Apparatus and method for thermally processing an imaging material employing improved heating means
US5869807A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 2, 1996 |
| Grant date | Feb 9, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 2, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03D13/002
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A thermal processor particularly useful for developing a sheet of imaging material, such as photothermographic film. A thermal processor useful for thermally developing an image in an imaging material. At least a first roller and a second roller are positioned to contact the imaging material when the imaging material is transported into the thermal processor. A first heating means includes first and second curved, heated portions which wrap around a first circumferential portion of the first roller and the second roller to heat these rollers.
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