Patent ID: 6491047
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: B08B,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for cleaning a container for a photographic treatment composition such that the photographic treatment composition is taken out from the container for the photographic treatment composition to dissolve the photographic treatment composition in water and the empty container is cleaned,wherein the apparatus comprises: a mounting portion for receiving a treatment composition cartridge, the cartridge comprising a plurality of containers filled with a photographic treatment composition; and an outer case for receiving the containers, wherein the containers include a neck portion protruding from a lower part of the outer case, and the treatment composition cartridge is mounted in the mounting portion by holding the neck portion of the containers with a holder, a dissolving tank to which the photographic treatment composition is injected after opening of a container, and a cleaner by which cleaning water is sprayed to an inside portion of an empty container, so as to clean the container.