Patents by Inventor Raymond Florens

Raymond Florens 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: 5620836
    Abstract: According to this invention an assortment is offered of at least five silver halide industrial X-ray photographic materials, to be processed in the processing cycle of an automatic processing machine following the steps of developing, rinsing, fixing, rinsing and drying, wherein each of said film materials comprises at least one gelatino silver halide emulsion layer and at least one non-sensitive protective antistress coating on at least one side of a support, characterised in that for each of said materials belonging to the assortment the total amount of silver halide, expressed as the equivalent amount of silver nitrate, per square meter and per side is lying in the range from 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1997
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert N.V.
    Inventors: Luc Heremans, Raymond Florens
  • 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: 5447817
    Abstract: To eliminate the "pi-line" artefact after processing a method of image formation in a silver halide industrial X-ray photographic material is disclosed wherein said material comprises 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 and wherein said method proceeds by the steps of exposing said material to direct X-rays and processing the material in an automatic processing machine by development, fixing, rinsing and drying, characterized in that said material further comprises at least one vinyl sulphone compound as a hardening agent in at least one of its hydrophilic layers, that development occurs in a developer comprising as a surfactant at least one anionic alkylphenoxy and/or alkoxy polyalkyleneoxy phosphate ester, sulphate ester, alkyl carboxylic, sulphonic or phosphonic acid and/or a salt
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: AGFA-Gevaert, N.V.
    Inventors: Raymond Florens, Pieter Perdieus, Peter Willems, Freddy Henderickx
  • Patent number: 5445927
    Abstract: A photographic silver halide material for industrial radiography comprises a film support and on one or both sides thereof a silver halide emulsion rich in silver chloride and a silver halide emulsion rich in silver bromide either in admixture in the same layer or in contiguous layers. The ratio by weight of colloid binder, e.g. gelatin, to silver halide (expressed as silver nitrate) is from 3:10 to 6:10 and the amount of silver halide corresponds to from 6 g to 20 g of silver nitrate per square meter and per side. The material has been forehardened to an extent such that when it is immersed in demineralised water of 25.degree. C. for 3 minutes there is absorbed less than 2.5 g of water per gram of binder. The material can be processed within a total processing time of less than 5 minutes with a developer and fixer being substantially free from hardening agents and the fixer being substantially free from ammonium ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert, N.V.
    Inventors: Raymond Florens, Pieter Perdieus
  • Patent number: 5413901
    Abstract: A radiographic film package for non-destructive testing purposes has been developed, comprising a radiographic film sheet which is composed of a film support coated at both sides with one or more silver halide emulsion layer(s) and one or more non-light-sensitive protective antistress coating(s) thereover, and a wrapper around said film sheet which is light-opaque and air-tight, and which comprises a heat-sealable thermoplastic layer at the inner side of the wrapper, a transparent polymer layer at the outer side of the wrapper and a layer of aluminum located between said transparent polymer layer and said heat-sealable thermoplastic layer, and wherein at least one antistatic layer coating is provided between the said thermoplastic layer of said wrapper and the emulsion layers of said film sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1995
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert, N.V.
    Inventors: Raymond Florens, Hubert Vandenabeele, Paul Wouters