Automatic continuous processing apparatus
AssigneeSurtech Company Limited
InventorHironari Sawa
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Abstract
Apparatus for developing exposed photographic materials which is made up of one or more processing baths, with appropriate solutions therein, a support in each bath holding a work panel, a device for lifting the work panel upwardly, and a unit for carrying the work panel from one bath to the next. The panel is lifted by a pair of rollers attached to the lower end of the transporting unit. Within the transporting unit, receivers are located to retain the work panel while it is being transported. The apparatus also includes a guide for controlling the transporting unit along its appropriate path. The apparatus is small and provides improved processing efficiency and flexible operation. It enables the operator to optimize the processing time, even if the time required in individual baths is different.
Claims1
A processing apparatus comprising:
- a) a plurality of processing baths each containing a processing solution,
- b) a support for a work panel disposed in each processing bath,
- c) a lift for said work panel in said support,
- d) a transporting unit disposed over said processing baths, said unit being driven by a driving means,
- (e) a pair of rollers adjacent an upper end of at least one processing bath and adjacent lower ends of said transporting units, said rollers adapted to move said work panel up into one of said transporting units, after said work panel has been lifted by said lift, and down into another one of said processing baths,
- f) a receiver in said transporting unit adapted to receive said work panel when said panel is lifted by said rollers or said lift, and
- g) a guide for said transporting unit disposed over said processing baths along a path on which said processing baths are disposed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.