Processor with speed independent fixed film spacing

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EP 0 447 878 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	12.08.1992 Bulletin 1992/33

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	25.09.1991 Bulletin 1991/39

(21)	Application number: 91103385.0

(22)	Date of filing: 06.03.1991

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁵: G03D 13/00, G03D 3/13

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB IT

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Priority:

19.03.1990 US 495867

(71)	Applicant: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
	Rochester, New York 14650-2201 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Samuels, James T., c/o Eastman Kodak Company Rochester, New York 14650 - 2201 (US) Ellsworth, Roger D., c/o Eastman Kodak Company Rochester, New York 14650 - 2201 (US)

(74)	Representative: Blickle, K. Werner, Dipl.-Ing. et al
	KODAK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT Patentabteilung 70323 Stuttgart 70323 Stuttgart (DE)

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(54)	Processor with speed independent fixed film spacing

(57) An automatic film processor sets new reference developer chemical temperatures and film transport speeds in accordance with user input at a keypad (45) and establishes a new delay time to provide constant fixed spacing along the transport path between trailing edge of one film sheet and leading edge of a next film sheet regardless of transport speed. "Wait" and "ready" lights (54, 55) are controlled to signal when a next sheet is to be fed. A microcomputer (43) calculates the delay time and loads a counter (60). A buzzer (58) signals countdown to zero.

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