Photographic copying apparatus

Claim 1

A copy device capable of implementing liquid development, drying and fixing comprising an air tight drying chamber, a heating plate provided in said drying chamber, a plurality of heaters to uniformly heat said plate, a plurality of rolls for transporting a copying material, said rolls each having a fluffy coating material therearound selected from the group consisting of fur, velvet and the like, said rolls being disposed juxtaposed to said heating plate, discharge tube means for sucking the air containing liquid developer vapor in said drying chamber and a condenser for liquefying said liquid developer vapor, whereby a copying material subjected to a fixing operation during the passage through said drying chamber is guide-transported making close contact with said heating plate, said harmful air containing liquid developer vapor in said drying chamber being sucked out by said discharge tube means and the pressure in said drying chamber being maintained at a pressure lower than the atmospheric pressure so as to prevent said harmful air from being discharged to the exterior.