Many have expired. JOBO wasn’t generous in their search for prior art, particularly on reels and water jackets.

Hobby men bragging about their tool raised the question. Germany or China: who do you think is their favorite maker of things mechanical? As always, consider their fear of foreign languages.

When searching, use :JOBO LABORTECH.

id	publication date	title
US-4448365-A	1984-05-15	Film developing spool
FR-2503403-A1	1982-10-08	DEVELOPMENT DRUM FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC EMULSION MEDIA
DE-3941492-A1	1991-06-20	DEVICE FOR DEVELOPING PHOTOMATERIAL
DE-3208968-A1	1983-09-22	Device for developing photographic paper
EP-0076869-A1	1983-04-20	Device for the development of photographic material in a rotatably driven cylindrical drum
US-4473283-A	1984-09-25	Arrangement for developing photomaterials in rotatable drum
DE-3101706-A1	1982-08-26	Device for developing photographic material having a rotating drum
DE-3143635-C2	1983-10-27	Discharge device for treatment liquids of a device for developing photographic material
DE-3113465-A1	1982-10-14	Processing spool for holding a photographic film strip in spiral form
DE-3102074-A1	1982-08-19	Device for developing photo material having a cylindrical drum which is driven to rotate

Key personnel: Helmut Petsching, Walter Kremer, Rainer Bernhardt, Johannes J. Bockemuehl-Simon

Some Past concerns

• Jul, ’08 [among first posts on Forum] “I think the tempering part of my Jobo CPP-2 is busted.I’ve noticed that lately it doesn’t seem to warm up the water.
  Anything I can do to fix it?”

• Aug, ’08 “The fabrication of parts was discontinued in November of 2006,and Omega-Satter USA took over the assets of Jobo photo processing products. I have no idea where you would get a “repair.” The usual fault was the circuit board, which was easy and cheap to replace some years ago. Now, whatever parts you can buy is dependent on wherever you can find them. After using a Jobo for some time you will realize that it would not be the end of the world if it gave out, and lots of film people have never used one”

• Sep, ’23 “when you want a reliable machine working for 30+ years, you have to pay a certain amount of money.Also if you consider that the JOBO products are produced in Germany with highest environmental standards and protection + social standards for the workers (none of that is given in China).“

• Sep, ’23 “I have a CPP3 Jobo unit that is not working properly right now. the control panel is not operating and I am told by Cat Labs who sold it to me that its probably the fuse. Problem in this unit some genius in the factory decided to put the fuses in the guts of the motor unit and taking it apart is not a user friendly issue. I am being told a new motor is going to cost me $3000 to replace which is 2/3 the cost of the machine when I bought it. “