Modular treatment vessel for use in a photographic material processing apparatus

摘要

A housing (10) defines a liquid treatment chamber (12) . The chamber (12) has entrance and exit openings (16, 18) each closed by a pair of co-operating path defining rollers (20) , rotatable about a horizontal axis (26) and in contact with each other to form a nip (22) through which a material transport path segment (24) extends. Sealing means (28) seal the path defining rollers (20) to the housing (10) . A drip tray (30) is so shaped and positioned as to collect treatment liquid dripping from the roller (20) , both when the material path segment (24) is vertical and when it is horizontal. The vessel may be connected in a closed manner to one or more further treatment vessels to constitute a apparatus for processing photographic material. The vessel can be successfully used in either orientation. <IMAGE>