Belt drive rack and tank photographic processing apparatus
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsKevin H. Blakely, Ralph L. Piccinino, Jr., Daniel M. Pagano
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Abstract
A belt driven rack and tank processor includes a belt for driving photosensitive material through a relatively thin processing channel formed by the rack and tank of the processor. The belt travels around a core that displaces fluid within the apparatus so as to provide for a low volume processor. The processor further includes spring loaded engaging rollers which facilitate the conveyance of cut sheets through the processor.
Claims17
An apparatus for processing photosensitive material, the apparatus comprising:
- a tank;
- a rack adapted to be placed in said tank, said rack and said tank being relatively dimensioned so as to provide a processing channel therebetween for holding a processing solution and permitting a photosensitive material to pass therethrough;
- and
- a belt which extends along at least a portion of said processing channel, said belt having an outer surface that faces a photosensitive material in said processing channel and being adapted to be driven so as to convey photosensitive material along said processing channel.
A method of processing photosensitive material, the method comprising the steps of:
- introducing a photosensitive material to be processed into a processing channel that is defined between a tank and a rack placed in the tank, the rack having a belt which extends along at least a portion of the processing channel;
- and
- conveying the photosensitive material to be processed through the processing channel by driving the belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.