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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1996
Yoshihiko Nakashima, Wakayama, JP;
Togo Kinoshita, Wakayama, JP;
Noritsu Koki Co., Ltd., Wakayama-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A developing apparatus includes a developing tank (2) for developing photosensitive material, an auxiliary tank (3) communicated with the developing tank, a replenishing container (70) communicated with the auxiliary tank and holding therein processing liquid, a replenishing pump (91-94) for feeding the processing liquid from the replenishing container to the auxiliary tank, a replenishing pump operation instructing unit (100B) for activating the replenishing pump in accordance with a condition of the processing tank. The apparatus further includes a detector (91a-94a) for detecting a work amount of the replenishing pump, a determining unit (100B) for determining whether a cumulative value of detected work amount has reached a preset reference work amount or not and a notifying unit for notifying arrival of the cumulative value at the reference work amount in response to the determining unit.
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