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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:
Dec. 01, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 15, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takashi Nakamura, Minami-ashigara, JP;
Toshio Kurokawa, Minami-ashigara, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
354320 ; 354323 ; 354324 ;
Abstract
Photosensitive material is processed by charging a plurality of serially arranged compartments defined in the interior chamber of a single processing tank with processing solution, and successively passing the photosensitive material through the compartments while maintaining continuous contact with the solution. The solution can be a developer, bleach-fix solution or wash water. An apparatus is also provided comprising a single tank, a plurality of compartments defined in the tank, and feed rollers in the compartments for feeding the photosensitive material through the compartments.