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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2004
Applicants:
Kent R. Struble, Woodbury, MN (US);
Duane A. Preszler, River Falls, WI (US);
Inventors:
Kent R. Struble, Woodbury, MN (US);
Duane A. Preszler, River Falls, WI (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F27D011/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A preheat chamber for conditioning an imaging material having a conditioning threshold temperature and a developing threshold temperature. The preheat chamber includes a chamber housing and a heating system. The heating system is configured to heat imaging material to a desired conditioning temperature above the conditioning threshold temperature and below the developing threshold temperature as the imaging material is moved through the chamber housing.