Apparatus and method for thermally processing an imaging material employing means for reducing fogging on the imaging material during thermal processing
US5986238A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 19, 1996 |
| Grant date | Nov 16, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 19, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03D13/002
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A thermal processor and method for using the same which is particularly useful for developing a sheet of imaging material, such as photothermographic film. The thermal processor includes means for transporting the imaging material through the apparatus. The thermal processor also includes means for heating the imaging material to develop the image in the imaging material. The thermal processor also includes means for reducing fogging on the imaging material as the image is developed on the imaging material.
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