Patents by Inventor Bryan A. I. Snelling

Bryan A. I. Snelling 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).

  • Method of processing silver halide photographic material
    Patent number: 5466563
    Abstract: A method of processing silver halide photographic material comprises the steps of passing a belt for conveying an imagewise exposed silver halide photographic material through the processing tanks, carrying the silver halide photographic material on the belt and processing the silver halide photographic material conveyed by the belt in the processing tanks while replenishing the tanks with constant amounts of replenishing solutions respectively, wherein the method comprises detecting a level of developing solution in development tank and supplying the development tank with an additional fresh developing tank solution or overflow solution from the development tank when said level of developing solution in the tank falls to a predetermined level. This method makes it possible to reduce an amount of the processing solution waste to be drained from the processing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takatoshi Ishikawa, Bryan A. I. Snelling