller also.
  • the reaction surface may be formed by the surface of a second roller which does not conform to the above requirements, such as for example, a roller having no elastomeric covering, or for the reaction surface to be in the form of a belt.
  • the elastomeric material covering preferably has a thickness of between 1 mm and 30 mm.
  • the elastomeric material may be selected from ethylene/propylene/diene terpolymers (EPDM), silicone rubber, polyurethane, thermoplastic rubber such as Santoprene (Trade Mark for polypropylene/EPDM rubber), styrene-butyl rubber and nitrile-butyl rubber.
  • the hardness of the elastomeric material may be between 15 Shore (A) and 90 Shore (A), as measured on the roller surface.
  • the diameter ( ⁇ ) of the elastomeric material covering is constant along the length of the roller.
  • the roller may have a radial dimension profile which varies along the length thereof.
  • the diameter ( ⁇ ) in the expression ⁇ /L is the maximum diameter.
  • such a roller comprises a non-deformable core, the thickness of the elastomeric material covering varying along the length thereof.
  • the diameter of the core varies along the length thereof.
  • the radial dimension profile of such a roller is such in relation to the force applied by the roller to sheet material passing through the nip as to be substantially even over the width thereof.
  • the radial dimension of the roller ideally decreases towards the ends thereof i.e. a convex profile, especially a parabolic profile.
  • the core has a flexural E-modulus of between 50 GPa and 300 GPa.
  • Suitable materials for the rigid core include metals, such as stainless steel, non-ferrous alloys, titanium, aluminium or a composite thereof.
  • the core is hollow.
  • the core may be solid.
  • the rollers may be biased together by a variety of methods.
  • the rollers may be biased together for example by making use of the intrinsic elasticity of the elastomeric material, by the use of fixed roller bearings.
  • resilient means such as springs which act on the ends of the roller shafts.
  • the springs may be replaced by alternative equivalent compression means, such as e.g. a pneumatic or a hydraulic cylinder.
  • the housing further includes a return liquid inlet opening into the vessel and the means to return treatment liquid from the collecting chamber to the vessel comprises a liquid return pipe extending from the collecting chamber to the return liquid inlet.
  • the return liquid inlet may be positioned above the liquid level in the treatment vessel. Otherwise, it may be necessary to prevent liquid from the vessel passing along the pipe to the collecting chamber.
  • a pump is positioned along the length of the liquid return pipe.
  • the vessel is also closed. This ensures that substantially no evaporation and oxidation of the treatment liquid take place in the vessel.
  • Means may be provided to connect the air cushion above treatment liquid in the collecting chamber with the air cushion above liquid in the vessel, such as a passage extending from the collecting chamber to the vessel.
  • sealing means are provided for sealing the path-defining rollers to the housing, the collecting chamber being positioned below the sealing means.
  • These sealing means may be in the form of stationary sealing members, or rotatable sealing rollers, carried by the housing and positioned in contact with the path-defining rollers.
  • the sheet material is transported along a generally horizontal feed path, the sheet material passing from one vessel to another usually via a circuitous feed path passing under the surface of each treatment liquid and over dividing walls between the vessels.
  • the present invention is applicable to such an horizontally configured apparatus, it finds its greatest value in vertical processors, i.e. processing machines having a substantially vertical orientation in which a plurality of vessels are mounted one above the other in a stack, each vessel having an opening at the top acting as a sheet material inlet and an opening at the bottom acting as a sheet material outlet or vice versa.
  • the term "substantially vertical” is intended to mean that the sheet material moves along a path from the inlet to the outlet which is either exactly vertical, or which has a vertical component greater than any horizontal component.
  • the use of a vertical orientation for the apparatus leads to a number of advantages.
  • the apparatus occupies only a fraction of the floor space which is occupied by a conventional horizontal arrangement.
  • the sheet transport path in a vertically oriented apparatus may be substantially straight, in contrast to the circuitous feed path which is usual in a horizontally oriented apparatus.
  • the straight path is independent of the stiffness of the sheet material and reduces the risk of scratching compared with a horizontally oriented apparatus.
  • each vessel there are provided means for connecting each vessel to adjacent vessels in the stack in a closed manner.
  • closed manner in this specification is meant that each vessel is so connected to adjacent vessels that no vessel is open to the environment.
  • the housing wall of each vessel may comprise an upper housing wall part and a lower housing wall part, the upper housing wall part being so shaped in relation to the lower housing wall part of the next higher vessel as to provide a substantially closed connection between adjacent vessels.
  • the upper and lower housing wall parts may be provided with flanges, means being provided to secure the flange of the upper housing wall part with the flange of the lower housing wall part of the next higher vessel thereby to provide the substantially closed connection.
