JPH0756309A - Automatic developing machine for silver halide photographic sensitive material - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify the supply of water even to one tank and to maintain the preservation stability of a processing soln. by providing a mechanism for charging a solid processing agent to a treating tank and a replenishing water feeder and replenishing the water supplied to the treating tank having a fixing capacity to a stabilization tank. CONSTITUTION:A color developer replenishing tablet Ja is charged into a color developing tank 1A, a replenishing tablet Jb into a bleaching and fixing tank 1B and a stabilizer replenishing tablet Je into a stabilization tank 1E at any time by a solid processing agent replenishing device. Meanwhile, a water tank T contg. replenishing water W is provided to replenish the water W to the color developing tank 1A and stabilization tank 1E through bellows pumps BP1 and BP2. Cascade pipes C1...C3 are provided between the treating tanks, water is replenished to the bleaching and fixing tank 1B directly before the stabilization tank 1C from the stabilization tank 1C, and water is replenished to the final stabilization tank 1E from the bleaching and fixing tank 1B. Thus, a water tank for the bleaching and fixing tank 1B and its replenishing device are dispensed with.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic processor for silver halide photographic light-sensitive materials (hereinafter also referred to as an automatic processor),
In particular, the present invention relates to an automatic processor using a solid processing agent for replenishing a processing solution with improved replenishment of water to a processing tank.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material (hereinafter also referred to as a light-sensitive material) is processed after exposure by steps such as development, desilvering, washing and stabilization. This processing is usually carried out by an automatic processor, in which case a replenisher replenishing system is generally used, and the activity of the processing solution in the processing tank is controlled to be constant.

In the case of the replenishing solution replenishing system, the purpose is to dilute the eluate from the light-sensitive material, replenish the evaporation amount, and replenish the consumption component, and as a result of replenishing the liquid, a large amount of overflow liquid is usually discharged.

In order to process the light-sensitive material commercially, in order to reduce the cost and human labor, reduce the pollution load, downsize the processing apparatus, and improve the commercial value, the processing solution should be as small as possible. It is required to obtain stable and excellent processing performance.

As a method for responding to this demand, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-11
Japanese Patent Publication No. 9454 discloses a method in which almost all processing agent components are converted into a solid processing agent and directly charged into a processing tank.

According to this method, a replenisher in which the treating agent is dissolved is not used, but since the solid treating agent is directly charged into each treating tank, there is no problem in replenishing the consuming component. However, in order to dilute the eluate from the sensitive material and replenish the evaporated water, the moisture in each processing liquid evaporates because the processing material is processed at a relatively high temperature in each processing tank in each of the above steps Since the amount of the solution gradually decreases, the processing solution in each processing tank is maintained at a predetermined concentration by replenishing each processing tank with water.

[0007]

As described above, the method of replenishing each treatment tank with water adopts a structure such as installing a water tank for each treatment tank or connecting a pipe from the water tank to each treatment tank. As a result, the structure becomes complicated and costly, and the automatic processing machine also becomes large.

Therefore, the conventional water replenishment method can be simplified by reducing even one tank, and the treatment performance is not deteriorated.
Maintaining the storage stability of the treatment liquid has been a major issue.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems. In other words, the conventional method of replenishing water can be reduced to one tank to simplify the process, and the storage stability of the processing solution can be maintained without lowering the processing performance. The cost is low and the automatic silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is small. The purpose is to provide a developing machine.

[0010]

The above object is to have a stabilizing tank immediately after a processing tank having at least fixing ability,
A part of or all of the processing solution in the stabilizing tank has a mechanism to be added to the immediately preceding tank having the fixing ability, and a charging mechanism and a replenishing water supply device for charging a solid processing agent into the processing tank. And a part or all of the replenishing water to be supplied to the processing tank having the fixing ability is supplied to the stabilizing tank, which is achieved by the automatic processor for silver halide photographic light-sensitive material.

Further, the above-mentioned object is an automatic processor for silver halide photographic light-sensitive materials, wherein the processing tank having the fixing ability is a fixing tank or a bleach-fixing tank, and the stabilizing tank has a plurality of stabilizing tanks. A halogenation characterized by comprising a tank, a solid processing agent for stable replenishment and replenishing water are added to the final stabilizing tank, and the replenishing water replenished in the final stabilizing tank is sequentially supplied to the front stabilizing tank by a cascade method. An automatic developing machine for silver photographic light-sensitive materials, and a storage tank for accumulating an overflow solution of the processing solution in the stabilizing tank, and a part or all of the overflow solution from the storage tank having the fixing ability by a pump. An automatic processor for silver halide photographic light-sensitive material, characterized by being added to a processing tank, and an automatic processor for silver halide photographic light-sensitive material, characterized in that the solid processing agent is a tablet. Therefore, it is intended to be achieved.

