JPH08286349A - Processing solution supply device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To clean, simply conduct after work after processing solution supply and prevent the giving off of a stench from a container after use. CONSTITUTION: A hole 210 is formed in a cap 206 of a bottle 200, and the hole 210 is plugged from the inside with a sealing member 212 such as rubber. An opening member 248 which breaks by pressing the sealing member 212 is formed in a replenishing part 202 communicating to a replenishing tank 112 through a pipe. A passage is formed on the inside of the opening member 248, and a pump 424 for supplying cleaning water and an air compressor 420 are connected. The sealing member 212 is broken, a processing solution is made flow out, then the inside of the bottle 200 is washed with the cleaning water, and dry air is sent by the air compressor 420. After the solution is exhausted, since the inside of the bottle 200 is washed and dried, when the bottle 200 is removed after use, contamination of a device or floor is prevented. Since the bottle 200 is cleaned and dried, no stench is given off.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a processing liquid supply device for supplying a processing liquid to a replenishing tank or the like at the start of work, for example, a printer processor in which a photographic printer and a processor are combined. Can be adopted for.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An automatic processor used in a laboratory (for example,
Film processors, printer processors, etc.) process films and color papers.

Films and color papers are used for color development,
Processing is performed by being transported in a plurality of processing tanks containing processing solutions and water for bleach-fixing, washing and stabilizing.

The composition and amount of the treatment liquid in each tank changes depending on the treatment of film or color paper. Therefore, the system is configured such that each treatment tank is replenished with new liquid from the replenishment tank according to the amount of treatment. In general, replenishment of the replenishing tank is performed manually.

In recent years, it has been considered that a container filled with a processing solution is set in a developing machine and the processing solution inside is flown out from an outlet located below.

[0006]

However, such a liquid replenishing method has the following problems. (1) When the used container is removed, the processing liquid adhering to the inside may drip and adhere to the equipment, floor, operator's foot, etc. Therefore, cleaning work and the like are troublesome. (2) The processing liquid that adheres to the inside of the container after use may evaporate and generate an offensive odor.

In consideration of the above facts, the present invention can easily supply the processing liquid, can cleanly and easily perform the post-work after supplying the processing liquid, and further can use the container after use. It is an object of the present invention to provide a treatment liquid supply device capable of preventing the generation of an offensive odor from the.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a treatment liquid supply device for supplying a treatment liquid to a storage portion, the loading portion for loading a container storing the treatment liquid, and the loading. It is characterized in that it has an outflow means for outflowing the treatment liquid from the container loaded in the container to the storage part, and an ejection means for ejecting dry air into the container.

The invention described in claim 2 is the same as claim 1.
In the treatment liquid supply apparatus according to claim 1, the outflow means includes a protrusion that pierces a portion of the container to let out the treatment liquid, and the protrusion includes an ejection port that ejects the dry air. It is characterized by being.

[0010]

The operation of the processing liquid supply apparatus according to the first aspect will be described below.

To supply the processing liquid, first, the container in which the processing liquid is stored is loaded in the loading section. By loading the container into the loading section, it is not necessary to keep holding the container.

Next, the processing liquid in the container is flown out to the storage section by the flow-out means. Since the flow-out means causes the processing liquid to flow out, the processing liquid does not stain the hands or the like when the liquid is introduced. The treatment liquid may flow out at the same time as the loading or after the loading. In addition, the storage section is, for example, a processing tank containing a processing solution or water such as color developing, bleach-fixing, washing and stabilizing, which is provided in an automatic developing machine for photosensitive materials, or a processing tank for these processing tanks. It refers to a replenishing tank (replenishing tank) that stores the liquid to be replenished, but is not limited to these as long as it stores the processing liquid. Further, the treatment liquid may be any liquid as long as it is a liquid, such as a chemical liquid, water, oil or the like, or may be a liquid in which fine particles (powder or the like) are dispersed.

Next, after the processing liquid in the container has flowed out to the storage portion and the inside of the container has been emptied, the drying air is jetted into the container by the jetting means. As a result, the inside of the container is dried,
No more dripping when removing the container. Further, since the inside of the container is dried, there is no problem that the processing liquid evaporates and an offensive odor is generated.

The operation of the treatment liquid supply apparatus according to the second aspect will be described below. When the protrusion of the outflow means perforates a part of the container, the processing liquid flows out from the perforated hole of the container.

Dry air is jetted from the jet port provided on the protrusion to dry the inside of the container.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A printer processor to which an embodiment of a replenishing device according to the present invention is applied is shown in FIGS. 1 to 10, and this embodiment will be described based on these drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an outline of a printer processor 10 which is a photographic printer according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of the printer processor 10. The photo printing unit 12 that constitutes the printer unit of the printer processor 10 has a structure in which the paper magazine 14 in which the printing paper P is stored can be loaded.

On the upper left side of FIG. 1 of the paper magazine 14, a drive roller 16 around which the vicinity of the leading end of the photographic printing paper P is wound is rotatably supported. The driving roller 16 receives the driving force and rotates. Further, a pair of nip rollers 18 is arranged at a position facing the drive roller 16 with the printing paper P interposed therebetween. Therefore, the drive roller 16 holds the photographic printing paper P between the nip rollers 18 and sends the photographic printing paper P into the photographic printing section 12.

On the other hand, inside the photo printing unit 12, there is installed a cutter 22 which is composed of a pair of upper and lower blades and whose blades are moved by the motor 20. The photographic paper P coming out of the paper magazine 14 is The cutter 22 will immediately cut.

In FIG. 1, on the downstream side in the conveyance direction of the printing paper P, which is the right side with respect to the cutter 22, the upper surface is horizontal (see FIG. 1).
A support base 46 formed along the upper and left and right directions is arranged. A winding roller 52 around which the endless belt 44 is wound is arranged between the support base 46 and the cutter 22 in the horizontal direction (the direction orthogonal to the paper surface in FIG. 1). Further, a nip roller 54 that holds the endless belt 44 between the winding roller 52 and the winding roller 52 is arranged above the winding roller 52.

A guide roller 56 around which the endless belt 44 is wound is located on the downstream side of the support base 46 in the conveyance direction of the printing paper P. A pressing roller 58 is disposed adjacent to the guide roller 56 so that the lower surface thereof has substantially the same height as the upper surface of the winding roller 52. The pressing roller 58 presses the outer circumference of the endless belt 44. ing.

