US3304850A - Apparatus for processing photographic materials - Google Patents

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US3304850A
US3304850A US351476A US35147664A US3304850A US 3304850 A US3304850 A US 3304850A US 351476 A US351476 A US 351476A US 35147664 A US35147664 A US 35147664A US 3304850 A US3304850 A US 3304850A
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  • the present invention relates to improvements in such a holding bar and in the means for attaching the photographic material thereto.
  • the prior devices of the above-mentioned type were usually provided with one or more holding bars which were secured to the outer surface of the drum and were adapted to clamp the photographic material directly upon this drum surface. This required one end of the photographic material to be slipped or pushed underneath one of the longitudinal edges of the holding bar or underneath a plurality of teeth on this edge.
  • a feature of the invention for attaining this object consists in providing the holding bar itself with suitable means for removably securing one end of the photographic material thereto.
  • Another feature of the invention consists in mounting this holding bar on the outer surface of the drum in such a manner as to be spaced from this surface so that a slot is formed between them which preferably extends along the entire length of the holding bar and permits the respective processing liquid including the washing water to pass freely through this slot when the drum is rotated. As soon as the rotation of the drum is started, a part of the processing liquid will then flow through this slot and press against the inner surface 3,304,850 Patented Feb. 21, 1967 of the photographic material which is attached at one end to the holding bar and thereby lift the material off the outer surface of the drum.
  • the photographic material will then extend substantially parallel to the peripheral surface of the drum as long as the rotation of the drum continues and the inner surface of the material will never come into-contact with the drum. Consequently, both surfaces of the photographic material will be equally treated by the processing liquid.
  • Another feature of the invention consists in providing the holding bar at least at its two ends thereof with feet whose height determines the width of the slot for the passage of the processing liquid. These feet may be secured to the ends of the holding bar, for example, by being provided with tapped bores into which the threaded ends of the holding bar may be screwed.
  • a further feature of the invention consists in designing the holding bar so as to make it adjustable to different positions around the periphery of the drum and also removable therefrom whereby any suitable number of such holding bars can be mounted on the drum and photographic materials of different sizes can be connected thereto.
  • An additional feature of the invention therefore consists in the provision of suitable clamping means for quickly connecting the holding bar or bars to the drum or removing them therefrom and for quickly adjusting each of them to any desired position around the periphery of the drum, preferably in a direction substantially parallel to the axis of the drum.
  • Another preferred feature of the invention consists in making the holding bar of such a shape that the lower surface thereof which is spaced from the outer surface of the drum so as to form the slot for the passage of the processing liquid is downwardly inclined toward the drum, as seen in the direction opposite to the rotation of the drum, whereby the flow area through the slot decreases in the direction of flow of the processing liquid and a nozzle effect is thus produced.
  • Still another feature of the invention consists in the provision of suitable clamping means for attaching the photographic material to the holding bar.
  • these clamping means are mounted on the upper side of the holding bar and at equal distances from each other and are adapted to be moved independently of each other from their released position to their clamping position and vice versa. They may be of a very inexpensive construction in the form of U-shaped wire clamps which are pivotable about an axis parallel to the axis of rotation of the drum.
  • the clamping means are adjustable on the hold ing bar to different positions in the longitudinal direction thereof and are adapted to be locked in any of these positions to the holding bar which in this case is preferably made of a round cross section.
  • the clamping means are then preferably provided in the form of simple spring clamps similar to clothes pins, each of which is mounted on a support which is adjustable in the longitudinal direction on the holding bar and the two clamping arms of which are pivotable relatively to each other about an axis either parallel or perpendicular to the axis of the drum.
  • Each of these supports preferably carries a pair of these spring clamps which, especially if they ex-' tend in the same direction and are pivotable about a common horizontal axis, may be spaced at such a distance from each other that the two clamps on one support may be operated either independently of each other or simultaneously with one finger.
  • One pair of these clamps may then be attached to the edge of one sheet of photographic material or to the corresponding edges of two closely adjacent sheets.
  • each spring clip is pivotable about a vertical axis on the support, two such clips on two different supports may be attached to the opposite lateral edges of the photographic sheet near the end thereof. This has the considerable advantage that the spring clips will then be located laterally of the direction of flow of the processing liquid over the photographic material and will thus not impede the flow in this direction. The processing liquid will therefore flow fully uniformly along the outer and inner sides of the material and act equally upon both sides.
  • the invention further provides that the clamping means are made in the form of longitudinally slotted clamping sleeves which have an inner cross-sectional shape in accordance with the shape of the holding bar but an inner width slightly larger than the thickness of the holding bar.
