Patent ID: 7163783

Claim:
A rinse-processing composition for processing a silver halide color photographic material, and suitable for use with a plastic or rubber piping material, which comprises a concentrated liquid processing chemical containing at least one compound represented by formula (I), wherein the concentration of the formula (I) compound is from 5.0 to 100 g/l, and wherein the composition is free of both aldehyde compounds and hexamethylenetetramine derivatives: R—(OC 2 H 4 ) n —OH (I) wherein R represents an alkyl group containing 8 to 10 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 10 to 30, wherein the composition further comprises at least one bactericide selected from the group consisting of a dichloroisocyanuric acid, a 1,2-benzoisothiazoline-3-one, an isothiazolone, and a 1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-(2-propenyloxy)ethyl-1H-imidazole.