  • the rollers and associated sealing means of the top-most vessel of the stack serve to provide a gas-tight cover for the apparatus.
  • the top-most vessel will not normally be a liquid-containing vessel, serving simply as the gas-tight cover for the apparatus.
  • a lower part of the housing wall of each vessel may be so shaped as to define the collection chamber.
  • Each vessel may be of modular construction and provided with means to enable the vessel to be mounted directly above or below an identical or similar other vessel.
  • the apparatus may take an integral or semi-integral form in which the means for connecting each vessel to adjacent vessels in the stack in a closed manner is constituted by a common housing wall of the apparatus.
  • semi-integral form we intend to include an apparatus which is divided by a substantially vertical plane passing through all the vessels in the apparatus, particularly the plane of the sheet material path, enabling the apparatus to be opened-up for servicing purposes, in particular to enable easy access to the rollers.
  • the vessel may include guide plates positioned on either side of the sheet material path to divide the vessel into a plurality of regions, including a first region, through which the sheet material path extends, in communication with at least one second region remote from the sheet material path.
  • the housing may include a fresh treatment liquid inlet opening into the vessel to supply fresh treatment liquid to the first region and a used treatment liquid outlet exiting from the vessel to remove used treatment liquid from the at least one second region. The fresh treatment liquid inlet and the used treatment liquid outlet can thereby be conveniently positioned on the same side of the apparatus.
  • One or more of the vessels of the apparatus may include additional features if desired.
  • Cleaning means may be provided for acting upon the rollers to remove debris therefrom, as described in European patent application EP 93202862 (Agfa-Gevaert NV), filed 11 October 1993.
  • Additional rollers such as a roller pair or staggered rollers may be provided for transporting the sheet material through the apparatus, and these rollers will normally be driven rollers.
  • Additional roller pairs may be provided for breaking the laminar fluid at the surface of the sheet material as it passes through the apparatus, and these rollers may be driven rollers or freely rotating rollers. Even when additional roller pairs are present, the rollers to which the ( ⁇ /L) criterium applies and their associated sealing means will usually constitute the lower roller pair, serving to close the lower opening of the vessel.
  • Spray means may be provided for applying treatment liquid to the sheet material.
  • Guide means may be included for guiding the passage of the sheet material through the apparatus.
  • Heating means may be provided in one or more vessels so that the vessel becomes a sheet material drying unit, rather than a wet treatment unit. While liquid pumping, heating, cooling and filtering facilities will normally be provided outside the vessels, it is possible for some elements of these features to be included in the vessels themselves. Any combination of these additional features is also possible.
  • the apparatus for the wet processing of photographic sheet material such as X-ray film.
  • These vessels may be arranged to provide a sequence of steps in the processing of sheet photographic material, such as developing, fixing, rinsing and drying.
  • the vessels may be of a modular structure as shown or may be part of an integral apparatus.
  • the apparatus comprises a housing 10 defining a plurality of the vessels 12 1 , 12 2 , 12 3 are arranged one above another in a stack, one vessel 12 2 being shown in full.
  • the vessel 12 2 which is of generally rectangular cross-section comprises a housing defined by a housing wall so shaped as to provide an upper part 14 having an upper opening 16 and a lower part 18 having a lower opening 20, the sheet material 30 moving in a downwards direction as indicated by the arrow A .
  • the vessel 12 2 is closed from the atmosphere.
  • Upper entrance and lower exit openings 16, 20 define a sheet material path 22 through the vessel 12 2 .
  • the lower exit opening 20 is closed by a pair of path-defining rollers 24, 26 biased into contact with each other to form a nip 28 through which the substantially vertical sheet material path 22 extends.
  • the vessel 12 2 contains treatment liquid 32.
  • the distance H between the surface 34 of the liquid 32 and the nip of the rollers of the next upper vessel 12 1 is as low as possible.
  • Each path-defining roller 24, 26 is of the squeegee type comprising a stainless steel hollow core 36 carrying an elastomeric covering 38.
  • the core 36 is in cylindrical form having constant internal and external diameters along the length thereof.
  • the path-defining rollers 24, 26 are biased towards each other with a force sufficient to effect a liquid tight seal but without causing damage to the photographic sheet material 30 as it passes there-between.
  • the line of contact between the path-defining roller surfaces defines the nip 28.
  • the sheet material preferably has a width which is at least 10 mm smaller than the length of the nip, so as to enable a spacing of at least 5 mm between the edges of the sheet and the adjacent limit of the nip 28, thereby to minimise leakage.
  • the path-defining rollers 24, 26 are coupled to drive means (not shown) so as to constitute drive path-defining rollers for driving the sheet material 30 along the sheet material path 22.
  • Sealing means are provided for sealing the path-defining rollers 24, 26 to the housing 10.
