Low maintenance processing baths for photo booth - uses separate drives and extended transfer paths to reduce fluid carry-over between baths

摘要

The automatic processing camera equipment, of a photo-booth, has a set of processing baths through which the print is passed. Each bath has a separate transport system for the print, with an endless band (36) looped over upper and lower rollers and fitted with drive claws (38). The claws move the prints along guides over the band and pass them to the input slots of the next stage. The only fluid dragged between baths is that which adheres to the prints. With the transport path lengthened above each bath most of the fluid drains off the prints. The system enables the remotely positioned booths to operate for long periods without attention.