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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1995
Lee F Frank, Rochester, NY (US);
David K Bischoff, Fairport, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An air tube for use in a drying apparatus includes a tapered main tube body comprising an open air inlet end and a closed end opposite the open air inlet end, an air discharge port including an air exhaust slot, and an air diffuser located between the main tube body and the air discharge port, wherein the air diffuser includes a plurality of air flow apertures that are located at a position offset from the air exhaust slot of the air discharge port. The air tube is readily incorporated into a film processing system that includes a plurality of processing tanks, a film drying apparatus including a plurality of the air tubes, and a mechanism for transporting a photosensitive film through the processing tanks and into the film drying apparatus.