Photothermographic processing system
US5965331A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 26, 1997 |
| Grant date | Oct 12, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 26, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B27/306
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for bringing a thermographic imaging element (11) to a desired temperature by means of thermal contact with a heating body (10, 30) which is at least filled with an accessory material in a first phase (15) and with said accessory material in a second phase (16) comprise pressure setting means (17, 18) for setting a desired pressure, energy means (19) for exchanging thermal energy with said heating body, detection means for detecting a phase or a phase transition of said accessory material, and relocation means for bringing said imaging element into contact with said heating body.
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