Automatic processing apparatus for processing silver halide photosensitive material and supply method of supplying solid processing agent used for silver halide photosensitive material and supply device thereof

摘要

An automatic processing apparatus having a processing solution tank for processing a silver halide photosensitive material, includes a container accommodating a set of solid processing agents which can process a predetermined amount of the material, a detector for detecting an amount of the material to be processed, and a supplier for supplying an amount of the solid processing agents accommodated in the container into the processing solution tank in accordance with a detected amount of the material. The apparatus further includes a controller for controlling the supplier in which the controller controls the supplier to supply all amount of the solid processing agents remained in the container to the processing solution tank, when the processing agents are remained in the container after the predetermined amount of the material is completed to be processed. The controller controls the supplier to inhibit a supply of another set of the solid processing agents until the predetermined amount of the material is completed to be processed, when all amount of the solid processing agents in the container has been supplied onto the processing solution tank before the predetermined amount of the material is completed to be processed.