That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the endless belt 44 in this portion is S-shaped. Further, the endless belt 44 is provided below the guide roller 56 with the tension roller 6
It is wound around 2 to form an inverted triangular movement locus. The guide roller 56 is driven and rotated by the driving force of a motor (not shown), and the endless belt 44 is moved to the position shown in FIG.
Rotate upward, clockwise.

On the other hand, a large number of small holes (not shown) are formed in the endless belt 44 over the entire area thereof, and the upper surface of the support base 46 on which a part of the endless belt 44 is placed is
A large number of holes (not shown) are formed corresponding to the small holes of the endless belt 44. Further, the inside of the support base 46 is formed in a hollow shape, and a pair of communication ducts 66 (corresponding to the drawing, formed on the widthwise ends of the endless belt 44).
(Only one is shown) is connected to the support base 46. These communication ducts 66 bypass the portion of the endless belt 44 that passes under the support base 46, reach below the endless belt 44, and are connected to a fan box 70 provided with a suction fan 68. .

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, the easel device 6 is provided above the endless belt 44 moving on the support base 46.
4 is provided so that when printing the framed image on the photographic printing paper P, the periphery of the photographic printing paper P is covered with a movable piece (not shown) in the easel device 64.

A diffusing box 28 for diffusing light is arranged outside the casing 10A constituting the outer frame of the printer processor 10 and directly above the easel device 64. The diffusing box 28 is arranged to the right of the diffusing box 28. A CC filter 24 composed of three sets of filters of C, M, and Y, which can be moved so as to change the amount of filter to be inserted into, is arranged. Therefore, after the light beam emitted from the light source 26 located adjacent to the CC filter 24 passes through the CC filter 24, it is bent while being diffused by the diffusion box 28 and sent directly below. Then, the light rays pass through the negative film N on the negative carrier 30 placed on the upper surface of the casing 10A.

Further, a support plate 34 is supported on a guide rail 32 installed in the photo printing unit 12 so as to be movable in a horizontal direction (a direction orthogonal to the paper surface in FIG. 1), and the light beam A prism 36 and a zoom lens 38 are attached to the support plate 34 so as to be respectively arranged on the optical axis S.

Therefore, the light beam which has passed through the negative film N and becomes the exposure light beam, after passing through the prism 36, further passes through the zoom lens 38 whose magnification can be changed, and is positioned below the easel device 64. An image of the negative film N is formed on the paper P.

A density measuring device 40 for measuring the density of the negative film N, which is composed of, for example, a color filter and an optical sensor such as a CCD, is arranged in the photographic printing section 12, and is horizontally moved by a prism 36. The bent light beam is sent to the densitometer 40. The concentration measuring device 40 is connected to a controller (not shown), and the data measured by the concentration measuring device 40 and
An exposure correction value for printing exposure is set based on the data keyed in by the operator.

Further, in the optical path between the zoom lens 38 and the easel device 64, there is a black shutter 41 which prints and exposes the light whose color and intensity are adjusted by the CC filter 24 and which has passed through the negative film N for a predetermined time. It is provided.

Since the photographic printing section 12 has the above-described structure, the photographic printing paper P sent from the paper magazine 14 is cut into a desired length by the cutter 22, and then placed on the endless belt 44. It is conveyed to an image printing position, which is a position on the optical axis S of the exposure light beam. Then, the exposure light beam from the light source 26 side reaches the photographic printing paper P via the prism 36, the zoom lens 38 and the like, and the black shutter 41 is opened for a predetermined time, so that the image recorded on the negative film N is printed on the photographic printing paper P. The portion on which the image is printed by exposure is the image portion.

At this time, the air in the support base 46 escapes from the inside of the loop of the endless belt 44 to both ends in the width direction through the communication duct 66, and is sucked by the suction fan 68 and blown to the outside. The inside becomes negative pressure. This negative pressure is transmitted to the printing paper P on the endless belt 44 through the holes of the support base 46 and the small holes of the endless belt 44, and the printing paper P is sucked to the endless belt 44 as indicated by arrow A. It Therefore, the printing paper P is not only placed on the endless belt 44 but also sucked toward the endless belt 44 side.
However, the sheet is reliably conveyed by the endless belt 44 and is horizontally arranged at the image printing position.

Further, the photographic printing paper P on which the image printing exposure has been completed is nipped between the guide roller 56 and the pressing roller 58, and the conveying direction thereof is changed from the horizontal direction to the vertical direction and is sent out in the vertical direction. Be done. After that, as indicated by a path K that represents the transport path of the photographic paper P, the photographic paper P is subjected to each processing of development, bleach-fixing, washing and drying via a transport path 60 constituted by a plurality of pairs of rollers. It is conveyed to the processor unit 72 which performs

Thus, the printing exposure process for one frame of the negative film N is completed. By repeating this, the printing papers P that have been subjected to the printing exposure process are sequentially conveyed to the processor unit 72 one by one.

A developing solution is stored in a developing tank 74 in the processor section 72, and the photographic paper P is dipped in the developing solution to perform a developing process. The developed printing paper P is conveyed to the bleach-fixing tank 76 adjacent to the developing tank 74. The bleach-fixing tank 76 stores a bleach-fixing solution, and the photographic printing paper P is dipped in the bleach-fixing solution to perform a bleaching process and a fixing process. The photographic printing paper P that has been subjected to the fixing treatment is conveyed to a rinsing section 78 that is adjacent to the bleach-fixing tank 76 and that is composed of a plurality of rinsing tanks, and the photographic printing paper P is dipped in the rinsing water in the rinsing tank. Wash with water.

The photographic printing paper P which has been washed with water is conveyed to a drying section 80 located above the water washing section 78. The drying unit 80 is
The printing paper P is dried by exposing the printing paper P to hot air blown in the direction of the arrow B from the chamber 82 side arranged below the conveyance path of the printing paper P.

A transport path 84 composed of a plurality of pairs of rollers is provided downstream of the drying section 80 in the transport direction of the printing paper P.
The photographic printing paper P discharged from the drying unit 80 after the drying process is completed is sandwiched between the plural pairs of rollers, discharged to the outside of the printer processor 10, and stacked.