  • clamping sleeves are snapped over the holding bar upon which the end of a photographic sheet is placed and thereby grip the latter sufficiently so that it will not be pulled off the bar by the drag of the current of processing liquid on this sheet in the direction transverse to the bar, but they surround the holding bar with such a clearance that they are slidable thereon in its longitudinal direction and thus permit the photographic sheet to expand in this direction.
  • FIG. 1 shows a side view of a part of a drum and a holding bar thereon to which a photographic film or print is attached;
  • FIG. 2 shows a cross section which is taken along the line 22 of FIG. 1;
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 show side views of a holding bar, according to a modified embodiment of the invention, with several pairs of spring clamps which are adjustable in the longitudinal direction of the holding bar; while FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of a holding bar with clamping sleeves according to another embodiment of the invention.
  • the drum 1 has a hollow cylindrical shape and is rotatable about its longitudinal axis within a container, not shown, which is adapted to receive the respective processing liquid or washing water for treating photographic materials which may consist of photographic films, prints or enlargements.
  • Drum 1 carries one or more holding bars 5 which extend substantially parallel to the axis of the drum and are removably secured to its outer surface 2 by means of a pair of clamps 4 which bear upon the inner surface of the drum at points 3 near the opposite outer edges thereof.
  • This holding bar 5 is provided on its opposite outer ends with a pair of feet 6 by means of which the holding bar is spaced from the outer surface 2 of the drum in the radial direction of the latter so as to form an intermediate slot 7 of a width h.
  • the lower (i.e. inner) side 8 of the holding bar 5 is inclined toward the outer surface 2 of the drum in the direction opposite to the direction of rotation 9 of the drum so that the flow area of slot 7 decreases in the direction of flow 10 of the processing liquid.
  • the slot 7 produces a nozzle effect and thereby an increase of the velocity of flow of the processing liquid.
  • clamping means in the form of a plurality of U-shaped wire clamps 14 which are pivotally mounted in bearing blocks 15 and are each provided with a central part 16 which, when pivoted slightly beyond its dead-center position, is adapted to clamp the end 17 of the film 18 or the print 19 against the upper surface of a longitudinal ledge 20 of the holding bar 5.
  • the holding bar has the shape of a rod 21 of a round cross section and each of its ends is provided with a screw thread 22 which is screwed into a block-shaped foot 23 whose length between its lower end and the rod 21 determines the width h of the slot 7.
  • Rod 21 carries a plurality of pairs of identical spring clamps 25 connected to a preferably flat supporting member 24 which by means of a bearing member is adjustable along the rod 21 to different positions in which it may be secured to rod 21 by a setscrew 26.
  • each spring clamp 25 may be pivotable relatively to each other on the end of the supporting member 24 about an axis defined by a pin 27 which extends parallel to the axis of rod 21 and thus also parallel to the axis of rotation of drum 1, one of the arms may be integral with and project from the supporting member 24, while only the other arm is pivotable about the pin 27.
  • the two spring clamps 25- on each supporting member 24 are preferably spaced at such a distance from each other that both of them together may be used for clamping the end 17 of a film 18. This distance may be so short that the upper ends of the two pivotable arms on the same side of the two clamps 25 on one supporting member as shown in FIG. 3 may be depressed simultaneously with one or two fingers to open these clamps. If, however, a print 19 of a greater width is to be clamped, two or more pairs of clamps 25 may be used. Of course, the two clamps 25 on one supporting member 24 may also be used to clamp the edges of two closely adjacent films or prints.
  • FIG. 4- illustrates a modification of the spring clamps according to FIG. 3.
  • each clamp is mounted on its supporting member 24 so as to be pivotable about an axis defined by a pin 27 which extends perpendicularly to the axis of rod 21 and to the axis of rotation of drum 1.
  • the two spring clamps 25 on each sup-.- porting member are preferably disposed one above the other. Two' adjacent supporting members 24 are then adjusted on the rod 21 to such a distance from each other that the two corresponding spring clamps 25 thereon will grip the lateral edges of the photographic material 15 near its end.
  • This embodiment of the invention has the advantage that, since the spring clamps 25 are located laterally of the photographic material 19 to be treated, these clamps do not impede the flow of the processing liquid in the longitudinal direction of the material and the processing liquid can therefore pass very evenly and equally on both sides along the photographic material 19.
  • FIG. finally illustrates another modification of the holding bar and the clamping means thereon.
  • This holding bar again preferably consists of a rod 21 of a round cross section, while the clamping means consist of slotted elongated sleeves 28 of a resilient material which are adapted to be snapped over the rod 21 and the end 17 of a larger print or enlargement 19 thereon in the direction shown by the arrow 29.
