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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:
Nov. 03, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03D / ; G03D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
396626 ; 396612 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for processing a light sensitive material comprises a conveying roller which provides a drop of water with a contact angle .theta.0 on a surface of the conveying roller, wherein the contact angle satisfies the following relation: 60.degree..ltoreq..theta..ltoreq.160.degree., and a flow-creating device. The conveyor roller and the flow-creating device are adjusted so that the synthetic flow velocity is not slower than 80 mm/sec, wherein a synthetic flow velocity is composed of the conveying speed of the light sensitive material and the flow velocity of the developing solution.