Thermal processor employing varying roller spacing

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2006-09-19

2006-09-19

Rutledge, D. (Department: 2851)

Photography

Fluid-treating apparatus

Heating, cooling, or temperature detecting

C355S027000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07108433

ABSTRACT:
A thermal processor for thermally developing an image in an imaging material. The thermal processor includes an oven and a plurality of rollers positioned to form a transport path and, through contact with the imaging material, configured to move the imaging material through the oven along the transport path. Each roller has an initial contact point and a final contact point with the imaging material as the imaging material moves along the transport path. A spacing between the rollers is varied such that a distance between a final contact point and an initial contact point of at least a first pair of rollers along the transport path is different from a distance between a final contact point and an initial contact point of at least a second pair of consecutive rollers along the transport path.

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