Continuous film processor

Claim 1

PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM PROCESSING APPARATUS COMPRISING, A MAIN FRAME, A DRYING COMPARTMENT SECURED TO SAID FRAME AT AN END THEREOF, AN UPRIGHT PARTITION SECURED WITHIN SAID FRAME, A PAIR OF MAIN TANKS REMOVABLY SUPPORTED BY SAID PARTITION ON OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF, A PLURALITY OF SECONDARY TANKS REMOVABLY AND INTERCHANGEABLY SUSPENDED FROM OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID PARTITION AND PROJECTING INTO SAID MAIN TANKS, MEANS FOR ROTATABLY SUPPORTING A REEL OF FILM TO BE PROCESSED ON ONE SIDE OF SAID PARTITION, MEANS FOR GUIDING AND ADVANCING THE FILM TO BE PROCESSED FROM SAID REEL ALONG A CIRCUITOUS PATH INTO AND OUT OF SAID SECONDARY TANKS ALONG SAID ONE SIDE OF SAID PARTITION, MEANS FOR CONTINUING THE ADVANCEMENT OF SAID FILM ALONG A CIRCUITOUS PATH INTO AND OUT OF SAID SECONDARY TANKS ALONG SAID OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID PARTITION, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING FLUID TO EACH OF SAID MAIN TANKS, SAID SECONDARY TANKS BEING SEPARATELY SUPPLIED WITH PROCESSING FLUID, AND MEANS FOR FINALLY WITHDRAWING SAID FILM FROM SAID TANKS AND ADVANCING THE SAME IN A CIRCUITOUS PATH THROUGH SAID DRYING COMPARTMENT, WHEREBY THE FRAME AND UPRIGHT PARTITION FUNCTION AS THE SOLE SUPPORTING AND CARRYING MEANS FOR ALL OF THE ELEMENTS THUS ENABLING THE DEVICE TO BE RENDERED SELF-CONTAINED AND PORTABLE.