US3698306A - Photographic processor - Google Patents
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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
- G03D13/00—Processing apparatus or accessories therefor, not covered by groups G11B3/00 - G11B11/00
- G03D13/003—Film feed or extraction in development apparatus
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- ABSTRACT A photographic processing unit in which an increased [54] PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSOR [72] Inventor: Henry N. Fairbanks, Rochester,
- the present invention relates generally to photographic processing equipment, and more particularly pertains to a simple, compact and inexpensive photographic processing unit for processing exposed photographic materials at an increased speed, and wherein the increase in processing speed is attained by reducing the travel time of photographic materials through the unit during which the materials are not actually being chemically processed.
- a simple, compact and inexpensive processing unit wherein the rate of travel of photographic materials through the processing unit is increased to reduce the expended travel time during which the materials are not being chemically treated, while retaining the materials in the chemical processing stations of the unit for a sufficient amount of time to allow complete chemical treatment.
- the preferred embodiment is economical and inherently simple as it utilizes a constant rate of travel of photographic materials through the unit which allows the drive motor to be a single speed motor.
- the preferred embodiment increases the velocity of travel of photographic materials through the unit and retains the photographic materials in a processing station of the unit for a sufficient amount of time to allow complete chemical treatment by recycling the photographic materials through the processing station for one or more recycles.
- a movable, two position deflector is located at the exit of the processing station in which more processing time is desired. The deflector is movable to a first position in which it deflects the photographic materials exiting from that processing station back to the entrance for a further cycle through the processing station. After the photographic materials have been recycled a sufficient number of times to allow complete chemical treatment, the deflector is moved to a second position wherein it deflects the photographic materials to the next processing station of the unit wherein the same type of recycling may be utilized if so desired.
- FIG. 1 is a sectional illustration of one embodiment of a deflector system which may be utilized to achieve recycling in a processing station.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a first processing station 10 and a second processing station 12 of a photographic processing unit.
- the first processing station 10 may contain developing solution
- the second processing station 12 may contain fixing solution.
- Exposed photographic materials to be processed enter the processor through a guide 12.
- the guide 12 deflects the materials to entrance drive rollers 14 and 16 which are driven at a constant speed by constant speed motor 18.
- the entrance drive roller which normally contacts the emulsion side of the photographic materials, which could be either 14 or 16 depending on the design of the processor, should be slightly undercut at its central portions to avoid contacting the emulsion with spent of contaminated processing agents.
- the drive rollers 14 and 16 direct the photographic materials into the first processing station 10 wherein partial chemical processing of the materials occurs.
- the materials are directed from the entrance drive rollers to the exit drive rollers 20 and 22 by wire guides 19 in the processing station. Constant speed motor 18 also drives the exit rollers 20 and 22.
- the spacing between the entrance and exit drive rollers is such that the photographic materials being processed are always being driven through the processing station by at least one set of drive rollers.
- the photographic materials are not completely chemically processed after one pass through the bath in processing section 10 because of the high rate of travel of the materials through the processing station. Recycling is attained by providing a movable steering means in the form of a two position movable deflector 24, shown in a first position wherein it deflects the photographic materials back to guide 26 which further directs the photographic materials back through entrance rollers 14 and 16 for at least one further cycle through processing station 10.
- movable deflector 24 is moved to the position illustrated by dashed lines 25 wherein it directs the photographic materials to the next processing station 12 of the photographic processor.
- Deflector 24 is moved to its second position by arm 28 which rotates about shaft 32 under the direction of solenoid 30.
- solenoid 30 may be actuated by a master timer 34 for the photographic processing unit.
- a microswitch in the recycling path could be utilized to actuate solenoid 30 after recycling has occurred a predetermined number of times.
- the deflector In the second and non-recycling position of deflector 24, illustrated in dashed lines at 25, the deflector directs photographic materials to guide 36 which then directs the materials to input rollers 14 and 16' of the second processing station 12, wherein the same type of recycling may be utilized if so desired.
- a differing number of recycle times may be desired in the processing unit depending upon the type of photographic materials being processed and the type of processing agent being utilized in the processing unit, or under certain circumstances recycling might be selectively omitted.
- Recycling may be especially desirable in the washing processing station of the unit when it is desired to produce photographic materials of archive quality.
- a relatively compact photographic processing station for performing a processing step on photographic materials at a relatively high speed and wherein the increase in processing speed is obtained by reducing the travel time during which the photographic materials are not actually being processed and comprising:
- a guide means for guiding photographic materials from said entrance means through said container means while the materials are exposed for processing to the fluid processing agent
- a relatively high speed drive means for driving photographic materials from said entrance means through said guide means with the photographic materials being partially processed by the fluid processing agent during a first cycle through the processing station, whereby said relatively high speed drive means minimizes the time the photographic materials spend in the nonprocessing operations of entering into and exiting from the processing station;
- means for completing the processing of the photographic materials including means for selectively directing the photographic materials which have passed through said guide means back to said entrance means for one or more subsequent passages through said guide means to recycle the photographic materials through the processing station of the hoto ra hic rocessin station.
