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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1996
Kent R Struble, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
David J McDaniel, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Duane A Preszler, River Falls, WI (US);
George G Lunde, St. Paul, MN (US);
Imation Corp., Oakdale, MN (US);
Abstract
A thermal processor and method for using the same which is particularly useful for developing a sheet of imaging material, such as photothermographic film. The thermal processor including means for heating the imaging material which include a plurality of heated surfaces within the thermal processor. The thermal processor also includes means for transporting the imaging material through the thermal processor and means for bending the imaging material a plurality of times to have a plurality of curvatures and for positioning the imaging material adjacent to the plurality of heated surfaces when the imaging material is heated by the heating means.