The solid processing agent referred to in the present invention may be powder or granules, but tablets having a circular cross section obtained by compression-molding these into a given shape are preferably used.

Further, the pump in the present invention means a so-called liquid feed pump, and more specifically, a bellows pump (for example, a bellows pump manufactured by Iwaki Co., Ltd. KB, KBM series), peristaltic pump (for example, ATO Co., SJ series), electromagnetic metering pump (for example, Kobayashi Rika Kikai Co., Ltd. or Daiichi Kagaku Co., Ltd., EX and EX-E series), etc. It is preferably used in the present invention.

In the present invention, it is most preferable that all the replenishing water is replenished to the stabilizing tank. In addition, the processing steps of the present invention include the following.

Color development-bleach-fix-stable Color development-bleach-fix-stable Color development-bleach-bleach-fix-fix-stable Development-fix-stable

[0016]

Embodiments of the automatic developing machine for silver halide photographic light-sensitive materials of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

An example of an automatic processor (hereinafter, simply referred to as an automatic processor) to which the present invention can be applied will be described with reference to the drawing of FIG. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a printer processor in which an automatic developing machine A and a photoprinting machine B are integrally configured.

In FIG. 1, in the lower left part of the photographic printing machine B, a magazine M containing photographic paper, which is an unexposed silver halide photographic light-sensitive material, in a roll is set. The photographic printing paper pulled out from the magazine is cut into a predetermined size through the feed roller R1 and the cutter section C to become a sheet-shaped printing paper. This sheet-shaped photographic paper is a belt conveying means B.
The image of the original image O is exposed by the light source and the lens L in the exposure section E by being conveyed by e. The exposed sheet-shaped photographic paper is further provided with a plurality of pairs of feed rollers R2, R3.
It is transported by R4 and introduced into the automatic processing machine A. In the automatic developing machine A, the sheet-shaped photographic paper is a color developing tank 1A, a bleach-fixing tank 1B, stabilizing tanks 1C, 1D, 1E, which are processing tanks.
The inside (substantially three processing tanks 1) is sequentially conveyed by roller conveying means (reference symbol None), and color development processing, bleach-fixing processing, and stabilization processing are performed respectively. The sheet-shaped printing paper that has been subjected to each of the above processes is dried in the drying unit 5 and discharged to the outside of the machine.

Incidentally, the alternate long and short dash line in the figure indicates the transportation route of the silver halide photographic light-sensitive material. Further, in the embodiment, the light-sensitive material is introduced into the automatic developing machine A in a cut state, but it may be introduced into the automatic developing machine A in a strip shape. In that case, if an accumulator for temporarily retaining the photosensitive material is provided between the automatic developing machine A and the photoprinting machine B, the processing efficiency is improved. Further, it goes without saying that the automatic developing machine A according to the present invention may be configured integrally with the photo printing machine B or may be the automatic developing machine A alone. Needless to say, the silver halide photographic light-sensitive material processed by the automatic processor A according to the present invention is not limited to exposed photographic paper, and may be exposed negative film or the like. Further, as an explanation of the present invention, the description will be made on the automatic processor A having the processing tank 1 of substantially three tanks including the color developing tank 1A, the bleach-fixing tank 1B, and the stabilizing tanks 1C, 1D, 1E, but the present invention is not limited to this. Color development tank, bleaching tank, fixing tank,
The present invention can be applied even to an automatic developing machine having a substantially 4-tank structure having a stabilizing tank.

Each of the processing tanks of the color developing tank 1A, the bleach-fixing tank 1B and the stabilizing tank 1E is provided with a constant temperature tank, which is a solid processing agent charging section and communicates with the processing tanks.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the processing agent feeding section and the processing agent supply means of the bleach-fixing tank 1B which is a processing tank in the I-I section of the automatic developing machine A of FIG. In this embodiment, a solid processing agent replenishing device is also installed in each of the color developing tank 1A and the stabilizing tank 1E so that each solid processing agent can be charged into each processing tank. That is, 3A, 3B of FIG.
3E is a solid processing agent replenishing device, and 3A is a color developing tank 1.
A is a color developing replenishment replenishing tablet, 3B is a bleach-fixing replenishing tank 1B, and bleach-fixing replenishing tablet is 3E. To be done.

