Patent ID: 6547461
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: G03F

Abstract:
An apparatus for processing photosensitive material, in which the photosensitive material is brushed by a brush member for promoting image forming processing when it is transported through the apparatus, the brush member comprising:(a) a roller adapted for mounting in the apparatus so as to be rotatable about an axis generally transverse to a direction in which the photosensitive material is transported when being processed in the apparatus, the roller having a peripheral surface; and (b) a brushing band having a substrate with bristles woven into the substrate, the brushing band being set into the peripheral surface of the roller, wherein the bristles comprise at least one material selected from the group consisting of natural fibers and artificial fibers, with each bristle having a thickness from 1 to 10,000 deniers, and a length from 1 to 35 mm, with the bristles arranged in the brushing band to have a density from 1000 to 225,000 deniers per square cm, where the density is defined as average number of bristles per unit area multiplied by average thickness of the bristles.