Device for removing moisture from sheets of photographic materials
AssigneeAgfa-Gevaert
InventorsWilfried Hehn, Ernst Schweiger, Stefan Huber
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Abstract
A device for removing moisture from individual sheets of a photographic material has a pair of transport rollers at the incoming side and another pair of transport rollers at the exit side of the device. Arranged between the roller pairs is a squeeze-out surface with a wiper blade set against the squeeze-out surface.
Claims9
A device for removing moisture from individual sheets of a material carrying a photographic layer, said device comprising:
- an incoming side and an exit side,
- a first pair of transport rollers arranged at the incoming side and a second pair of transport rollers arranged at the exit side of a transport path through the device,
- a stationary squeeze-out surface arranged between the first pair of transport rollers and the second pair of transport rollers, and
- an elastic wiper blade set against the squeeze-out surface.
An apparatus for developing individual sheets of a material carrying a photographic layer, said apparatus comprising a plurality of processing tanks containing a processing fluid through which the individual sheets are advanced sequentially, also comprising a dryer, and further comprising a device for removing moisture from said individual sheets, said device comprising:
- an incoming side and an exit side,
- a first pair of transport rollers arranged at the incoming side and a second pair of transport rollers arranged at the exit side of a transport path through the device,
- a stationary squeeze-out surface arranged between the first pair of transport rollers and the second pair of transport rollers, and
- an elastic wiper blade set against the squeeze-out surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.