Patent ID: 7004651
Filing Date: 2006-02-28
Classification: G03D

Abstract:
1. A submerged processing device for a photosensitive material, the submerged processing device being disposed at a partitioning wall which is provided within a processing tank main body and which is between processing chambers respectively storing a processing liquid, the submerged processing device comprising: a housing at an interior of which is formed a processing space in which the processing liquid is stored; a photosensitive material conveying path which is for conveying-in of the photosensitive material and which is formed in the housing so as to communicate with an interior of the processing space; a photosensitive material conveying path which is for conveying-out of the photosensitive material and which is formed in the housing so as to communicate with the interior of the processing space; a processing liquid passage preventing mechanism disposed at each of the photosensitive material conveying paths such that only the photosensitive material passes therethrough; and a processing liquid changing mechanism provided at the housing, for changing the processing liquid stored in the processing space.