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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 1980
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1978
Harvey S Friedman, Sudbury, MA (US);
Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
An improved cylindrical processing roller is provided for use in a motor driven photographic processing apparatus of the type which spreads a fluid processing composition in a thin, substantially uniform layer between selected layers of integral type self-processable film units while advancing the film units to the exterior of a camera after they have been photoexposed. The improvement in the roller resides in a novel circumferential roller surface roughened by a method which utilizes a pulsed laser to form a plurality of microscopic craters in the surface. The cratered surface provides the roller with a high-friction characteristic for transporting the film units but is insufficiently rough to leave any visually perceptible marks on them.