摘要 |
Apparatus for developing a film chip, including transport units for advancing a chip through tanks of processing chemicals and transfer units for receiving a film chip rising out of one transport unit and moving it over and down into the next transport unit in the next tank. Each transport unit includes several pairs of laterally spaced screws for engaging opposite edges of the film chip, so that as the screws rotate, the chip is slowly advanced along the tank. A raising wheel is positioned at one end of each screw to engage an edge of the film chip, the wheels rotating in directions to move the chip upwardly out of the tank. Each transfer unit includes a roller and a flat belt that moves in an endless path over the roller, so that a film chip is received between the roller and belt and is moved in an arc to the next tank.
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