Abstract: There is described an apparatus and method for transporting contact lenses through dipping baths (2, 3, 4) for e.g. rinsing, extraction, coating or loading purposes. The lenses are individually accommodated in respective containers (5) which are capable of enabling a flow of treatment fluid (S) into and out of the container (5). During their automatic transport through the dipping baths (2, 3, 4) the containers (5) are held in carriers (6). Lifters (9) are provided for automatically lowering and raising the carriers (6) in a reciprocating manner along their travel through the dipping bath (2, 3, 4). The reciprocating lowering and raising of the containers (5) is accomplished such, that a portion of each container which accommodates a contact lens remains immersed in the treatment fluid (S) which is contained in the dipping bath (2, 3, 4) while the container (5) suspended from the carrier (6) is advanced through the dipping bath (2, 3, 4) from a starting end to a leaving end thereof.

Abstract: Apparatus for processing exposed photosensitive elements comprising: a cylindrical container having an open end and having a plurality of circumferentially disposed containment vessels for containing processing fluids; an index plate which is rotatably mounted on the container at the open end; a holder for holding an exposed photosensitive element; support structure for mounting the holder on the index plate for movement downwardly and upwardly; and a member on the index plate for manually rotating the plate to sequentially align the holder with the plurality of containment vessels so that at each vessel the holder is manually moved downwardly to submerge the photosensitive element in the processing fluid contained in the vessel and then moved upwardly to remove the element from the fluid.

Abstract: An automatic X ray developing device comprises a base platform, four support legs disposed beneath four corners of the base platform respectively, a rotating disk and a motor disposed beneath the base platform, a plurality of rollers disposed on the base platform, a cylindrical container disposed on the base platform, a clamp seat disposed on the base platform, and a U-shaped seat disposed on the rollers. Three vessels are disposed in the cylindrical container. The cylindrical container, the base platform, and the rotating disk are fastened together. The motor has a shaft. A driving wheel encloses the shaft of the motor. The rotating disk abuts the driving wheel. A clamp holder has an extended rod, a hooked end connected to the extended rod, and a clamp hanging on the extended rod. The clamp clamps an X ray film. The hooked end is disposed on the clamp seat.

Abstract: A film processor includes a cabinet having a processing cavity divided into a series of processing stations containing film processing fluid. A pair of support rails extend longitudinally over the processing cavity. A photographic film carrier is loaded at a loading station adjacent to the first bath, and a transport mechanism raises the film above the loading station, transfers it to a position above the bath at the first processing station, and then lowers the carrier such that the photographic film is immersed in the bath. After processing has been completed in the fixed bath, the photographic film assembly is transferred to succeeding processing stations. After the film is raised above the bath at the last processing station, the door of an adjacent drying compartment is opened automatically, and the carrier is set on the portion of the rails which extend into the drying chamber. The door is then reclosed and drying takes place.