Patents by Inventor Andre Roefs

Andre Roefs has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6740479
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic processing solution comprising at least one polymeric compound inhibiting sludge formation and preventing “pi-line” artefact, more particularly in radiographic non-destructive testing applications, wherein said polymeric compound comprises at least one monomer unit having a silver complexing moiety and at least one monomer unit having a solubilizing group, and wherein both said silver ion complexing moiety and said solubilizing group are comprised in same or different monomer units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert
    Inventors: Johan Loccufier, Frank Louwet, André Roefs
  • Publication number: 20040023169
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic processing solution comprising at least one polymeric compound inhibiting sludge formation and preventing “pi-line” artefact, more particularly in radiographic non-destructive testing applications, wherein said polymeric compound comprises at least one monomer unit having a silver complexing moiety and at least one monomer unit having a solubilizing group, and wherein both said silver ion complexing moiety and said solubilizing group are comprised in same or different monomer units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Johan Loccufier, Frank Louwet, Andre Roefs
  • Patent number: 6083672
    Abstract: A method of processing an exposed black-and-white silver halide light-sensitive photographic material has been disclosed, said method comprising the steps of developing in a developer solution, followed by fixing in a fixer solution, comprising a hardening agent, preferably a compound providing aluminum ions, and wherein, in running equilibrium conditions, said fixer solution has a pH of at least 4.3, further adding to said fixer a fixer replenisher at a rate of from 0 ml/m.sup.2 up to 300 ml/m.sup.2 ; followed by rinsing and drying, wherein rinsing between developing and fixing is excluded and wherein an .alpha.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert, N.V.
    Inventors: Andre Roefs, Benedictus Jansen, Frank Michiels
  • Patent number: 5895743
    Abstract: A method is disclosed of processing in a processor an image-wise exposed black-and-white light-sensitive silver halide photographic material comprising the steps of developing in a developing solution and fixing in a fixer solution, characterized in that upon starting of the processing the said fixer solution comprises a mixture of a fixer starter solution and a fixer replenisher solution, in that said fixer solution is replenished with the said fixer replenishing solution and in that the said fixer starter solution is a developing solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Assignee: AGFA-Gevaert, N.V.
    Inventors: Andre Roefs, Benedictus Jansen, Frank Michiels
  • Patent number: 5518868
    Abstract: To eliminate the "pi-line" artefact after processing a silver halide industrial photographic X-ray material is disclosed comprising on at least one side of a support, at least one gelatino silver halide emulsion layer and a total amount of silver halide, corresponding to from 6 to 20 g of silver nitrate per square meter and per side, and at least one non-sensitive protective antistress coating, wherein said photographic material comprises at least one vinyl sulphone compound as a hardening agent and at least one polyoxyalkylene compound as a surfactant in at least one of its hydrophilic layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1996
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert, N.V.
    Inventors: Raymond Florens, Pieter Perdieus, Andre Roefs
  • Patent number: 5472834
    Abstract: To eliminate the "pi-line" artefact after processing a silver halide industrial photographic X-ray material is disclosed comprising on at least one side of a support, at least one gelatino silver halide emulsion layer and a total amount of silver halide, corresponding to from 6 to 20 g of silver nitrate per square meter and per side, and at least one non-sensitive protective antistress coating, wherein said photographic material comprises at least one vinyl sulphone compound as a hardening agent and at least one polyoxyalkylene compound as a surfactant in at least one of its hydrophilic layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert, N.V.
    Inventors: Raymond Florens, Pieter Perdieus, Andre Roefs
  • Patent number: 5462831
    Abstract: To eliminate the "pi-line" artifact after processing a method of image formation is disclosed in a silver halide industrial X-ray photographic material, comprising on at least one side of a support, at least one gelatin silver halide emulsion layer and a total amount of silver halide, corresponding to from 6 to 20 g of silver nitrate per square meter and per side, and at least one non-sensitive protective antistress coating, wherein said material further comprises a hardening agent different from a vinyl sulphone compound, preferably formaldehyde, and at least one polyoxyalkylene compound as a surfactant in at least one of its hydrophilic layers, and wherein after exposure to direct X-rays said material is subjected in an automatic processing machine to the steps of developing in a developer comprising at least one anionic alkylphenoxy polyalkyleneoxy phosphate ester surfactant, fixing in a fixer which may comprise at least one alpha-ketocarboxylic acid, rinsing and drying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert, N.V.
    Inventors: Benedictus Jansen, Andre Roefs, Francis Sels, Pieter Perdieus, Raymond Florens
  • Patent number: 5296342
    Abstract: For the processing in a total processing time of 60 seconds or less of exposed X-ray materials containing silver bromide or silver bromoiodide emulsions use is made of an aqueous alkaline photographic developing solution, having a pH in the range of 9 to 12, comprising a dihydroxybenzene developing agent, 4-hydroxymethyl-4-methyl-1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidinone as an auxiliary developing agent, at least one organic antifoggant and a compound providing iodide ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert, N.V.
    Inventors: Andre Roefs, Francis Sels, Marc Van den Zegel