The developing tank 74, the bleach-fixing tank 76, and the water-washing tank are respectively supplied from a replenishing tank 112 as a plurality of storage units installed in the processor section 72, that is, a developing replenisher, a bleach-fixing replenisher, and a washing replenisher. Water is sent to replenish the liquid in each tank.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the structure for replenishing the liquid will be described by taking the developing tank 74 in each processing tank as an example.

The developing tank 74 is connected via a pipe 114 to a discharge port 112A formed near the lower portion of the replenishment tank 112. Then, in a replenishment tank 112, the developer which is used and deteriorated by the developing process of the photographic paper P in the developing tank 74 is replenished by a predetermined amount to activate the developer so that the developer can be activated. A development replenisher, which is a replenishing agent, is temporarily stored. Further, the outlet 112
Between the A and one end of the pipe 114, the replenishment tank 112
Side is provided with a replenishing pump 116 which is a replenishing means for sending the developing replenisher to the developing tank 74 side. The replenishing pump 116 is rotated by an AC motor (not shown). Has become.

Then, it is possible to detect whether or not an amount of the developing replenisher solution exceeding the predetermined first prescribed amount remains in the replenishment tank 112 at a position midway in the vertical direction of the replenishment tank 112. The float switch 118 is arranged, and the float switch 118 serving as this sensor can detect the liquid level of the development replenisher in the replenishment tank 112.

On the other hand, the replenishing pump 116 and the float switch 118 are connected to the controller 120, respectively. Therefore, the control device 120 can grasp the amount of the development replenisher solution sent to the developing tank 74 side based on the rotation amount of the rotation shaft of the replenishment pump 116 that can be detected from the rotation operation time of the AC motor. Furthermore, the float switch 118
The remaining amount of the developing replenisher can be grasped by the liquid level detection signal from the.

The control device 120 is also connected to a monitor 122 (also shown in FIG. 2) which is a display device so that the monitor 122 can display a message of supply of the development replenisher to the replenishment tank 112. Has become.

Here, when the developing replenisher in the replenishing tank 112 is replenished to the developing tank 74 side and runs short, for example, a developing replenisher for supplying 2.5 liters of developing replenisher to be described later is supplied. The bottle 200 as the container is set in the replenishing section 202 provided on the front side of the upper portion of the casing 10A, and the developing replenisher is poured into the replenishing section 202.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the bottle 200
Is made of synthetic resin with excellent chemical resistance, and the neck portion 204
Is formed to have a small diameter.

A male screw (not shown) is formed on the neck portion 204 of the bottle 200, and a cap 206 having a female screw (not shown) is screwed and attached.
The cap 206 is provided with two protrusions 208 as an engaged portion extending in the axial direction on the outer circumference, and a hole 210 as a mouth portion is formed at the center.

As shown in FIG. 4, the hole 210 is formed in the sealing member 2.
It is blocked from inside by 12. Sealing member 212
Is made of a material having excellent chemical resistance (for example, synthetic resin, silicon rubber, etc.) and formed into a disc shape.

As shown in FIG. 7, a C-shaped groove 213 is formed in the central portion of the sealing member 212, and the groove 213 can be broken by pressing the central portion. The diameter of the C-shaped groove 213 is set to be larger than the inner diameter of the hole 210 by a predetermined dimension.

Further, the sealing member 212 is preferably made of a material that does not generate fragments or the like when the groove 213 is broken, and is preferably rubber or soft resin.

As shown in FIG. 4, the sealing member 2 of this embodiment.
Although the outer peripheral portion of 12 is sandwiched between the neck portion 204 of the bottle 200 and the cap 206, the sealing member 212
May be fixed with an adhesive or the like.

As shown in FIG. 2, the replenishing section 202 is provided at the corner on the front side of the upper portion of the casing 10A, and the opening / closing lid 21 is provided.
It is equipped with 4.

As shown in FIG. 4, the opening / closing lid 214 is made of a metal plate or the like bent at a right angle, and has a hinge 216 attached to the front side upper portion of the casing 10A.
It is attached to A.

As shown in FIG. 4, when the opening / closing lid 214 is opened, the side plate 214A to which the hinge 216 is attached becomes substantially vertical to the floor surface (not shown).
The side plate 214B connected to A at a right angle is substantially horizontal to the floor surface (not shown) (almost parallel to the floor surface).

Inside the side plate 214B, three pedestals 218 on which the bottles 200 are placed are provided at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction (only one is shown in FIG. 4), and each of them stores the color developing solution. Bottle 200 (details will be described later),
This is for mounting the bottle 200 storing the bleach-fixing solution and the bottle 200 storing the stabilizing solution.

On the other hand, a supporting member 220 is attached to the inner surface of the side plate 214A so as to correspond to each stand 218. The support member 220 includes a cap loading portion 222.
However, the direction of approaching and separating from the side plate 214B (vertical direction in FIG. 4)
It is attached so that it slides within a predetermined range.

The cap loading section 222 includes a plate 224 parallel to the side plate 214B, and a fitting member 226 integrally attached to the side plate 214B side of the plate 224.
As shown in FIG. 5, the cap 206 is attached to the fitting member 226.
Is formed with a round hole 228.
Two thin grooves 230 are formed in the shaft as engaging portions extending in the axial direction.

As shown in FIG. 4, an actuator 232 is attached to the center of the side plate 214A. The actuator 232 is controlled by the control device 120 (not shown in FIG. 4), and the movable shaft 234 is attached to the side plate 2.
It can be moved in a direction away from 14B. The tip of the movable shaft 234 has a cap loading portion 222.
It is fixed to.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the casing 1
0A includes the cap loading unit 2 when the opening / closing lid 214 is closed.
A receiving member 236 is provided at a position facing 22.
The receiving member 236 is elastically supported by a plurality of springs 238 attached to the casing 10A. The receiving member 236 is guided by the guide surface 240 so as to move in parallel in the vertical direction.

A hole 242 is formed substantially in the center of the receiving member 236, and a pipe 244 is integrally provided on the casing 10A side of the hole 242.

The pipe 244 is slidably inserted into a pipe 246 projecting from the upper surface of the casing 10A.

In the pipe 246, a cap opening member 248 as a cap opening means is coaxially arranged. The lower side of the opening member 248 is fixed to the pipe 246.

