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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:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
May. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shigeki Nishida, Wakayama, JP;
Yuji Yamamoto, Wakayama, JP;
Assignee:
Noritsu Koko Co. Ltd., Wakayama-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
396578 ; 396626 ; 430398 ;
Abstract
A photographic processing apparatus includes a unit for supplying processing liquid to a processing tank, a unit for forcibly draining processing liquid from the tank, a unit for means for measuring an amount of processing liquid in the tank and a unit for supplying water to the tank. The apparatus further includes a unit for determining an amount of water evaporated from the liquid in the tank based on amounts of liquid coming in and out of the tank. The water supplying unit supplies an amount of additional water to the tank based on the amount of water evaporation determined by the evaporation amount determining unit.