Chemical waste treatment apparatus
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorJohn Richard Fyson
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Abstract
The present invention is for a method for treating photographic waste comprising dispensing at least one photographic waste treatment agent from a holder containing at least one treatment agent receptacle and selectively operable releasing means for releasing at least one photographic waste treatment agent from the treatment agent receptacle into a photographic waste receptacle for treating photographic waste received therein; wherein the holder is capable of being arranged in association with the waste receptacle such that on operation of the releasing means, photographic waste treatment agent is released into the waste receptacle.
Claims14
A method for treating photographic waste comprising the step of dispensing at least one photographic waste treatment agent from a holder into photographic waste, wherein said holder has at least one treatment agent receptacle containing said at least one photographic waste treatment agent, and selectively operable releasing means for releasing said at least one treatment agent, said selectively operable releasing means including a flap member being secured to said at least one treatment agent receptacle by releasable securing means, said flap member forming at least a portion of the bottom of said at least one receptacle, said flap member being secured in the closed position to prevent escape of said treatment agent from said at least one treatment agent receptacle such that upon breaking of said releasable securing means said flap opening up so as to release the treatment agent contained in said at least one treatment agent receptacle into said photographic waste.
A photographic waste treatment method comprising the step of dispensing a photographic waste treatment agent from a holder to a waste receptacle, wherein said holder and said waste receptacle are components of a photographic waste treatment apparatus, said holder having at least one treatment agent receptacle containing at least one photographic waste treatment agent, and selectively operable releasing means for releasing said at least one photographic waste treatment agent, said holder being arranged with respect to said waste receptacle such that upon operation of the releasing means said at least one photographic waste treatment agent contained in said at lease one treatment agent receptacle is released into the waste receptacle, said selectively operable releasing means includes a flap member which is secured to said at least one treatment agent receptacle by releasable securing means, said flap member forming at least a portion of the bottom of said at least one receptacle, and said waste receptacle containing said photographic waste.
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