Photographic developing apparatus and method of supplying water to the apparatus
AssigneeNoritsu Koko Co., Ltd.
InventorsShigeki Nishida, Yuji Yamamoto
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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.
Claims10
A photographic processing apparatus comprising:
- means for supplying processing liquid to a processing tank;
- means for forcibly draining processing liquid from the tank;
- means for measuring an amount of processing liquid in the tank;
- means 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;
- and
- means for supplying an amount of additional water to the tank based on the amount of water evaporation determined by the evaporation amount determining means.
A method of supplying water to a photographic processing apparatus which includes means for supplying processing liquid to a processing tank, means for forcibly draining processing liquid from the tank, means for measuring an amount of processing liquid in the tank, and means for supplying an amount of additional water to the tank, which method comprising the steps of:
- determining an amount of water evaporated from the liquid in the tank based on amounts of liquid coming in and out of the tank;
- and
- supplying an amount of additional water to the tank based on the determined amount of water evaporation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.