- said steering means includes a V shaped deflector
- said means for selectively positioning includes means for selectively positioning said V shaped deflector at said first and second positions.
- said means for selectively directing includes a first fixed deflector means positioned adjacent to said V shaped deflector for further deflecting the photographic materials back to said entrance means after an initial deflection of the photographic materials by said V shaped deflector when positioned at its first position, and a second fixed deflector means, positioned adjacent to said V shaped deflector, for further deflecting the photographic materials out of the processing station after an initial deflection of the photographic materials by said V shaped deflector when positioned at its second position.
- said photographic processing unit includes a master timer means for actuating said means for selectively positioning said V shaped deflector.
- said entrance means includes a pair of entrance rollers
- the station includes a pair of exit rollers positioned at the exit end of said guide means
- said high speed drive means includes a constant speed motor for driving said entrance rollers and said exit rollers at a constant speed.
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US3785269A (en) * | 1972-10-31 | 1974-01-15 | Logetronics Inc | Automatic film processor having switchable transport path |
US3913119A (en) * | 1973-10-25 | 1975-10-14 | Agfa Gevaert Ag | Apparatus for wet treatment of webs of photosensitive material |
FR2483094A1 (en) * | 1980-05-30 | 1981-11-27 | Dainippon Screen Mfg | FILM PROCESSING MACHINE |
DE3123470A1 (en) * | 1980-06-18 | 1982-03-11 | Dainippon Screen Seizo K.K., Kyoto | Process for the cleaning of rolls or the like in an automatic film developer apparatus, and cleaning sheets for this purpose |
DE3209262A1 (en) * | 1982-03-13 | 1983-09-22 | Walter 7515 Linkenheim-Hochstetten Dennig | Device for developing sheet or roll form colour photo paper |
WO1990008981A1 (en) * | 1989-02-01 | 1990-08-09 | Kodak Limited | Processing unit |
US5461448A (en) * | 1992-12-19 | 1995-10-24 | Eastman Kodak Company | Photographic processing apparatus |
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US3785269A (en) * | 1972-10-31 | 1974-01-15 | Logetronics Inc | Automatic film processor having switchable transport path |
US3913119A (en) * | 1973-10-25 | 1975-10-14 | Agfa Gevaert Ag | Apparatus for wet treatment of webs of photosensitive material |
FR2483094A1 (en) * | 1980-05-30 | 1981-11-27 | Dainippon Screen Mfg | FILM PROCESSING MACHINE |
DE3123470A1 (en) * | 1980-06-18 | 1982-03-11 | Dainippon Screen Seizo K.K., Kyoto | Process for the cleaning of rolls or the like in an automatic film developer apparatus, and cleaning sheets for this purpose |
DK154179B (en) * | 1980-06-18 | 1988-10-17 | Dainippon Screen Mfg | AUTOMATIC MOVIE DEVELOPER AND THROUGH SUCH A LEADED CLEANING PAGE |
DE3209262A1 (en) * | 1982-03-13 | 1983-09-22 | Walter 7515 Linkenheim-Hochstetten Dennig | Device for developing sheet or roll form colour photo paper |
WO1990008981A1 (en) * | 1989-02-01 | 1990-08-09 | Kodak Limited | Processing unit |
US5241336A (en) * | 1989-02-01 | 1993-08-31 | Eastman Kodak Company | Processing unit |
US5461448A (en) * | 1992-12-19 | 1995-10-24 | Eastman Kodak Company | Photographic processing apparatus |
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Owner name: ITEK GRAPHIX CORP., A CORP OF DELAWARE,MASSACHUSET Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:ITEK CORPORATION, A CORP OF DE.;REEL/FRAME:004520/0607 Effective date: 19860205 Owner name: ITEK GRAPHIX CORP., 800 SOUTH STREET, 5TH FLOOR, W Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST.;ASSIGNOR:ITEK CORPORATION, A CORP OF DE.;REEL/FRAME:004520/0607 Effective date: 19860205 |
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Owner name: MANUFACTURERS HANOVER COMMERCIAL CORPORATION, NEW Free format text: SECURITY INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:ITEK GRAPHIX CORP.;REEL/FRAME:004552/0917 Effective date: 19860205 Owner name: MANUFACTURERS HANOVER COMMERCIAL CORPORATION, A CO Free format text: SECURITY INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:ITEK GRAPHIX CORP.;REEL/FRAME:004552/0917 Effective date: 19860205 |
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Owner name: A. B. DICK COMPANY, ILLINOIS Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST.;ASSIGNOR:ITEK GRAPHIX CORP.;REEL/FRAME:005181/0192 Effective date: 19890401 |