Therefore, the color developing tank 1A and the stabilizing tank 1E have the same structure as the bleach-fixing tank 1B.
When described as the processing tank 1, the color developing tank 1A, the bleach-fixing tank 1B, and the stabilizing tank 1E are all referred to. It should be noted that, in the figure, a transporting means for transporting the photosensitive material and the like are omitted for easy understanding of the configuration. Further, in this example, a case where tablets are used as the solid processing agent will be described. The replenishing device of the present invention can also be used for packaging of granules and powders other than tablets.

In FIG. 2, a processing tank 1 for processing a photosensitive material is a solid processing agent feeding section for supplying a solid processing agent (tablet) J integrally provided outside a partition wall forming the processing tank 1.
It has 20 and constant temperature bath 2. These processing tank 1 and constant temperature tank 2
Is partitioned by a partition wall 21A having a communication window 21 formed therein so that the processing liquid can flow therethrough. Since the solid processing agent injection section 20 provided above the constant temperature tank 2 is provided with the enclosure 25 for receiving the solid processing agent J, the solid processing agent J does not move to the processing tank 1 in a solid state. In addition, enclosure 25
Although the treatment liquid can pass therethrough, the solid treatment agent J is in the form of a mesh or a filter that cannot pass until it is dissolved.

The cylindrical filter 22 is provided below the constant temperature bath 2 so as to be replaceable, and has a function of removing insoluble matter such as paper waste in the treatment liquid. Inside this filter 22,
It is connected to the suction side of the circulation pump 24 (circulation means) via a circulation pipe 23 provided through the lower wall of the constant temperature bath 2.

The circulation system is composed of a circulation pipe 23 forming a liquid circulation passage, a circulation pump 24, the processing tank 1 and the like. The other end of the circulation pipe 23, which communicates with the discharge side of the circulation pump 24, penetrates the lower wall of the processing tank 1 and communicates with the processing tank 1. With such a configuration, when the circulation pump 24 is operated, the processing liquid is sucked from the constant temperature tank 2 and discharged to the processing tank 1, and the processing liquid mixes with the processing liquid in the processing tank 1 and returns to the constant temperature tank 2 again. The cycle of entering will be repeated. The flow rate of the circulation flow is preferably 0.1 (rotation = circulation amount / tank volume) or more with respect to the tank volume per minute, and more preferably 0.5 to 2.0.
It is rotation. Further, the circulation direction of the processing liquid is not limited to the direction shown in FIG. 2 and may be the opposite direction.

The waste liquid pipe 11 is used to overflow the processing liquid in the processing tank 1 and drop it into the waste liquid tank WT. The liquid surface level is kept constant, and the liquid is attached to the photosensitive material from another processing tank and brought in. Stored components and components leached from the light-sensitive material are stored, which helps prevent them from increasing.

The rod-shaped heater 26 is arranged so as to penetrate the upper wall of the constant temperature bath 2 and be immersed in the treatment liquid in the constant temperature bath 2. The heater 26 heats the treatment liquid in the constant temperature bath 2 and the treatment bath 1, in other words, keeps the treatment liquid in the treatment bath 1 within a temperature range suitable for the treatment (for example, 20 to 55 ° C.). It is a temperature adjusting means.

The processing amount information detecting means 31 is provided at the entrance of the automatic processor A and is used for detecting the processing amount of the photosensitive material to be processed. The processing amount information detecting means 31 has a plurality of detecting members arranged in the left-right direction, and functions as an element for detecting the width of the photosensitive material and counting the detected time. Since the conveying speed of the photosensitive material is mechanically preset, the processing area of the photosensitive material can be calculated from the width information and the time information. The processing amount information detecting means 31 may be any one capable of detecting the width and the conveyance time of the photosensitive material such as an infrared sensor, a micro switch, an ultrasonic sensor. Further, in the case of a device capable of indirectly detecting the processed area of the photosensitive material, for example, in the case of a printer processor as shown in FIG. 1, the amount of the photosensitive material that has been printed or the number of processed photosensitive materials having a predetermined area is set. It may be detected. Furthermore, the detection timing is before the treatment in this example, but may be after the treatment or during the immersion in the treatment liquid (in such a case,
This can be done by appropriately changing the position where the processing amount information detecting means 31 is provided to a position that can be detected after processing or a position that can be detected during processing). Furthermore, as the information to be detected, the processing area of the photosensitive material has been described in the above description, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the processing amount of the photosensitive material to be processed, processed, or being processed is not limited to this. It may be a proportional value, and may be the concentration of the treatment liquid contained in the treatment tank or a change in the concentration. Further, the processing amount information detecting means 31
Need not be provided for each processing tank 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, but it is preferable to provide one for each automatic processing machine A. Reference numeral 32 is a processing amount supply control means for receiving the signal from the processing amount information detecting means 31 and controlling the processing amount supply of the processing agent.

