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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:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Glunz & Jensen A/S, Ringsted, DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03D 3/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03D 3/02 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for the preparation of a bath (,) for processing photographic material comprises a tank (,) adapted for holding the bath, a container (,) for holding a feedstock fluid and a separator (,) in fluid communication with the container to receive feedstock fluid from the container. The separator comprises a fluid inlet port (,), a liquid outlet (,), a vent opening (,) and means adapted for separating liquid and gas by a cyclone action. The separator provides a manifold for merging inlet flow connections from several containers. The invention provides an apparatus, a method, a manifold, and a use of a manifold.