Patent ID: 6910815

Claim:
A photosensitive material processing apparatus comprising: first blowing means provided adjacent to a photosensitive material conveyance path at a section thereof along which a photosensitive material is conveyed diagonally downward with respect to a surface of a processing solution while being immersed in the processing solution stored in a processing tank, the first blowing means jetting out the processing solution supplied thereto along a direction orthogonal to a conveying direction of the photosensitive material; second blowing means provided adjacent to the photosensitive material conveyance path at a section thereof along which the photosensitive material is conveyed diagonally upward with respect to the surface of a processing solution while being immersed in a processing solution stored in the processing tank, so that a longitudinal direction of the second blowing means coincides with a widthwise direction of the photosensitive material, the second blowing means jetting out the processing solution supplied thereto, from holes formed along the longitudinal direction of the second blowing means toward a downstream side in the conveying direction of the photosensitive material; and circulating means for circulating a processing solution by sucking in, the processing solution within the processing tank, from a suction hole formed at a predetermined position in the processing tank and supplying the sucked processing solution to the first blowing means and the second blowing means.