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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2001
Akihiro Hashiguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Ashigara, JP;
Abstract
A thermal development sheet cooling method including a first cooling step of employing, at a temperature lower than a development temperature, a rotary member pair to sandwich and feed a thermal development sheet to suppress further development progression; a second cooling step of feeding the thermal development sheet in a non-contact state a predetermined distance through the air at a temperature lower than the temperature of the rotary member pair, thereby cooling the thermal development sheet while the inherent weight thereof induces curling; and a third cooling step of feeding the declined thermal development sheet while in contact with a guide member, and of cooling the thermal development sheet to a temperature equal to or lower than a softening point temperature of a sheet support member, while correcting the curled shape of the sheet.