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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2001
Richard R. Horn, Fairport, NY (US);
Faye Transvalidou, Rochester, NY (US);
Daniel C. Davis, Rush, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A delivery system and method for delivering a processing solution to a processing tank in a processor containing a processing solution. The delivery system is designed to provide a replenishment solution to the processing tank from a package having at least two separate containers. Each of the containers having a processing solution that is to be provided to the at least one processing tank. The delivery system substantially empties each of the at least two separate containers in the package in an accurate predetermined rate so that all of the at least two containers in the package will be substantially empty at the same time. The delivery system includes a mechanism for filling and emptying the predetermined amount of replenishment solution from the retaining vessel in response to the liquid level sensing system.