Patents by Inventor Francois P. Loots

Francois P. Loots 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: 4688917
    Abstract: A device for wet porocessing of photographic films comprises a film processing device and a storage container for storing a processing liquid supplied to the film processing device. The film processing device has a housing which is formed as a container in which a bath of the processing liquid is located and through which a film base is guided by means of rotary inlet rollers, rinsing rollers and squeezing rollers. The pair of rinsing rollers are each positioned in a cage which is extended to form a liquid-distributing channel connected to a respective feeding conduit leading from the storage container. A conduit system for continually renewing the processing liquid in the device is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1987
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert AG
    Inventors: Jurgen Muller, Francois P. Loots, Remi Vanhorebeek
  • Patent number: 4386431
    Abstract: An X-ray film cassette has body and cover parts movable relative to one another between open and closed positions and provided with locking elements, magnetic and counter plates associated with these parts and attractable to one another, at least one reinforcing foil arranged to be brought together with a film between the magnetic and counter plates, wherein the reinforcing foil has a surface arranged to face toward the film and being rough with a roughness of between 10 and 60 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1983
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert AG
    Inventors: Willy K. Van Landeghem, Petrus J. De Maayer, Francois P. Loots, Hendrik A. Pattyn, Walter Bauer, Heinrich Farber, Jurgen Muller, Manfred Schmidt