  • Each path-defining roller 24, 26 is in sealing contact along its length, with a respective rotatable sealing roller 40,42 carried on a sealing support 44, which in turn is secured to the wall of the vessel 12, the sealing rollers 40, 42 serving to provide a gas- and liquid-tight seal between the path-defining rollers 24, 26 on the one hand and the housing wall on the other.
  • the treatment liquid 32 is therefore retained in the vessel 12 by the path-defining rollers 24, 26 and the sealing rollers 40, 42.
  • the sealing rollers 40, 42 are formed of hardened or PTFE coated metal.
  • the upper and lower housing wall parts 14, 18 are provided with flanges 46, 48 respectively provided with bolts (not shown) to enable the vessel 12 2 to be mounted directly above or below an identical or similar other vessel 12 1 , 12 3 , as partly indicated Figure 1.
  • the adjacent vessels 12 1 and 12 3 are non-liquid containing vessels. At least the adjacent vessel 12 3 is preferably a closed cell.
  • the upper housing wall part 14 is so shaped in relation to the lower housing wall part 18 as to provide a substantially closed connection between adjacent vessels.
  • This construction has the advantage that the treatment liquid in the vessel 12 2 is not contaminated by contents of the adjacent vessels and that by virtue of the treatment liquids being in a closed system evaporation, oxidation and carbonisation thereof is significantly reduced (and any other undesirable exchange between the treatment liquid and the environment).
  • the lower part 18 of the housing wall 14 is so shaped as to define a collecting chamber 50. Any treatment liquid which may escape between the path-defining rollers 24, 26 and the associated sealing rollers 40, 42, or even through the nip 28, in particular as the sheet material 30 passes therethrough, drips from the path-defining rollers and falls into the collecting chamber 50. For this reason, the collecting chamber 50 is positioned below the sealing rollers 40, 42. The collecting chamber 50 is closed from the atmosphere.
  • a liquid return pipe 52 extends from the collecting chamber 50 to a return liquid inlet 54 opening into the vessel 12 2 and serves to return treatment liquid from the collecting chamber 50 to the vessel 12 2 .
  • a pump 56 is positioned along the length of the liquid return pipe 52.
  • a passage 58 extends from the collecting chamber 50 to the vessel 12 2 serves to connect the air cushion above treatment liquid in the collecting chamber 50 with the air cushion above liquid in the vessel 12 2 .
  • the vessel 12 2 includes guide plates 60 positioned on either side of the sheet material path 22 which divide the vessel 12 2 into three regions 62 1 , 62 2 , 62 3 , including an inner region 62 2 through which the sheet material path 22 extends.
  • the guide plates do not extend as far as the end walls of the housing, but are spaced therefrom outside the width of the sheet material, enabling the inner region 62 2 to be in communication with two outer regions 62 1 , 62 3 remote from the sheet material path 22.
  • a fresh treatment liquid inlet 64 opens through the far end wall of the housing, as viewed in the figures, into the vessel 12 2 to supply fresh treatment liquid to the inner region.
  • Re-circulating treatment liquid outlets 66 exit through the same far end wall of the housing from the vessel 12 2 to remove used treatment liquid from the outer regions 62 1 , 62 3 .
  • the fresh treatment liquid inlet 64 and the recirculating treatment liquid outlet 66 are thereby conveniently positioned on the same side of the apparatus. It is possible to reverse the functions of the inlets and outlets, so that treatment liquid is supplied through inlets 66 and recirculating liquid is removed through outlet 64.

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FR2074888A5 (de) * 1970-01-29 1971-10-08 Needleman Samuel
US4166689A (en) * 1976-07-23 1979-09-04 Agfa-Gevaert, A.G. Apparatus for wet treatment of carriers of photosensitive material
DE3005471A1 (de) * 1980-02-14 1981-08-20 Agfa-Gevaert Ag, 5090 Leverkusen Vorrichtung zum entwickeln von fotografischem material
EP0611994A1 (de) * 1993-02-19 1994-08-24 Eastman Kodak Company Dünntankeinsatz für ein fotografisches niedrigvolumen Entwicklungsgerät mit Filmeinsatz und Tank

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FR2074888A5 (de) * 1970-01-29 1971-10-08 Needleman Samuel
US4166689A (en) * 1976-07-23 1979-09-04 Agfa-Gevaert, A.G. Apparatus for wet treatment of carriers of photosensitive material
DE3005471A1 (de) * 1980-02-14 1981-08-20 Agfa-Gevaert Ag, 5090 Leverkusen Vorrichtung zum entwickeln von fotografischem material
EP0611994A1 (de) * 1993-02-19 1994-08-24 Eastman Kodak Company Dünntankeinsatz für ein fotografisches niedrigvolumen Entwicklungsgerät mit Filmeinsatz und Tank

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