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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 24, 1997
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A photosensitive material processing apparatus is provided with a loading section for loading therein a film container accommodating a film which is wound from one edge section in the longitudinal section thereof around a spool shaft with the edge section thereof in the longitudinal section separated from the spool shaft for development and also which is returned in the separated state to a customer, said film accommodated therein in the state of being wound around the spool shaft; a feeding device means for feeding the film into the loading section from another edge section of the film wound around the spool shaft and also retaining the film in the state where the former edge section of the film in the longitudinal direction is kept locked in the loading section; and a single processing tank for receiving a portion of the film fed out by the feeding means from the loading section and developing the film with a processing liquid. Therefore, it is not necessary to convey the film in a curved manner in the processing tank.