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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2005
Robert A. Mcmillen, Downingtown, PA (US);
Dietmar Dudek, Langen, DE;
Mark A. Hackler, Ocean, NJ (US);
Anandkumar R. Kannurpatti, E. Windsor, NJ (US);
John W. Trainor, Jr., Vestal, NY (US);
Robert A. McMillen, Downingtown, PA (US);
Dietmar Dudek, Langen, DE;
Mark A. Hackler, Ocean, NJ (US);
Anandkumar R. Kannurpatti, E. Windsor, NJ (US);
John W. Trainor, Jr., Vestal, NY (US);
E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for thermally developing a photosensitive element. The thermal development method includes heating the photosensitive element to a temperature sufficient to cause a portion of a composition layer in the element to liquefy, soften, or melt, contacting the heated photosensitive element with a development medium to absorb the liquefied portion at a contact location, and removing the development medium from the photosensitive element with a remover at a location away from the contact location.