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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1997
Nobuo Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumio Mogi, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A feed rack in which a substantially U-shaped film passage is formed, and disposed in a processing tank such that the processing solution level of the processing tank is located below the top surface of a block by a predetermined dimension so as to reduce the area of contact between the processing solution and outside air. The processing tank is equipped with a solution level regulation tank or replenisher tank in which air-isolating member is floated on a contained solution. Between the replenisher tank and the processing tank are provided a transport mechanism for transporting a replenisher from the replenisher tank to the processing tank and a prevention mechanism for preventing the air-isolating member from entering the processing tank.