Processing apparatus
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsAnthony Earle, John F. Daehne
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Abstract
A drum chamber in which photographic material is processed is provided with a section in which the walls overlap to form a narrow channel therebetween. The channel acts as the entrance to and exit from the chamber for the material being processed.
Claims4
An apparatus for processing photographic material, comprising a chamber adapted to hold the photographic material therein, means for introducing processing solution into the chamber, means for removing processing solution from the chamber and means for rotating the chamber, wherein the wall of the chamber has a first end and a second end configured such that the chamber has a substantially circular cross-section, the first end and the second end overlapping by a length sufficient to retain the solution within the chamber during rotation thereof and leaving a narrow channel therebetween, the channel acting as the entrance and the exit for the photographic material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.