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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2006
Mark A. Hackler, Ocean, NJ (US);
James J. Grant, Iii, Lincoln University, PA (US);
Bernard F. Hoff, Farmington, NY (US);
Carmo Joseph Pereira, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Wilford Shamlin, Newark, DE (US);
Thomas A. Simpson, Hockessin, DE (US);
Mark A. Hackler, Ocean, NJ (US);
James J. Grant, III, Lincoln University, PA (US);
Bernard F. Hoff, Farmington, NY (US);
Carmo Joseph Pereira, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Wilford Shamlin, Newark, DE (US);
Thomas A. Simpson, Hockessin, DE (US);
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
This invention pertains to a method and apparatus for thermally developing a photosensitive element. The photosensitive element includes a composition layer capable of being partially liquefied upon heating. Heating the layer causes one or more organic compounds in the layer to form a vapor. Oxidation of the vapor forms carbon dioxide and water vapor and reduces the need to manage waste streams containing the organic compounds.