Method and apparatus for the automated image formation on any photographic media
AssigneeCaisse Regional de Credit Agricole Mutuel de L'yonne
InventorAndre Milovanovich
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Abstract
According to the method of the invention, photographic media are transported from one treatment station to another by means of a conveyor belt (1) on which they are held by temporary adhesion by using adhesive means, said media (10) being then removed from the belt by means of an extractor (9). The adhesive means have, with respect to the belt (1), an adhesive power different from the adhesive power they have with respect to the medium (10), so that, during the extraction phase, they remain either on the belt (1) or on the medium (10), according to the desired aim. The invention allows to improve the performances and to extend the application fields of apparatuses using the transfer principle by conveyor belt with temporary adhesion.
Claims26
Apparatus for an automated formation of images on photographic media, said apparatus comprising a transporter belt on which said media are placed by a distributor and temporarily fixed by adhesive means, treatment stations through which said media are successively transported by the belt, and an extractor for extracting said media from said belt, wherein:
- i. said belt has a supporting surface having with said adhesive means a first adhesive power;
- ii. said media each comprises a back surface which is fixed on said supporting surface and which has with said adhesive means a second adhesive power different from said first adhesive power;
- iii. said adhesive means are initially placed on the surface having the lower adhesive power so as to be selftransferred by the extractor on the surface having the greatest adhesive power.
Apparatus for an automated formation of images on photographic media, said apparatus comprising at least one transporter belt coming from a feed reel and being wound on a take-up reel, this transporter belt following, between these two reels, a path passing through an exposure station, and a device for extracting the said media disposed between said station and said take-up reel this extraction device having two positions, namely:
- an "extraction" position in which the media are extracted from the belt and transmitted to a development apparatus and a "transfer" position in which the media are transferred to the take-up reel.
Apparatus for an automated formation of images on photographic media said apparatus comprising a transporter belt on which said media are placed by a distributor and temporarily fixed by adhesive means, and an extractor which comprises a guiding piece having two controllable positions, a first position, wherein the transporter belt is caused to follow a curved path with a small radium of curvature and said medium is extracted from said belt, and a second position, wherein the transporter belt is caused to follow a path with a greater radium of curvature without extraction of said media.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.