  • These clamping sleeves 28 have an inner diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the rod 21 so as to grip the end 17 of the print 19 sufficiently to prevent them from being pulled off the rod 21 by the drag on the print produced by the flow of processing liquid, but this grip of the clamping sleeves 28 on the end 17 of the print 19 is still so loose that the print can slide in the axial direction (arrows 30) along the rod 21.
  • All of the embodiments of the holding bar according to the invention including the different clamping means as previously described may be employed individually or together or in different combinations of the parts thereof, as well as in any desired number, on the drum 1.
  • the holding bar 5 according to FIGS. 1 and 2 is especially suitable for films and photographic papers of a size of approximately 5 x 7" up to x 24
  • the holding bar 21 according to FIG. 3 is suitable especially for paper sizes of less than 5 x 7".
  • the holding bar 21 with the transversely extending spring clamps 25 as shown in FIG. 4 is, however, preferred especially when a particularly sensitive developing process is to be carried out which requires a very even flow of the processing liquid.
  • the holding bar 21 with its clamping sleeves 28 accord ing to FIG. 5 is suitable especially for clamping the ends of very large paper sizes of more than 20 x 24" where the loss of the edge portion 17 because of insufiicient treatment is of no importance.
  • the holding bars 5 or 21 are mounted so closely adjacent to each other on the drum 1 that the individual films orv sheets of paper overlap each other somewhat like roof shingles, it is possible to attach to the drum 1, and to process simultaneously, three or more times the number of such films or sheets that can be processed if they are attached to the holding bars peripherally behind and spaced from each other.
  • the successive holding bars may be spaced at increasing distances from the outer surface 2 of the drum 1 so that the width h of the slot 7 between each suoceeding holding bar and the outer surface 2 will be slightly greater than that of the slot 7 on the preceding bar.
  • An apparatus for processing exposed photographic sheet material such as films or prints, comprising a container adapted to receive a processing liquid, a drum immersed into said liquid and adapted to rotate continuously in one direction therein, and mechanism for connecting said photographic material to said drum for treatment by said processing liquid; said mechanism comprising at least one bar, support means for securing said bar to said drum adjacent the outer peripheral surface of said drum and substantially parallel to the axis of said drum, said bar having an inner edge portion radially spaced from said outer surface and forming therewith a continuous slot for the passage of said processing liquid therethrough during the rotation of said drum, and gripper means disposed near the ends of said slot for removably connecting said photographic sheet material to said bar.
  • An apparatus for processing exposed photographic sheet material such as films or prints, comprising a container adapted to receive a processing liquid, a drum immersed into said liquid and adapted to rotate continuously in one direction therein, and mechanism for connecting said photographic material to said drum for treatment by said processing liquid; said mechanism comprising at least one bar, support means for fixedly securing said bar to said drum at a predetermined distance from the outer peripheral surface of said drum and substantially parallel to the axis of said drum, said bar having an inner edge radially spaced from said outer surface and forming therewith a continuous slot extending substantially along the entire length of said bar for the passage of said processing liquid therethrough during the rotation of said drum, and gripper means distributed over substantially the entire length of said slot for removably connecting said photographic sheet material to said bar.
  • An apparatus for processing exposed photographic sheet material such as films or prints comprising a container adapted to receive a processing liquid, a drum immersed into said liquid and adapted to rotate continuously and unidirectionally therein, and mechanism for connecting said photographic material to said drum for treatment by said processing liquid; said mechanism comprising at least one bar and extending along the outer peripheral surface of said drum and substantially parallel to the axis of said drum, said bar having an inner edge radially spaced from said outer surface and forming therewith a continuous slot extending substantially along the entire length of said bar for the passage of said processing liquid therethrough during the rotation of said drum, spacing means engaging the outer ends of said bar and rising from said outer surface for supporting said bar and maintaining the width of said slot, and a gripper means distributed over substantially the entire length of said slot for removably connecting said photographic sheet material to said bar.
  • An apparatus for processing exposed photographic sheet material such as films or prints, comprising a container adapted to receive a processing liquid, a drum'immersed into said liquid and adapted to rotate continuously therein, and mechanism for connecting said photographic material to said drum for treatment by said processing liquid; said mechanism comprising at least one bar connected to said drum and extending along the outer peripheral surface of said drum and substantially parallel to the axis of said drum, said bar having an inner edge radially spaced from said outer surface and forming therewith a slot extending substantially along the entire length of said bar for the passage of said processing liquid therethrough during the rotation of said drum, spacing means engaging the outer ends of said bar and rising from said outer surface for supporting said bar and maintaining the width of said slot, and gripper means for removably connecting said photographic sheet material to said bar, said spacing means including a pair of members threadedly secured to said outer end of said bar and resting on said outer surface adjacent opposite peripheral edges of said drum.
