Outside load drum processor
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsRalph L. Piccinino, Jr., Daniel M. Pagano, Joseph A. Manico
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Abstract
A photographic processor is in the form of an outside load drum processor. The outside load drum processor includes a circular member that includes a first wall, a second wall and a side-wall that connects the first wall to the second wall and extends around a perimeter of the circular member. A flexible shield member is wrapped around an outer surface of the side-wall so that a processing path for photographic material to be processed is defined between at least the outer surface of the side-wall and the inner surface of the flexible shield member. The circular drum member is rotated for processing of photographic film within the processing path.
Claims13
A photographic processor comprising:
- a circular member comprising a first wall, a second wall and a side wall connecting the first wall to the second wall and extending around a perimeter of the circular member;
- a flexible shield member wrapped around an outer surface of said side wall, wherein a processing path for photographic material to be processed is defined between at least the outer surface of said side wall and an inner surface of said flexible shield member;
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- an assembly adapted to insert photographic material into said processing path and remove photographic material from said processing path.
A method of processing photographic material, the method comprising the steps of:
- wrapping a flexible shield member around an outer surface of a circular member, at least a portion of said circular member being adapted to be immersed in a processing solution provided in a solution tray;
- thrusting a photographic material to be processed from a cartridge into a processing path defined between the outer surface of said circular member and an inner surface of said flexible shield member;
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- rotating the circular member so as to immerse sections of the photographic material in said processing path into said processing solution to process the photographic material.
A method of processing photographic material, the method comprising the steps of:
- wrapping a flexible shield member around an outer surface of a circular member, at least a portion of said circular member being adapted to be immersed in a processing solution provided in a solution tray;
- using a pair of rollers to drive a photographic material to be processed into a processing path defined between the outer surface of said circular member and an inner surface of said flexible shield member;
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- rotating the circular member so as to immerse sections of the photographic material in said processing path into said processing solution to process the photographic material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.