The outer diameter of the opening member 248 is set to be smaller than the inner diameter of the hole 210 of the cap 206 by a predetermined dimension.

As shown in FIG. 7, a passage 250 is formed inside the opening member 248, and the end of the passage 250 is open at the tip of the opening member 248.

As shown in FIG. 9, the opening member 248 is connected to the switching valve 416 via the hose 414. An air compressor (may be a blower, a fan, etc.) 420 as a dry air supply unit is connected to the switching valve 416 via a hose 418, and a pump 424 is connected via a hose 422.

The pump 424 is used for sucking the washing water from the washing water tank 426 connected via the hose 425 and ejecting the washing water from the tip of the opening member 248, and the air compressor 420 is used for drying. It is used to eject air from the tip of the opening member 248.

The switching valve 416, the air compressor 420 and the pump 424 are connected to the control device 120 (not shown in FIG. 9) and controlled.
The switching valve 416 is configured to connect the hose 414 on the opening member 248 side to either one of the air compressor 420 and the pump 424.

A branch 400 extending obliquely upward is connected in the middle of the hose 247, and an offensive odor absorbing device 402 for absorbing odor is provided at the tip of the branch 400.

The offensive odor absorber 402 has a tank 404 made of synthetic resin or the like. A cylindrical mounting portion 406 having a female screw (not shown) is integrally provided at one end of the tank 404. In addition, the tank 404
A through hole 408 is formed in the center of the attachment portion 406 and at the end portion on the opposite side of the attachment portion 406.

On the other hand, in the branch 400, a male screw (not shown) is formed near the tip, and the tank 404 can be attached by screwing the attachment portion 406.

Granular activated carbon 41 is provided inside the tank 404.
0 is packed. In addition, the through hole 408 is a filter (for example, sponge, fine mesh of metal, through which a gas easily passes and particles of the activated carbon 410 do not pass.
It is closed from the inside with a non-woven fabric) 412.

A switching valve 428 is connected to the hose 247 below the branch 400, and one outlet of the switching valve 428 is connected to the refill tank 112 via the hose 430.
The other outlet is connected to a drainage tank 434 via a hose 432. The switching valve 428 is controlled by the control device 120 and causes the liquid flowing from the hose 247 on the replenishing section 202 side to flow out to either the replenishing tank 112 or the drainage tank 434.

In the present embodiment, the cap 206 of the bottle 200 containing the color developing solution, the cap 206 of the bottle 200 containing the bleach-fixing solution, and the cap 206 of the bottle 200 containing the stabilizing solution are respectively protrusions 208. The outer diameters except for are the same, but as shown in FIG. 5, the angle θ between the protrusions 208 is different depending on the processing liquid contained therein.

Corresponding to this, the narrow groove 2 of the fitting member 226.
The angle θ between the 30 is also different for each processing liquid, but in the same type of processing liquid, the angle θ between the protrusions 208 and the angle θ between the narrow grooves 230 are set to the same angle.

Therefore, the cap 206 of the bottle 200 containing the color developing solution can be inserted into the round hole 228 of the fitting member 226 for replenishing the color developing solution, but the other processing solution is supplemented. Hole 228 of fitting member 226 for use in
The protrusion 208 hits against and cannot be inserted. This also applies to the other bottles 200.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. For example, when the photographic printing paper P is developed in the developing tank 74, the replenishment pump 116 operates in accordance with the development processing, and the replenishment tank 1
The developing replenisher solution once stored in 12 is sent to the developing tank 74 side to replenish the amount of the developing replenisher solution used in the processing in the developing tank 74 and deteriorated. When the liquid level in the replenishment tank 112 becomes a predetermined amount or less, the float switch 118 detects this and an instruction to supply the development replenisher to the replenishment tank 112 is displayed on the monitor 122. The same applies to the bleach-fixing solution and the stabilizing solution.

Next, as a representative, the procedure for replenishing the color developing solution to the replenishing tank 112 in which the color developing solution is stored will be described. (1) First, the opening / closing lid 214 of the replenishing unit 202 is opened. (2) Lift the cap loading section 222 to remove the cap 2
The bottle 200 containing the color developer is placed on the predetermined table 218. (3) The protrusion 208 of the cap 206 is fitted with the fitting member 226.
Then, the fitting member 226 is lowered and the cap 206 is inserted into the round hole 228 (see FIG. 4). (4) Close the opening / closing lid 214 (see FIG. 6). (5) Press a push button (not shown) for starting the liquid replenishment operation. As a result, the control device 120 starts control of liquid replenishment.

The liquid replenishment control will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In step 500, the switching valve 416 is switched to the closed position.

At step 502, the switching valve 428 is switched so that the hose 247 on the replenishing section 202 side and the hose 430 connected to the replenishing tank 112 are in communication.

At step 504, as shown in FIG.
The movable shaft 234A of the actuator 232 is the receiving member 23.
The cap loading part 222 is pushed down against the biasing force of the spring 238 supporting the cap 6. As a result, the bottle 200 moves downward, and the opening member 248 causes the sealing member 21 to move.
By pressing the central portion 212A of the second sealing member 212, the bottom portion of the C-shaped groove 213 of the sealing member 212 is broken and the tip portion of the opening member 248 enters the bottle 200 by a predetermined amount. As a result, air flows into the bottle 200, and the color developing solution is supplied to the holes 242,
Pipe 244, pipe 246, hose 247, switching valve 4
It is replenished to the replenishment tank 112 in which the color developing solution is stored, via 28 and the hose 430.

In step 506, the timer starts running. In step 508, it is determined whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed, and if it is determined that the predetermined time has elapsed, the process proceeds to step 510. It should be noted that the predetermined time referred to here is a time that is longer than or equal to the time required for all the liquid in the bottle 200 to be discharged.

At step 510, the switching valve 416 is switched so that the hose 414 connected to the opening member 248 and the hose 422 connected to the pump 424 communicate with each other.

At step 512, the switching valve 428 is switched so that the hose 247 and the hose 432 to which the drainage tank 434 is connected are in communication.

In step 514, the pump 424 is operated for a predetermined time, the cleaning water is sucked from the cleaning water tank 426, and the cleaning water is ejected from the tip of the stopper member 248 into the bottle 200. As a result, the processing liquid adhering to the inside of the bottle 200 is washed away. The washing water used for washing is the hose 247, the switching valve 428, and the hose 43.
The liquid is discharged to the drainage tank 434 via No. 2.

