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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 09, 1999
Hisashi Negoro, Wakayama, JP;
Noritsu Koki Co., Ltd., Wakayama, JP;
Abstract
A leader-less type photographic film automatic developing apparatus is described which provides for a maximally narrowed spacing between the centers of the development lines for respective films which can develop a plurality of kinds of film having different widths such as a 135 size film and an APS film. The apparatus includes a first development line for drawing a 135 size film from a film cartridge or the like and developing it, and a second development line for drawing an APS film from a special magazine and developing it. These lines are arranged in parallel to each other. The film cartridge and the special magazine are mounted on a common container holding table which is movable along a direction normal or oblique to the direction of the development lines.