Fuji Photo Film Company, Limited

Tomoyoshi Hyodo

Takatoshi Ishikawa

Yoshiharu Yabuki

Hidetoshi Kobayashi

Katsuhiko Tanaka

Yoshio Ishii

Kazuhiko Matsumoto

Shun-ichi Ishikawa

Fumio Mogi

Hideaki Nomura

An opening device for a solid material package includes a package supporting unit for fixedly supporting a main body of a solid material package having a pair of pulling flaps, an opening unit formed from grips for gripping the pair of pulling flaps so that an opening angle formed by the pair of pulling flaps is 10&#xb0; to 180&#xb0;, a pair of movable pieces for supporting the grips, and pulling units for pulling the pair of movable pieces to open the package, and a moving unit for moving the package supporting unit upward in conjunction with the pulling unit such that the solid material package is caused to move upward as the movable pieces grip the pulling flaps with the grips and the pulling units pull the movable pieces within the opening angle to peel off a seal section of the solid material package to discharge the solid material from the package.

Automatic opening device for solid material package, preparation device for photographic-processing solution, and photographic-processing device

The present invention relates to a method of reading an image, which comprises exposing a color photosensitive material having at least three photosensitive layers containing blue-, green- and red-photosensitive silver halide emulsions, respectively, on a transparent support, processing the exposed color photosensitive material at a processing temperature of 50&#xb0; C. or more to form a silver image, and substantially reading the silver image.

Method of reading an image, method of forming a color image, device for forming a color image, silver halide color photosensitive material, and a device for processing a photosensitive material

A photosensitive material processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a tank that has a body charged with a solution that processes the photosensitive material, the apparatus comprising a filter for purifying the processing solution, and a conduit for circulating the processing solution from a lower region of the tank body to an upper region of the tank body. Further, a pleated cartridge filter for use in a photosensitive material processing comprises a cylindrical pleated filter body formed by folding a filtering sheet member; and a blocking member, including a hole that communicates between an interior of the filter body and the outside, for blocking at least one end of the filter body, wherein a portion of the blocking member contacting the fitting portion is compressed when the blocking member is fitted to the fitting portion to closely contact the same.

Photosensitive material processing apparatus and pleated cartridge filter

A device for processing a photosensitive material using processing solution includes, processing chambers for storing processing solution therein, at least one of the processing chambers being lower than another processing chamber, a bypass for placing each processing chamber that is downstream of another processing chamber relative to conveyance direction of the photosensitive material in fluid communication with the another processing chamber to pass the processing solution therethough, and a check valve disposed at each bypass for allowing the processing solution which flows from the processing chamber disposed downstream relative to conveyance direction of the photosensitive material to the another processing chamber, and for preventing the processing solution from flowing from the another processing chamber to the downstream processing chamber. The valve body of the check valve, which has a specific gravity different from a specific gravity of the processing solution, is urged against the valve seat by buoyant force.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Tomoyoshi Hyodo