In step 516, the switching valve 416 is switched so that the hose 414 connected to the opening member 248 and the hose 418 connected to the air compressor 420 communicate with each other.

At step 518, the air compressor 420 is operated for a predetermined time, and the dry air is jetted from the tip of the plug member 248. As a result, the inside of the bottle 200 is dried. The air used for drying is the hose 2
Since the processing liquid is discharged to the outside through the branch 47, the branch 400 and the offensive odor absorbing device 402, the offensive odor of the treatment liquid is not absorbed by the offensive odor absorbing device 402 and is not released to the outside.

In step 520, the actuator 2
32 operates, the movable shaft 234A moves upward, and the biased cap loading portion 222 returns to the original position. As a result, the cap opening member 248 that has entered the bottle 200 comes out of the sealing member 212. The central portion 212A bent inside the bottle 200 by the opening member 248.
Is returned to its original state by the elasticity of the material and closes the vacant hole.

At step 522, a buzzer, a lamp, or the like (not shown) notifies that the replenishment is completed. (7) After that, the opening / closing lid 214 is opened, the bottle 200 is removed, and the opening / closing lid 214 is closed.

In the above replenishment method, the following (1) to (6)
There is an effect as described in. (1) The cap 206 cannot be inserted into the round hole 228 of the fitting member 226 even when trying to load the bottles 200 containing different treatment liquids. That is, the bottle 20
The erroneous loading of 0 is prevented, and the processing liquid is not erroneously added. (2) Since the processing liquid does not splash outside when the liquid is charged, the processing liquid does not adhere to the printer processor 10 or the operator. (3) It is not necessary for the operator to keep holding the bottle 200 by hand when pouring the liquid, which does not burden the operator. (4) Since the liquid injection is performed in a sealed state, there is no offensive odor of the liquid during the liquid injection. (5) After discharging the liquid, the inside of the bottle 200 is washed and dried.
Does not stain the floor. In addition, the bottle 200
Since it is dry, it is clean and does not emit an offensive odor.
Further, since the air used for drying is released to the outside through the offensive odor absorbing device 402, there is no offensive odor during drying. (6) After the bottle 200 is set and the opening / closing lid 214 is closed, the operation is automatically performed until the end of drying, so that the operator does not need to be overwhelmed, and until the end of drying, the operator does other work (for example, other operations). It is possible to concentrate on (replenishment of processing solution) and to effectively use time.

In this embodiment, the inside of the bottle 200 is dried by the air supplied from the air compressor 420. However, a heater for warming the air is provided in the middle of the hose 414, and the bottle is heated from the opening member 248. You may make it blow a wind. Thereby, the drying time can be shortened.

Further, in this embodiment, the bottle 2 after the liquid is discharged.
00 was washed and then dried, but it may be dried without a washing step. As a result, the pump 42
4, wash water tank 426, hose 425, switching valve 42
8, the parts required for the cleaning process such as the hose 432, the drainage tank 434, etc. are not required, and the structure and control are simplified. In this case, the bottle 20 to which the treatment liquid is attached
0 will be directly dried, and the air after being used for drying will contain the vapor of the treatment liquid. However, as described above, the air used for drying will be discharged to the outside via the offensive odor absorbing device 402. The offensive odor of the treatment liquid is activated carbon 41
It is absorbed to 0 and does not give off a strange odor during replenishment work.

Further, in this embodiment, the activated carbon 410 absorbs the offensive odor of the treatment liquid, but an adsorbent other than the activated carbon 410 may be used as long as it absorbs the offensive odor of the treatment liquid.

Further, sponge, cotton or the like to which a chemical which makes a odor by chemically reacting with the offensive odor component of the treatment liquid is attached may be used instead of the activated carbon 410.

Some treatment liquids are almost odorless, and such a treatment liquid does not need to be equipped with an offensive odor absorbing device.

When the tip portion of the opening member 248 is inserted into the bottle 200, the air compressor 420
May be operated to eject air from the tip of the opening member 248. As a result, the discharge speed of the processing liquid can be increased, the processing liquid can be quickly replenished, and the processing liquid can be prevented from entering the passage 250.

When the replenisher is a concentrated liquid, diluting water is used as the washing water, so this diluting water may be used or the hot air of the drying section 80 may be used as the drying air. .

Further, in this embodiment, the sealing member 212 has a C
Although the character-shaped groove 213 is provided and the portion of the groove 213 is broken, the groove 213 is not necessarily provided. When the sealing member 212 is not provided with the C-shaped groove 213, as shown in FIG. 11, triangular wings 249 are provided along the circumferential direction at predetermined intervals on the outer peripheral portion near the tip of the opening member 248, A large hole may be formed in the sealing member 212.

Further, in the present embodiment, the processing liquid in the inside is caused to flow out by pushing the stopper member 248 into the bottle 200 and perforating the sealing member 212. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The hole 210 of the cap 206 is closed from the inside by the urging force of the elasticity of the cap 206, and the valve mechanism that opens by pushing the valve inward against the urging force is provided in the cap 206, and the valve is pressed by the opening member 248. Alternatively, the processing liquid inside may be caused to flow out. Also, the bottle 20
A part of 0 is formed thin, and this thin part is opened.
You may push it down at 8.

Further, in the present embodiment, the passage 250 is opened at the tip of the opening member 248, but the shape of the jet port through which the dry air is jetted is not limited to this, for example, as shown in FIG. A plurality of small holes 450 are radially formed near the tip of the plug member 248, or a plurality of slits 4 are formed as shown in FIG.
52 may be formed and a dry wind may be jetted. Alternatively, another pipe may be provided along the opening member 248, and the dry air may be jetted from the pipe.

Further, in this embodiment, the angle between the protrusions 208 and the angle between the narrow grooves 230 are changed to prevent the erroneous loading of the bottle 200. However, as shown in FIG. It is also possible to prevent erroneous loading by changing the size (thickness) of each processing liquid. Further, the protrusion 208 and the narrow groove 230 may be provided in reverse.

