Patent ID: 6215103
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: G03D

Abstract:
A heat developing apparatus in which a heat developing photosensitive material is heated while being transported, comprising:a heating section for heating the heat developing photosensitive material;insertion means which is disposed at an upstream side of said heating section and which nips and conveys the heat developing photosensitive material to the heating section;discharging means which is disposed at a downstream side of the heating section and discharges the heat developing photosensitive material from the heating section;heating means, in said heating section, for heating the heat developing photosensitive material as said photosensitive material is conveyed in the heating section; andguide means for guiding the heat developing photosensitive material, which is conveyed between said insertion means and said discharging means, while constantly forming an air layer on a first surface of the heat developing photosensitive material, which first surface has an image recorded thereon,wherein said guide means includes a guide plate which faces a transporting passage of the heat developing photosensitive material and a heat insulating member is provided on at least one portion of a surface of the guide plate, which guide-plate surface contacts the heat developing photosensitive material.