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Method and device for processing a photographic film

US5678112A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 19, 1996
Grant dateOct 14, 1997
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Expiry dateJul 19, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03C7/44
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention concerns a method and a device for processing a photographic film. The process comprises the following steps: a) circulating the film (2) in a series of processing baths (5, 6, 7, 8), each of the baths having a rinsing zone (53, 62, 73, 82) including one or more tanks; b) recovering and treating the waste water coming from all the rinsing zones in a single nanofiltration device (100), common to all the processing baths; and c) recycling the permeate (106) from the nanofiltration device (100) in each of the rinsing zones (43, 62, 73, 82) of each of the processing baths (5, 6, 7, 8). Application to the processing of photographic films.

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