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Apparatus for thermal development having a removable support member

US7398812B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20References

14Claims

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Assignee

E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY · US

Inventors

Mark A. Hackler · Waretown, US
Dietmar Dudek · Langen, DE
William W. Early · Wilmington, US
Anandkumar R. Kannurpatti · Glen Mills, US
Jeffrey R. Lake · Pittsford, US
Robert A. McMillen · Downingtown, US
David B. Neufeglise · Pittsford, US
Pier Luigi Sassanelli · Oberursel, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 10, 2004
Grant date	Jul 15, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 13, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T156/1744
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This invention pertains to a method and apparatus for thermally developing a photosensitive element, and particularly to a method and apparatus for supporting the photosensitive element with a removable flexible support member during thermal treatment.

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