PHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPING APPARATUS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a photographic developing apparatus which removes odors and reduces residual ozone as far as possible by decomposing odorous components by ozone.

SOLUTION: The photographic developing apparatus is provided with a solution processing section for processing a photographic sensitive material by a processing solution, in which the solution processing section is provided with a gas discharge path for discharging the gas generated from the processing solution to the outside of the apparatus body. The apparatus is also provided with: a gas decomposition function section provided with an ozone generating section and a reaction section for reacting the ozone generated in the ozone generating section and the gas generated from the processing solution within the gas discharge path; an ozone concentration detecting section for detecting the ozone concentration nearer the downstream side than the reaction section; and a control section for controlling the amount of the ozone generated in the ozone generating section in accordance with the result of the detection of the ozone concentration by the ozone concentration detecting section.

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