In addition to the protrusions 208 and the narrow grooves 230, as shown in FIG. 15, a notch 260 as an engaged portion is formed in a part of the cap 206, and the fitting member 226 is fitted to the outer shape of the cap 206. It is also possible to prevent erroneous loading by forming the deformed hole 262 as an engaging portion and changing the size and number of the notch 260 and the deformed hole 262, and in the case where a plurality of these are provided, each angle for each processing liquid. .

Further, as shown in FIG. 16, the cap 2
The shape of No. 06 is different for each processing liquid (in FIG. 16, it is a quadrangle when viewed from the axial direction, but it is also a polygon such as a triangle, a pentagon, a hexagon, an ellipse, etc.), and as an engaging portion matching this. 16 has a deformed hole 264 (a square hole is shown in FIG. 16, but other polygonal holes such as a triangle, a pentagon, a hexagon, etc.,
Even if a hole such as an ellipse is formed in the fitting member 226, the bottle 20
Erroneous loading of 0 can be prevented. In this case, the cap 206 itself is the engaged portion.

Further, if the bottle 200 is set even though the replenishment tank 112 does not need to be replenished with the liquid, the following interlock should be taken to prevent the treatment liquid from overflowing from the replenishment tank 112. Is also possible.

When the float switch 118 for detecting the liquid level of the refill tank 112 detects the liquid level, the actuator 232 is driven to close the cap. Also, the bottle 200
It is preferable that the opening / closing lid 214 for setting is set to be locked with respect to the casing 10A and not opened while the processing liquid is being poured from the bottle 200 into the replenishment tank 112. If the opening / closing lid 214 is opened carelessly, the treatment liquid may flow out, which can be prevented.

In this embodiment, the bottle 200 is moved up and down to be opened by the opening member 248. However, the structure may be such that the bottle 200 is fixed and the opening member 248 is moved up and down. . That way, the bottle 200
It is possible to open and close the plug in the loaded state. [Second Embodiment] A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
Follow the instructions below. The same components as those in the above-described embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

In this embodiment, the structure is simplified and the bottle 2
The opening and closing of 00 are performed manually.

As shown in FIGS. 17 and 18, in this embodiment, the cap loading portion 222 is only the fitting member 226, and the fitting member 226 is directly attached to the upper surface of the casing 10A.

As a replenishment procedure, first, the cap 206
Face down, the cap 206 is aligned with the fitting member 226, and is inserted into the round hole 228. By this, the opening member 248
Presses the central portion 212A of the sealing member 212, the groove 213 is broken and the processing liquid is discharged (see FIG. 18).

After the processing liquid is discharged, the inside of the bottle is washed and dried, and then the bottle 200 is pulled out. [Third Embodiment] A third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
Follow the instructions below. The same components as those in the above-described embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 19, in this embodiment, the cap loading portion 222 is directly mounted on the receiving member 236, and the actuator 2 for pushing down the cap loading portion 222 is erected on the casing 10A.
It is attached to 70.

As shown in FIG. 20, the fitting member 276 of this embodiment has a groove 27 having a semicircular cross section extending in the axial direction.
4 are formed, and two small grooves 276 having the same width and the same diameter extending in the circumferential direction are formed in the groove 274.

On the other hand, two flanges 280 as annular protrusions are formed on the outer periphery of the cap 206 of this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 20, in this embodiment, the pitch a between the brims 280 and the brim 280 and the pitch a ′ between the fine grooves 276 and the fine grooves 276 are different for each type of treatment liquid.

In the first embodiment, the cap 206 is inserted into the fitting member 226 from above, but in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 19, the cap 206 is fitted into the fitting member 276.
It is designed to be inserted from the side.

In the present embodiment, if the types of processing liquids are the same, the brim 280 is inserted into the narrow groove 276 and the cap 206
Can be completely inserted into the groove 274, but if the type of the processing liquid is different, the brim 280 hits the groove 274 and the cap 206 cannot be inserted into the groove 274, and the bottle 200 is erroneously loaded. To be prevented.

After the bottle 200 is properly loaded, as shown in FIG. 21, the actuator 232 is driven to push down the cap loading section 222 to discharge the processing liquid.

In this embodiment, the pitch a between the collars 280 is changed to prevent erroneous loading of the bottle 200.
The thickness b, the diameter c, the forming position (height), and the like of 80 are changed for each processing liquid, and the groove width b ′ bottom diameter c ′ of the narrow groove 276 is formed correspondingly (position). It is also possible to prevent erroneous loading of the bottle 200 by changing the value for each processing liquid. Further, the collar 280 and the narrow groove 276 may be provided in reverse, and the collar 280 may be provided in the bottle 200.

Further, not limited to the flange 280 and the narrow groove 276,
As shown in FIG. 22, a plurality of pins 290 as engaged parts are provided on both sides of the cap 206, and grooves 27 of the fitting member 226 are provided.
4 is formed with a narrow groove 292 as an engaging portion adapted to the pin 290, the pitch a between the pins 290, and the pin 290.
The diameter d, the length e, the forming position (height), the number, etc. are changed for each processing liquid, and the pitch a ′ between the narrow grooves 292, the width d ′ of the narrow grooves 292, and the length are correspondingly changed. It is also possible to prevent the erroneous loading of the bottle 200 by changing the e ′, the forming position (height), the forming number and the like for each processing liquid. Further, the pin 290 and the narrow groove 292 may be provided in reverse, and the pin 290 may be provided in the bottle 200.

Further, as shown in FIG. 23, the fitting member 22
It is also possible to form a hole 294 as an engaging portion in the bottom of the groove 274 of No. 6 and to form a pin 296 as an engaged portion matching the shape of the hole 294 in the cap 206. In this case, the cross-sectional shape, outer diameter, position, number, etc. of the pins 296 are changed for each processing liquid, and correspondingly, the opening shape, inner diameter, position, formation number, etc. of the holes 294 are changed for each processing liquid. As a result, erroneous loading of the bottle 200 can be prevented. Further, the pin 296 and the hole 294 may be provided in reverse, and the pin 296 may be provided in the bottle 200. Also,
When the bottle 200 is loaded with the cap 206 facing upward, the collar 280, the pin 290,
The pin 296 and the like do not necessarily have to be provided. In this case, as shown in FIGS. 24 and 25, the height of the bottle 200 and the height of the fitting member 226 may be changed for each processing liquid. For example, if the position of the cap 206 and the position of the fitting member 226 are the same as shown in FIG. 24, the bottle 200 can be loaded correctly as shown in FIG. 26, but if the positions are different, it cannot be loaded correctly. .