The solid processing agent replenishing device 30 according to the present invention is set above the processing tank of the photosensitive material processing apparatus for processing the exposed photosensitive material, and contains a storage container 33, storage container loading means 34,
Supply means 35, processing agent supply plate 351, notch 352, drive means
It is composed of 36 and the like, and is sealed by the inside of the upper cover 301. The upper cover 301 is swingably connected to a main body 101 that houses the processing bath 1 and the constant temperature bath 2 by a support shaft 302 at the back of the main body.
The solid processing agent replenishing device 30 can be inspected and the filter 22 can be replaced by lifting in the direction of the one-dot chain line A in the drawing and opening the front and top surfaces of the operator.

Further, a skylight 303 is swingably coupled to a part of the upper surface of the upper cover 301, and the skylight 303 is opened in the direction of the alternate long and short dash line B in the drawing to mount the storage container 33. Exchange.

FIG. 3 shows various shapes of the tablet type solid processing agent J. FIG. 3 (A) is a cross-sectional view of a flat solid processing agent J having a circular cross section (a rounded chamfer (r) is formed in a corner, and FIG. 3 (E) is the solid processing agent J. 3 (B) is a cross-sectional view of a drum-shaped solid processing agent J having a circular cross section, the upper and lower surfaces of which are flat and the circumferential surface of which has a convex radius (R). Fig. 3C is a cross-sectional view of a go-stone solid processing agent J having a circular cross section and spherical upper and lower surfaces, and Fig. 3D is a cross-sectional view of a doughnut-shaped solid processing agent J having a hollow hole.

Next, the solid processing agent replenishing device 30 for replenishing the processing tank 1 with the solid processing agent (hereinafter also referred to as a tablet) J having the shape shown in FIG. 3 will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 2, the tablet J is stored in the storage container 33, the skylight 303 is opened in the direction of the one-dot chain line B in the figure as described above, and the storage container 33 storing the tablet J is operated by the operator's hand. It is inserted in the direction of the outlined arrow C and loaded in the storage container loading means 34. Then, the storage container 33 is rotated together with the storage container loading means 34 in the direction of the outlined arrow D to complete the loading of the storage container 33 into the storage container loading means 34. In this state, the storage container 33 is in an inclined state with the left side facing down as shown in the figure, and thus the tablet J stored therein is in a state in which it is urged to move to the left by gravity.

Next, the processing amount supply control means 32 operates according to the information of the processing amount information detecting means 31 based on the processing amount of the photosensitive material, and the motor M of the driving means 36 is driven. Supplying means 35 driven by
The processing agent supply plate 351 therein is configured to rotate clockwise.

Notch 352 provided in the processing agent supply plate 351
The processing agent supply plate 351 rotates and just the tablet J and the cutout 352
When the positions of 3 and 4 match, the tablet J can be rolled into the notch 352. Therefore, in such a state, the tablet J rolls into the notch 352 of the processing agent supply plate 351,
The row of tablets J will be moved to the left by exactly one tablet.
When the processing agent supply plate 351 is further rotated and the notch 352 is directed downward, the inside tablet J is guided by the chute 27 in the direction of the outlined arrow E and falls into the enclosure 25 of the solid processing agent input section 20. . Then, as described above, the tablet J is dissolved in the enclosure 25 and mixed with the treatment liquid to replenish the treatment liquid.

Next, an embodiment of the automatic developing machine of the present invention will be further described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a diagram mainly showing the configuration relating to the present invention centering on each processing tank of the automatic developing machine A of FIG.

In FIG. 4, as in the case of FIG. 1, a color developing tank 1A, a bleach-fixing tank 1B, and stabilizing tanks 1C, 1 of each processing tank.
The photosensitive material such as photographic paper and film which has been exposed in D and 1E is conveyed according to the arrow indicated by the one-dot chain line, and the above-described processing is performed.

As described above, the color developing tank 1A is provided with the color developing replenishing tablet Ja, the bleach-fixing tank 1B is provided with the bleach-fixing replenishing tablet Jb, and the stabilizing tank 1E is stably replenished. The tablets Je for use are charged at appropriate times by the solid processing agent replenishing device described above.

