Title:
METHOD FOR COOLING HEAT DEVELOPABLE SHEET AND HEAT DEVELOPMENT APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3894276
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a method for cooling a heat developable sheet in a heat development apparatus, which can suppress the image quality variation due to the fluctuation of developing time and prevent the physical deformation of the heat developable sheet.
SOLUTION: The method for cooling the heat developable sheet consists of: a first cooling step for suppressing the progress of development by clamping and carrying the heat developable sheet A by using a couple of rotary bodies 4 which has a cooling temperature lower than development temperature; a second cooling step for carrying out natural cooling by carrying the heat developable sheet A for only a prescribed distance in a non-contact state in air of temperature lower than the cooling temperature of the couple of the rotary bodies 4 and making the sheet curve with the weight of the sheet itself; and a third cooling step for cooling the curved heat developable sheet A to a temperature equal to or below the softening point of the sheet support while carrying the sheet in contact with a guide member 5A to correct the curved shape.
Inventors:
Akihiro Hashiguchi
Application Number:
JP2000365314A
Publication Date:
March 14, 2007
Filing Date:
November 30, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
FUJIFILM Corporation
International Classes:
G03D13/00; (IPC1-7): G03D13/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2000098577A |
Foreign References:
| WO1997028489A1 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shohei Oguri
Hironori Honda
Toshimitsu Ichikawa
Takeshi Takamatsu
Kiyozumi Yazawa
Hironori Honda
Toshimitsu Ichikawa
Takeshi Takamatsu
Kiyozumi Yazawa
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