Apparatus and method for thermally processing an imaging material employing a preheat chamber
US6979802B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 31, 2004 |
| Grant date | Dec 27, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 31, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03C1/49881
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A preheat chamber for conditioning an imaging material having a conditioning threshold temperature and a developing threshold temperature. The preheat chamber includes a chamber housing and a heating system. The heating system is configured to heat imaging material to a desired conditioning temperature above the conditioning threshold temperature and below the developing threshold temperature as the imaging material is moved through the chamber housing.
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