The water tank T containing the replenishment water W is
The color developing tank 1A and the stabilizing tank 1E are arranged so that replenishing water W can be replenished by bellows pumps BP1 and BP2.

The replenishing water W in the water tank T replenished in the stabilizing tank 1E is arranged so that the replenishing water W can be further replenished in the 1D and 1C and the bleach-fixing tank 1B.

That is, the replenishing water W replenished in the stabilizing tank 1E from the water tank T raises the water level of the treatment liquid in the stabilizing tank 1E. A cascade pipe C1 is attached between the stabilizing tank 1E and the stabilizing tank 1D so that the processing liquid can flow in a cascade manner as shown in the drawing. As shown in the figure, the upper portion of the cascade pipe C1 is aligned with the liquid inlet of the stabilizing tank 1E, and the lower portion of the cascade pipe C1 is lower than the stabilizing tank 1D.
It is attached to the lower part of the with its outlet. Therefore, when the water level in the stabilizing tank 1E rises due to the replenishing water W replenished in the stabilizing tank 1E from the water tank T as described above, the treatment liquid in the stabilizing tank 1E flows into the cascade tube C1 through the upper inlet of the cascade tube C1. , Will flow out from the lower outlet of the cascade pipe C1 to the stabilizing tank 1D. Then, the water level of the treatment liquid in the stabilizing tank 1D is raised.

Similar to the cascade pipe C1, a cascade pipe C2 is attached between the stabilizing tanks 1D and 1C as shown in the figure. As in the case of the cascade pipe C1, the upper part of the cascade pipe C2 has its inlet aligned with the liquid level of the stabilizing tank 1D, and the lower part of the cascade pipe C2 has its outlet at the lower part of the stabilizing tank 1C. It is attached together. Therefore, when the water level in the stabilizing tank 1D rises as described above, the treatment liquid in the stabilizing tank 1D flows into the cascade tube C2 from the inlet on the upper part of the cascade tube C2,
It will flow from the lower outlet of the cascade pipe C2 to the stabilizing tank 1C. Then, the water level of the treatment liquid in the stabilizing tank 1C is raised.

Further, similarly, the stabilizing tank 1C and the bleach-fixing tank 1 are
A cascade pipe C3 is attached between B as shown. Therefore, in the same manner as described above, the stabilizing tank 1
When the water level of C rises, the treatment liquid of the stabilizing tank 1C flows into the cascade pipe C3 from the upper inlet of the cascade pipe C3, and the bleach-fixing tank 1 from the lower outlet of the cascade pipe C3.
It will flow to B. Then, the water level of the processing liquid in the bleach-fixing tank 1B is raised.

On the other hand, the treatment liquid in the stabilizing tanks 1E, 1D, 1C can maintain a predetermined water level by determining the height of each of the inlets at the upper portions of the cascade pipes C1, C2, C3. In the bleach-fixing tank 1B, the replenishing amount of the replenishing water W in the water tank T by the bellows pump BP2 is set to the stabilizing tanks 1E and 1B.
It is possible to maintain the processing liquid at a predetermined concentration by setting it in accordance with the evaporation amount and the replenishment amount of D, 1C and the bleach-fixing tank 1B.

Similarly, the color developing tank 1A has a water tank T.
By setting the replenishment amount of the replenishment water W by the bellows pump BP1 in accordance with the evaporation amount and the replenishment amount of the color developing tank 1A, the processing liquid can be maintained at a predetermined concentration.

In FIG. 2, since the processing tank 1 is the bleach-fixing tank 1B as described above, the overflow solution OFT of the stabilizing tank 1C is provided on the right outside of the bleach-fixing tank 1B and inside the main body 101.
It is also possible to provide a storage tank OFT for storing the overflowed solution in the stabilization tank 1C, and the processing solution in this storage tank OFT can be pumped out by the bellows pump BP3 and sent to the bleach-fixing tank 1B as shown in the figure. Is.

Alternatively, the storage tank OFT does not have to be taken out of the processing tank, and the storage tank OFT is set so that the vicinity of the liquid surface of the processing liquid in the stabilizing tank 1C becomes the inlet height to the storage tank OFT.
Is installed inside the stabilizing tank 1C, and the liquid overflowing from the stabilizing tank 1C is collected therein, and this storage tank OFT is stored.
Alternatively, the treatment liquid of (1) may be pumped out by a bellows pump (BP3) and sent to the bleach-fixing tank 1B.

