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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1998
Junichi Kurumisawa, Saitama, JP;
Naoyuki Morita, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Optical Co., Ltd., Saitama, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a light-sensitive material processing apparatus comprising a development section having processing baths including a development bath, a fixing bath and washing baths, a drying section and a sorter section, wherein at least one of the processing baths is a pan-shaped horizontal processing bath with its upper surface opened that is disposed at a horizontal position, transports light-sensitive materials in processing solutions in the processing baths in a horizontal direction and can be drawn out in a horizontal direction which is parallel with or normal to the transport direction of the light-sensitive materials. The processing baths can be handled at ease and a space occupied by the apparatus can be reduced. Maintenance such as the cleaning, repair, replacement of the respective processing baths and the transport mechanism racks becomes also unnecessary. As a result, prints of high quality can be finished at all times.