LEDs in an LED display part are arranged so as to have approximately the
same placing form as containers. When a chemical solution in a container
is exhausted, a corresponding LED of the LED display part lights up.
Prior to an operation of replacing the container, an operator allows a
bar code reader to read a bar code of an unused container. A bar code
reader collator collates the bar code data of the unused container with
the bar code data of a container corresponding to the lighting LED, which
is already registered in a data base. When the bar code reader collator
judges that the chemical solutions in the both containers are identical,
the display of the LED is changed from a lighting-up display to a
flashing display. This makes it easy to recognize the disposing position
of the empty container to be replaced, thereby effectively preventing
incorrect replacement of the container.