Abstract: A photographic film processing apparatus having a processing unit placed in a water tank and provided with a plurality of processing chambers each having a comparatively small volume, and capable of uniformly, stably, continuously and quickly processing various types of films including superhigh-speed films requiring a plurality of film processing steps requiring different reaction times respectively and color films using small quantities of processing solutions. The processing unit is formed by arranging a plurality of pairs of film conveying rollers at given small intervals along an upward concave arc of a circle, closing spaces between the adjacent pairs of film conveying rollers by pairs of sealing rollers, and disposing a pair of support plates provided with ports on the opposite sides of the rollers respectively so as to define processing chambers of small volumes between the adjacent pairs of film conveying rollers and to be arranged successively along the direction of travel of a film (F).

Abstract: A photographic film processing apparatus comprises a water tank for containing a constant quantity of fresh water, and one or a plurality of processing units each comprising a pair of feed rollers disposed with their circumferences in close contact with each other, a pair of delivery rollers spaced apart from the pair of feed rollers and disposed with their circumferences in close contact with each other, a pair of sealing rollers disposed with the circumference of one of them in close contact with the circumferences of the top feed roller and the top delivery roller and with the circumference of the other in close contact with the circumferences of the bottom feed roller and the bottom delivery roller, and a pair of support plates disposed respectively on the opposite sides of the rollers so as to support the rollers for rotation and to define a liquid-tight processing chamber by the circumferences of the rollers and the inner surfaces thereof.