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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:
Jan. 15, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03D / ; F26B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
354299 ; 34 44 ; 34155 ;
Abstract
The temperature within a drying section of a photosensitive material processing apparatus is controlled at a proper standby temperature when there is no photosensitive material within the apparatus. The standby temperature is estimated from temperature increase characteristics with reference to the operating temperature of the apparatus and/or the length of time required for photosensitve material to arrive at the drying section.