Film processor

Claim 2

A photographic film processor comprising: a. a cabinet; b. a plurality of chambers in said cabinet for holding liquid materials for processing said film; c. each of said chambers having a bottom opening; d. a plurality of valves seating respectively in said bottom openings; e. a vertical rod extending from each of said valves up through said chambers; f. means for raising said rods for unseating said valves for selectively opening said bottom openings; g. a funnel below said chambers; h. a pan having a passageway leading from each of said valves in the bottom of each of said chambers to said funnel to flow said liquid materials from said chambers to said funnel; i. a film-holding chamber below said funnel for holding edges of said film and providing a small, liquid-holding space adjacent the emulsion surface of said film, said chamber being positioned to receive said liquid materials from said funnel; and j. drain means for draining said liquid materials from said film-holding chamber.

Claim 3

A photographic film processor comprising: a. a cabinet; b. a plurality of chambers in an upper region of said cabinet for holding liquid materials for processing said film; c. an electric heating element around each of said chambers; d. means for energizing said heating elements for controlling the temperature of said liquid material in said chambers; e. a solenoid-actuated valve in the bottom of each of said chambers; f. a funnel below said chambers; g. a pan having a passageway leading from each of said solenoid-actuated valves in the bottom of each of said chambers to said funnel to flow said heated liquid materials from said chambers to said funnel; h. a film-holding chamber below said funnel for holding edges of said film and providing a small, liquid-holding space adjacent the emulsion surface of said film, said chamber being positioned to receive said heated liquid materials from said funnel; i. means for agitating said film-holding chamber to contact said emulsion surface Of said film with said heated liquid materials; j. drain means for draining said liquid materials from said film-holding chamber; k. electric timer switch means having a pre-selected program for opening and closing said solenoid-actuated valves; and l. said drain means includes a solenoid-actuated drain valve controlled by said timer switch means in said program.

Claim 4

A photographic film processor comprising: a. a cabinet; b. a plurality of chambers in an upper region of said cabinet for holding liquid materials for processing said film; c. an electric heating element around each of said chambers; d. means for energizing said heating elements for controlling the temperature of said liquid material in said chambers; e. a solenoid-actuated valve in the bottom of each of said chambers; f. a funnel below said chambers; g. a pan having a passageway leading from each of said solenoid-actuated valves in the bottom of each of said chambers to said funnel to flow said heated liquid materials from said chambers to said funnel; h. a film-holding chamber below said funnel for holding edges of said film and providing a small, liquid-holding space adjacent the emulsion surface of said film, said chamber being positioned to receive said heated liquid materials from said funnel; i. means for agitating said film-holding chamber to contact said emulsion surface Of said film with said heated liquid materials; j. drain means for draining said liquid materials from said film-holding chamber; k. electric timer switch means having a pre-selected program for opening and closing said solenoid-actuated valves; and l. said drain means includes a solenoid-actuated drain valve controlled by said timer switch means in said program.

Claim 5

The processor of claim 2 wherein said temperature control means includes means for selectively and individually controlling the temperature of each of said chambers.

Claim 6

The processor of claim 2 including driven means for loading said film into said film-holding chamber.

Claim 7

The processor of claim 2 wherein said agitating means is motor driven and controlled by said timer switch means in said program.

Claim 8

The processor of claim 2 wherein said timer switch means includes means for selectively varying said program.

Claim 9

The processor of claim 2 wherein said drain means includes a plurality of receptacles for said materials and means indexed by said timer switch means in said program for sequentially positioning said receptacles under said drain valve to receive said materials.

Claim 10

The processor of claim 7 wherein said timer switch means includes means for selectively varying said program.

Claim 11

The processor of claim 8 including driven means for loading said film into said film-holding chamber and wherein said agitating means is motor-driven and controlled by said timer switch means in said program.

Claim 12

The processor of claim 9 wherein said temperature control means includes means for selectively and individually controlling the temperatures of each of said chambers.