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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 1983
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Vincent L Cocco, Wakefield, MA (US);
Assignee:
Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ; G03D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
354303 ; 354 86 ; 354 88 ;
Abstract
A processing apparatus is provided for use with a self-processing film unit of the type including a photosensitive sheet-like film component and a folded and releasably sealed processing liquid applicator secured thereto. The apparatus includes a support for the film unit and an applicator manipulating mechanism that is operable to unseal the applicator and move it to an extended position overlying the film component to bring a substantially uniformly distributed supply of processing liquid carried on an interior surface of the applicator into contact with an outer surface of the film component to initiate processing of the film component.