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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:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Philippe Gerald Robert, Poncey, FR;
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ; B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422183 ; 422186 ; 422182 ; 588204 ; 205688 ;
Abstract
A device for destroying by electro-oxidation a photographic solution having at least one photographic developer. The device comprises a) an electro-oxidation unit adapted to degrade the photographic developer into volatile organic compounds and to produce hydrogen and oxygen, b) an expansion reservoir designed to contain the gaseous mixture generated by said electro-oxidation unit; and c) a combustion unit supplied with the gaseous mixture from the expansion reservoir.