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Abstract

An apparatus for automatically processing film discs including a transport system for moving the discs through successive processing stations and a friction drive system for spinning the discs at each station for agitation and/or drying. The transport system utilizes a unique carrier spindle having a nipple on one end thereof upon which a group of film discs is removably mounted. The transport system successively transports a loaded carrier spindle from one processing station to the next. At some stations the carrier spindle is positioned so that the film discs carried thereby enter a liquid tank thereat and at other stations the spindle is positioned to facilitate disc drying. The friction drive system includes a drive belt which frictionally contacts the carrier spindle at each station for spin agitation and/or drying.

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