  • An apparatus for processing exposed photographic sheet material such as films or prints, comprising a container adapted to receive a processing liquid, a drum immersed into said liquid and adapted to rotate continuously in one direction therein, and mechanism for connecting said photographic material to said drum for treatment by said processing liquid; said mechanism comprising at least one bar, support means for securing said bar to said drum adjacent the outer peripheral surface of said drum and substantially parallel to the axis of said drum, said bar having an inner edge portion radially spaced from said outer surface and forming therewith a slot for the passage of said processing liquid therethrough during the rotation of said drum, and gripper means for removably connecting said photographic sheet material to said bar, said support means including clamping means for removably securing said bar to said drum and for permitting said bar to be mounted in different positions around the periphery of said drum.
  • An apparatus for processing exposed photographic sheet material such as films or prints comprising a container adapted to receive a processing liquid, a drum immersed into said liquid and adapted to rotate continuously in one direction therein, and mechanism for connecting said photographic material to said drum for treatment by said processing liquid; said mechanism comprising at least one bar, support means for securing said bar to said drum adjacent the outer peripheral surface of said drum and substantially parallel to the axis of said drum, said bar having an inner edge portion radially spaced from said outer surface and forming therewith a slot for the passage of said processing liquid therethrough during the rotation of said drum, and gripper means for removably connecting said photographic sheet material to said bar, said inner edge portion forming a surface which is inclined toward said outer surface of said drum so that said slot decreases in width in the direction opposite to the direction of rotation of saidtdrum.
  • An apparatus for processing exposed photographic sheet material such as films or prints comprising a container adapted to receive a processing liquid, a drum immersed into said liquid and adapted to rotate continuously in one direction therein, and mechanism for connecting said photographic material to said drum for treatment by said processing liquid; said mechanism comprising at least one bar, support means for securing said bar to said drum adjacent the outer peripheral surface of said drum and substantially parallel to the axis of said drum, said bar having an inner edge portion radially spaced from said outer surface and forming therewith a slot for the passage of said processing liquid therethrough during the rotation of said drum, and gripper means for removably connecting said photographic sheet to said bar, said gripper means including a plurality of clamping members equispaced from one another along said bar.
  • each of said clamping members comprises a substantially crankshaped clamp having two arms rotatably mounted on said bar so as to be pivotable about an axis extending parallel to the axis of said drum, the central part of said clamp between said arms being adapted in said clamping position to clamp one end of said photographic sheet material against said bar.
  • An apparatus for processing exposed photographic sheet material such as films or prints comprising a container adapted to receive a processing liquid, a drum immersed into said liquid and adapted to rotate continuously in one direction therein, and mechanism for connecting said photographic material to said drum for treatment by said processing liquid; said mechanism comprising at least one rod, support means for securing said rod to said drum adjacent the outer peripheral surface of said drum and Cir substantially parallel to the axis of said drum, said rod having an inner edge portion radially spaced from said outer surface and forming therewith a slot for the passage of said processing liquid therethrough during the rotation of said drum, and gripper means for removably connecting said photographic sheet to said rod, said gripper means comprising a plurality of clamping members slidable longitudinally along said rod and locking means for individu-' ally securing each of said clamping members to said rod.
  • each of said clamping members comprises a supporting member slidably mounted at one end on said rod and carrying said locking means, and at least two spring clamps on said supporting member extending substantially parallel to and spaced from each other, each of said spring clamps having a pair of arms movable relatively to each other from a gripping position to a releasing position and being adapted in said gripping position resiliently to grip one end of said photographic sheet material between them.
  • each supporting member carries two of said spring clamps extending in opposite directions to each other for gripping a lateral edge of one photographic sheet at one side of said supporting member and a lateral edge of another photographic sheet at the opposite side of said supporting member.
  • An apparatus for processing exposed photographic sheet material such as films or prints, comprising a container adapted to receive a processing liquid, a drum immersed into said liquid and adapted to rotate continuously in one direction therein, and mechanism for connecting said photographic material to said drum for treatment by said processing liquid; said mechanism comprising at least one rod, support means for securing said rod to said drum adjacent the outer peripheral surface of said drum and substantially parallel to the axis of said drum, said rod having an inner edge portion radially spaced from said outer surface and forming therewith a slot for the passage of said processing liquid therethrough during the rotation of said drum, and gripper means for removably connecting said photographic sheet to said rod, said gripper means comprising a plurality of slotted resilient elongated sleeves adapted to be snapped over said rod at different parts thereof so as to grip the end of a photographic sheet on said bar sufliciently to prevent it from being pulled off by the drag exerted thereon by the flow of processing liquid upon rotation of said drum, each of said slotted sleeves having an inner width slightly greater than the

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