Further, as shown in FIGS. 27 and 28, a pair of vertical plates 400 are provided on the stand 218 and the like, and the outer diameter of the bottle 200 and the interval between the vertical plates 400 are changed for each processing liquid. It is also possible to prevent erroneous loading.

The pair of vertical plates 400 is, for example, as shown in FIG.
The plate 224 may be provided instead of the fitting member 226 shown in FIG.

In the above-described embodiment, the bottle 200 is inverted when replenishing the processing liquid, but a holding device for holding the bottle 200 is provided on the table 218 or the like in order to ensure positioning and holding. May be.

Hereinafter, a holding device for the bottle 200 suitable for loading the bottle 200 from the side will be described.

As shown in FIG. 29, the cap loading portion 22
The column 310 is attached to the second plate 224,
A bottom support plate 312 that supports the bottom of the bottle 200 is integrally attached to the end of the column 310.

A gripping device 314 is attached to the side surface of the column 310. As shown in FIGS. 29 and 30,
The gripping device 314 includes a flat surface portion 31 fixed to the support column 310.
6, a half-ring-shaped fixed arm 318 is integrally provided at the center of the flat surface portion 316. The radius of curvature of the fixed arm 318 on the inner surface side corresponds to the radius of curvature of the neck portion 204 of the bottle 200.

The fixed arm 318 is provided with a movable arm 320 at one end and a movable arm 322 at the other end. The movable arms 320 and 322 are supported by the fixed arm 318 by a pin 324, and are rotatable about the pin 324 in the arrow E direction and the direction opposite to the arrow E direction.

The positions of the pins 324 of the movable arms 320 and 322 are displaced from the central portion in the longitudinal direction by a predetermined amount, and the flat portion 316 side has short portions 320A and 322A, respectively.
The opposite sides are the long portions 320B and 322B. In addition,
The radius of curvature on the inner surface side of the movable arms 320 and 322 corresponds to the radius of curvature of the neck portion 204 of the bottle 200, as with the fixed arm 318.

The movable arms 320 and 322 have the flat surface portion 31.
A tension spring 326, one end of which is fixed to 6, applies an urging force in the direction of arrow E. As shown in FIG. 30, normally, the movable arms 320 and 322 have the short portions 3
20A and 322A project inside the fixed arm 318,
The tips of the long portions 320B and 322B are opened to have a predetermined size larger than the diameter of the neck portion 204 of the bottle 200.
The movable arms 320 and 322 are in contact with a stopper (not shown) so as not to open outward (in the direction opposite to the arrow E direction) from the state shown in FIG.

A magnet 328 is embedded in the end of the long portion 320B of the movable arm 320, and the tip thereof is an N pole. On the other hand, the magnet 328 is also embedded in the end of the long portion 322B of the movable arm 322, and the tip is the S pole. The attraction force when the magnets 328 are attracted to each other is larger than the biasing force of the tension spring 326 in that state by a predetermined amount.

Next, the operation of the gripping device 314 will be described. As shown in FIG. 29, when the bottle 200 is entered from the side, the movable arm 32 is moved by the neck portion 204 of the bottle 200.
0 long part 320B and movable arm 322 long part 322B
Is pressed, the movable arms 320 and 322 rotate in the direction of arrow E, and the magnets 328 attract each other, so that the neck portion 2
04 is gripped.

If the bottle 200 is strongly pulled laterally so as to resist the attraction force of the magnet 328, the tension spring 3
The movable arm 320 and the movable arm 3 by the urging force of 26.
22 are separated from each other.

By attaching such a gripping device 314, the bottle 200 can be reliably held in a fixed position with high accuracy, which is suitable when the bottle 200 is toppled over. It is sufficient that at least one of the movable arm 320 and the movable arm 322 is provided with the magnet 328, and in this case, the other may be an iron plate or the like.

In this embodiment, the movable arm 320 and the movable arm 322 are connected by the attractive force of the magnet 328. However, as shown in FIG. 31, the movable arm 320 is provided with a hemispherical projection 330 and the other side is provided with the hemispherical protrusion 330. The concave portion 332 is provided and the projection 33
The movable arm 320 and the movable arm 322 may be connected by fitting 0 into the recess 332. In this case, the movable arm 320 and the movable arm 322 are made of synthetic resin or the like, and the movable arm 320 and the movable arm 3 are formed.
22 is slightly deformable.

As a similar structure, as shown in FIG. 32, the movable arm 320 has a spring 334 and a steel ball 33.
6 is provided with a latch 338 and the spring 3 is provided on the other side.
34 is provided with a slide shaft 340 capable of pushing the steel ball 336 against it, and a part of the projecting steel ball 336 is engaged with the opening of the hole 342 into which the slide shaft 340 is inserted, whereby the movable arm 320 and You may make it connect with the movable arm 322. The movable arm 320
When separating the movable arm 322 from the movable arm 322, the slide shaft 340
The steel ball 336 may be pushed in with.

Further, the gripping device 314 itself may be provided with the erroneous loading preventing function as in the above-mentioned embodiment. Of course,
In this case, on the bottle 200 side, the neck portion 204 has an erroneous loading prevention function.

Although the neck portion 204 of the bottle 200 was gripped by the gripping device 314, the size of the bottle 20 was increased by increasing the shape.
It is also possible to grip the body portion of 0.

The gripping device 314 having a simpler structure will be described below. As shown in FIGS. 33 and 34, the gripping device 314 of this embodiment is made of elastically deformable synthetic resin and has a substantially C shape. Bottle 2
00, a small diameter portion 200A is provided in the middle portion, and the small diameter portion 200A is pushed in from the C-shaped opening and grasped.

Further, as shown in FIG. 35, the bottle 200
A pair of collars 350 is provided on the neck portion 204 of the
The space may be gripped by a gripping device 314 having a small size.

It is also possible to hold the bottle 200 without holding it. As an example, as shown in FIG. 36, a pair of holes 352 is formed in the column 310, a magnet 354 is attached to the bottom of the hole 352, and an iron plate 356 attracted to the magnet 354 is fixed to the side surface of the bottle 200. The magnet 354 and the iron plate 356 may of course be provided in reverse, and the magnet 354 may be provided in both the bottle 200 and the hole 352.

