Photographic method and apparatus

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR USE IN PROCESSING FLEXIBLE PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIA HAVING A LIGHT-SENSITIVE COATING ON ONE SURFACE COMPRISING: (A) A TUBULAR CONTAINER COMPRISED OF A CYLINDRICAL SHELL AND SPACED APART END WALL; (B) A TUBULAR CONDUIT FIXED IN EACH END WALL AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID TUBULAR CONTAINER, SAID TUBULAR CONDUITS BEING IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID CONTAINER; (C) AN OPEN CONTAINER FOR HOLDING A FLUID HAVING A SHELL AND END WALLS WHEREIN EACH THERE ARE MOUNTED A PLURALITY OF ROLLERS ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID TUBULAR CONDUITS AND ROTATABLY SUPPORT SAID CONTAINER IN A HORIZONTAL ATTITUDE, THERE BEING AN ANNULAR SPACE BETWEEN THE SHELL OF SAID CONTAINER AND THE SHELL OF SAID RECEPTACLE; (D) A PLURALITY OF RADIAL VANES MOUNTED TO AND EXTENDING FROM THE SHELL OF SAID TUBULAR CONTAINER, SAID VANES LYING IN A PLANE GENERALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID TUBULAR CONTAINER; (E) A TUBE MOUNTED LENGTHWISE TO THE INSIDE SURFACE OF THE SHELL OF SAID OPEN CONTAINER AND HAVING THEREIN AN APERTURE LOCATED OPPOSITE SAID VANES; AND (F) CONDUIT MEANS MOUNTED TO SAID TUBE FOR FLOWING WATER THEREIN, SAID WATER EMERGING FROM SAID APERTURE AS A JET IN AN ANGULAR DIRECTION AGAINST SAID VANES WHEREBY SAID CYLINDRICAL TUBE ROTATES ABOUT ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS, SAID WATER ALSO PARTIALLY FILLING SAID OPEN CONTAINER AND PARTIALLY BUOYANTLY SUPPORTING SAID TUBULAR CONTAINER.