| 摘要 |
<p>In known photographic apparatus, processing is achieved by passing the material to be processed from one processing stage to the next in a predetermined sequence. This necessitates that the processing stages are sequentially arranged in the apparatus. However, if the material being processed requires more than one identical processing step, for example, two or more wash processes, the processing stages need to be duplicated. Described herein is apparatus in which the processing stages need not be duplicated and in which the stages may be arranged accordingly. The apparatus comprises a rotating drum (110) on which the material (16) to be processed is mounted, and a multi-tank container (112) housing a plurality of compartments (120, 122, 124, 126, 128), each compartment containing one of the desired processing solutions (130, 132, 134, 136, 138). Application rollers (140, 142, 144, 146, 148) are associated with respective ones of the compartments (120, 122, 124, 126, 128) for transferring the processing solutions contained therein on to the material (16) being processed. Each application roller (140, 142, 144, 146, 148) moves from a first position where no contact is made with the rotating drum to a second position where contact is made with the rotating drum (110) to effect the transfer of processing solution. Additionally, an exposing device (116) may be provided for forming an image on the material (16) to be processed prior to processing. <IMAGE></p> |