Further, as shown in FIG. 37, the striker 358 may be attached to the support column 310, the latch 360 may be attached to the side surface of the bottle 200, and the latch 360 may be engaged with the striker 358 to hold the bottle 200. It goes without saying that the latch 360 and the striker 358 may be provided in reverse. [Fourth Embodiment] A fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The same components as those in the above-described embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

In this embodiment, the type of the bottle 200 is electrically discriminated. As shown in FIG. 38,
At the bottom of the groove 274 of the fitting member 226, a plurality of photosensors 300 of the reflected light receiving type are provided in the axial direction (front and back direction of the drawing).

On the other hand, on the outer periphery of the cap 206, a hole 302 corresponding to the treatment liquid of the bottle 200 is formed, and the light reflected on the bottom of the hole 302 returns to the optical sensor 300.

That is, in the present embodiment, the type of processing liquid can be discriminated by the presence or absence of the hole 302. For example, when two optical sensors 300 are provided in the axial direction and only the upper optical sensor 300 detects the hole 302, the color developing solution is contained in the bottle 200, and the lower optical sensor 300. If only one detects the hole 302, the bottle 200 contains bleach-fix solution, and if both photosensors 300 detect the hole 302, the bottle 20.
It is possible to determine which processing liquid is contained in the bottle 200, such as that the stabilizing liquid is contained in 0.

A controller is connected to the optical sensor 300,
If a warning is issued by a buzzer, a lamp, or the like when different bottles 200 are loaded, it is possible to prevent erroneous injection of the processing liquid. At the same time, a solenoid or the like is driven at the same time so that the movable shaft of this solenoid is projected from the bottom of the groove 274 of the fitting member 226.
6 is separated from the bottom of the groove 274, and erroneous loading can be prevented.

As shown in FIG. 39, the diameter D of the cap 206 is changed for each processing liquid, and a light source 304 for irradiating a beam of a predetermined width and a line sensor 306 in which a plurality of optical sensors are arranged in a line are provided. Cap loading section 222 (not shown)
In addition, the diameter of the cap 206 can be measured by the line sensor 306 to determine which processing liquid is contained in the bottle 200.

Further, by changing the color of the cap 206 for each processing liquid, as shown in FIG. 40, the optical sensor 30 capable of discriminating the color.
8 can be provided in the cap loading section 222 (not shown), and it is possible to determine which processing liquid is contained in the bottle 200 by the color of the cap 206 of the loaded bottle 200.

[0145]

As described above, since the processing liquid supply apparatus of the present invention can dry the container after the processing liquid has flowed out, it is possible to prevent the processing liquid from dripping when the container is removed. Further, it has an excellent effect that it is possible to prevent the generation of an offensive odor due to the evaporation of the treatment liquid. For this reason, the labor of cleaning work is reduced. In addition, since there is no offensive odor from the container after use, the working environment can be maintained in a good condition.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a printer processor in which an embodiment of the present invention is adopted.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a printer processor to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a developing tank and a replenishment tank.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the replenishment unit according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a cap and a fitting member.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the replenishing unit with the opening / closing lid closed.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a cap, a sealing member and an opening member.

FIG. 8 is a side view of the refill unit showing the bottle in an opened state.

FIG. 9 is a side view of the refill unit showing the bottle after liquid discharge.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating control.

FIG. 11 is another embodiment of the opening member.

FIG. 12 is still another embodiment of the opening member.

FIG. 13 is still another embodiment of the opening member.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the cap and the fitting member.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view showing still another embodiment of the cap and the fitting member.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view showing still another embodiment of the cap and the fitting member.

FIG. 17 is a side view of the replenishment unit according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a side view of the refill unit according to the second embodiment showing the bottle in an opened state.

FIG. 19 is a side view of the replenishment unit according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a perspective view of a cap and a fitting member according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a side view of the refill unit according to the third embodiment showing the bottle in an opened state.

FIG. 22 is a perspective view showing still another embodiment of the cap and the fitting member.

FIG. 23 is a perspective view showing still another embodiment of the cap and the fitting member.

FIG. 24 is an immediate circle view of a bottle and a fitting member showing a bottle and a fitting member that have the same height.

FIG. 25 is an immediate circle view of a bottle and a fitting member showing a bottle and a fitting member whose heights do not match.

FIG. 26 is an immediate circle view of a bottle and a fitting member, showing a state in which bottles having the same height are loaded.

FIG. 27 is a front view of the bottle and the vertical plate showing a state in which the bottle is loaded.

FIG. 28 is a front view of the bottle and the vertical plate showing a state where the bottle cannot be loaded.

FIG. 29 is a side view of the gripping device and the bottle.

FIG. 30 is a perspective view of a gripping device.

FIG. 31 is a front view of a tip portion of a gripping device according to another embodiment.

FIG. 32 is a front view of a distal end portion of a gripping device according to still another embodiment.

FIG. 33 is a side view of a gripping device and a bottle according to still another embodiment.

34 is a sectional view taken along the line 34-34 of FIG. 33.

FIG. 35 is a side view of a gripping device and a bottle according to still another embodiment.

FIG. 36 is a side view of a gripping device and a bottle according to still another embodiment.

FIG. 37 is a side view of a gripping device and a bottle according to still another embodiment.

FIG. 38 is a plan view of the cap and the fitting member according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention as viewed in the axial direction.

FIG. 39 is a perspective view of a light source, a cap, and a line sensor according to another embodiment.

FIG. 40 is a perspective view of an optical sensor and a cap according to still another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 112 Replenishment tank (storage part) 200 Bottle (container) 222 Cap loading part (loading part) 248 Opening member (outflow means) (projection part) 250 Passage (spout port) 420 Air compressor (spout means) 450 Small hole (spout) Exit) 452 slit (spout)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A processing liquid supply device for supplying a processing liquid to a storage part, wherein a loading part for loading a container storing the processing liquid, the processing liquid from the container loaded in the loading part, A treatment liquid supply apparatus, comprising: an outflow unit for outflowing to a storage unit; and an ejection unit for ejecting dry air into the container. 2. The outflow means includes a protrusion for perforating a part of the container to let out the treatment liquid, and the protrusion has an outlet for ejecting the dry air. The processing liquid supply apparatus according to claim 1.