In these cases, the bellows pump BP3 may be driven by detecting the lowering of the water level of the bleach-fixing tank 1B by means not shown for detecting the water level of the processing solution in the bleach-fixing tank 1B. A means for detecting the concentration of the treatment liquid of 1B may be provided to drive the bellows pump BP3. Anyway in this way bleach-fixing tank 1
The concentration of the treatment liquid B can be maintained at a predetermined concentration.

As described above, the replenishing water to be replenished to the bleach-fixing tank 1B immediately before the stabilizing tank 1C is replenished with the treatment liquid of the stabilizing tank 1C immediately after the bleach-fixing tank 1B, and then to the final stabilizing tank 1E. Will be replenished together with the water replenished to the bleach-fixing tank 1B. At this time, a part of the overflow liquid in the stabilizing tank 1C may be replenished in the bleach-fixing tank 1B.

By replenishing the processing solution in the stabilizing tank 1C into the bleach-fixing tank 1B in this manner, the following merits occur.

The first is that the water tank for the bleach-fixing tank 1B and its water replenishing device are not required, so the structure is simpler and the cost is lower, and the automatic developing machine is compact.

Secondly, the processing solution in the bleach-fixing tank, which is attached to the light-sensitive material and brought into the stabilizing tank 1C, is mixed with the processing solution in the stabilizing tank 1C, and is again returned to the bleach-fixing tank 1B by the cascade pipe C3. That is, the bleach-fixing processing capacity of the bleach-fixing tank 1B is reinforced.

On the other hand, the photosensitive material, for example, photographic paper, discharged from the bleach-fixing tank 1B has stabilizing tanks 1C, 1D and 1 using a stabilizing solution as a processing solution.
Since it is processed by E, that is, the processing liquid in the stabilizing tank 1E is processed in a clean and clean state,
It was also found that the unexposed white background of the photographic paper became clean and the storage capacity of the stabilizing tank did not deteriorate, resulting in improved storage stability.

[0054]

According to the present invention, the structure of the automatic developing machine can be simplified to reduce the cost, and the automatic developing machine can be downsized. And the bleach-fix processing capacity is reinforced,
Further, an automatic developing machine for silver halide photographic light-sensitive materials is provided in which the white background of the unexposed area of the photographic paper is not stained and the processing capacity of the stabilizing tank is not deteriorated and the storage stability is improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of an automatic developing machine to which the present invention can be applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an embodiment of an automatic developing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a view showing various shapes of tablets.

FIG. 4 is another diagram for explaining the embodiment of the automatic developing machine of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A automatic developing machine B photo printing machine 1A color developing tank 1B bleach-fixing tank 1C, 1D, 1E stabilizing tank 3A, 3B, 3E, 30 solid processing agent replenishing device 33 storage container 34 storage container loading means 35 supply means 351 processing agent supply Plate 352 Notch T Water tank W Replenishing water J Solid processing agent, tablet Ja Color development replenishing tablet Jb Bleach-fixing replenishing tablet Je Stable replenishing tablet OFT Reservoir BP1, BP2, BP3 Bellows pump C1, C2, C3 Cascade tube

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A mechanism in which a stabilizing bath is immediately provided at least immediately after a treating bath having a fixing ability, and a part or all of the treating solution in the stabilizing bath is added to the immediately preceding treating bath having a fixing ability. In addition, it has a charging mechanism for charging the solid processing agent into the processing tank and a replenishing water supply device, and a part or all of the replenishing water to be replenished to the processing tank having fixing ability is replenished to the stabilizing tank. An automatic developing machine for silver halide photographic light-sensitive materials. 2. The automatic developing machine for silver halide photographic light-sensitive materials according to claim 1, wherein the processing tank having the fixing ability is a fixing tank or a bleach-fixing tank. 3. The stabilizing tank comprises a plurality of stabilizing tanks, wherein a solid replenishing agent for stable replenishment and replenishing water are added to the final stabilizing tank, and the replenishing water replenished to the final stabilizing tank is sequentially fed by a cascade method. 2. The liquid is supplied to a stabilizing tank.
Or an automatic developing machine for silver halide photographic light-sensitive materials as described in 2 above. 4. A storage tank for accumulating an overflow solution of the processing solution in the stabilizing tank, wherein a part or all of the overflow solution is added from the storage tank to the processing tank having the fixing ability by a pump. Claim 1, 2 or 3 characterized by
An automatic processor for the described silver halide photographic light-sensitive material. 5. The automatic developing machine for silver halide photographic light-sensitive materials according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein the solid processing agent is a tablet.