JP2001125233A - Connecting structure for opening/closing cover and stay in photographic processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a connecting structure for opening/closing cover and stay which is capable of smoothly performing the opening and closing operation of an opening/closing cover while the structure is capable of holding the opening/closing cover in respective plural oscillation angle positions by a simple work without increasing the cost of parts. SOLUTION: The photographic processing device 1 mounting the opening/closing cover 24 freely vertically oscillatably with respect to a machine body 24 is constituted by disposing the stay 3 between the opening/closing cover 24 and the machine body 2, oscillatably connecting one longitudinal end of the stay 3 to the machine body 2 and connecting the other longitudinal end of the stay 3 via a rail mechanism 4 disposed at the opening/closing cover 24. The rail mechanism 4 is provided with a rail part 51 where an engaging part 31 disposed at the stay 3 slides as the rail mechanism 4 oscillates between its close position and its full open position of the opening/closing cover 24. This rail part 51 is provided with a part 51d to be engaged with which the engaging part 31 of the stay 3 is engaged in mid-way thereof. The opening/closing cover 24 is held in the prescribed oscillation angle position between the close position and the full-open position by the engagement of the engaging part 31 with the part 51d to be engaged. The structure is provided with an evading mechanism 6 by which the engaging part 31 is moved to evade the part 51d to be engaged when the opening/closing cover 24 is oscillated from the full-open position toward the close position.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a connecting structure of an opening / closing cover and a stay in a photographic processing apparatus, and more particularly, to an opening / closing cover and a stay in a photographic processing apparatus in which the opening / closing cover is attached to a body so as to be vertically swingable. The connection structure.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a photographic processing apparatus, an opening for maintenance is provided at an upper part of a machine body, and the opening is opened and closed by an opening and closing cover which can freely swing up and down.

[0003] In general, the open / close cover is pivotally supported at one end to the body so as to be swingable in the vertical direction. When performing maintenance for replacing parts, the cover is fully opened, for example, when the swing angle 9
While it is necessary to open and work until it reaches 0 degrees,
When performing maintenance only for inspecting the inside of the machine, the work can be sufficiently performed only by opening the cover to a position where the swing angle is about 40 degrees.

Usually, during maintenance work, it is necessary to hold the open / close cover at a predetermined swing angle position from the viewpoint of workability, and when holding the open / close cover, it is necessary to hold the open / close cover and the machine body. A stay is interposed, and one end in the length direction of the stay is swingably connected to the body, and the other end in the length direction of the stay is connected to a support member provided on the opening / closing cover so as to be attachable or detachable. Like that.

More specifically, the connecting structure of the stay is described below. A connecting shaft extending in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the stay is formed at the connecting end of the stay with the opening / closing cover. By fixing a connecting bracket to which the connecting shaft of the stay is locked, forming a cutout recess in the connecting bracket to which the connecting shaft of the stay is locked, and fitting the connecting shaft of the stay to this recess, The opening / closing cover is held at a predetermined position via the cover.

Further, in holding the opening / closing cover in two stages of the fully open position and the intermediate position, two connecting brackets are fixed to the opening / closing cover corresponding to the respective swing angle positions of the fully open position and the intermediate position. Therefore, two-stage holding is performed.

[0007]

However, in order to hold the opening / closing cover in the two-stage position, it is necessary to connect or detach the connecting shaft of the stay to or from the connecting bracket of the opening / closing cover. There was a trouble that became complicated.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to hold the opening / closing cover at a plurality of predetermined swing angle positions by a simple operation without increasing the cost of parts. An object of the present invention is to provide a connection structure between an opening / closing cover and a stay that can smoothly open and close the opening / closing cover.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a photographic processing apparatus in which an opening / closing cover is attached to a body so as to be vertically swingable. A stay is arranged, one end in the length direction of the stay is swingably connected to the body, and the other end in the length direction of the stay is connected via a rail mechanism provided on the opening / closing cover, and the rail mechanism is A rail portion on which the engaging portion provided on the stay slides in accordance with the swing of the opening / closing cover between the closed position and the fully open position, and the engaging portion of the stay is engaged in the middle of the rail portion. The engagement portion engages with the engagement portion to hold the opening / closing cover at a predetermined swing angle position between the closed position and the fully opened position, while fully opening the opening / closing cover. When swinging from the position to the closed position, the engaging portion moves around the And configured to include the avoidance mechanisms.

Further, the rail portion is formed at a plurality of linear rail portions formed stepwise, a continuous portion for connecting the two linear rail portions, and an end portion of the linear rail portion located near the continuous portion and below. It is preferable that the connecting portion is provided and the avoiding mechanism is provided in the continuous portion.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of a photographic processing apparatus 1 according to the present invention.
1 and the automatic developing machine 12 are integrally configured,
After exposing the image of the film to the photographic paper in the printing section of the photographic printing machine 11, the exposed photographic paper is processed by the automatic developing machine 1
2, the photographic paper exposed in the automatic developing machine 12 is developed in the developing section, and the photographic print dried in the drying section is discharged from the discharge port 21 provided in the upper part of the machine body 2. ing.

As shown in FIG. 2, on the upper part of the machine body 2 of the automatic developing machine 12, as shown in FIG. An opening 23 having a rectangular shape in plan view and an opening / closing cover 24 for opening and closing the opening 23 are provided for performing a liquid level check operation or the like.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the opening / closing cover 24 is provided with a pivot 25 provided at one end thereof.
Pivotally mounted on the body 2 so as to be vertically swingable with respect to the body 2.

On the upper surface of the opening / closing cover 24, there is provided a conveyor device 26 for transporting the photographic print discharged from the discharge port 21 to the front side of the machine body 2.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, in the photographic processing apparatus 1 described above, the opening / closing cover 24 is attached to the body 2 of the automatic developing machine 12 and the opening / closing cover 24 provided on the body 2. On the other hand, a stay 3 is provided for holding at a predetermined swing position.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, one end of the stay 3 is swingably connected to the body 2 and the other end of the stay 3 is provided on the opening / closing cover 24. It is connected to the opening / closing cover 24 via the rail mechanism 4.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the rail mechanism 4 has a closed position (a position indicated by a two-dot broken line A in FIG. 3) and a fully opened position (a position indicated by a two dotted line B in FIG. 3). ) Is provided with a rail portion 51 on which the engaging portion 31 provided on the stay 3 slides in accordance with the swing between the brackets.

As shown in FIG. 3, the stay 3 has an L-shape in which the connection side with the opening / closing cover 24 is bent, and the end of the stay 3 on the connection side with the body 2 is connected via a pivot pin 32 to the body 2. An engaging portion 31 is formed at a bent end portion connected to the opening / closing cover 24. This engagement portion 31
Connecting shaft 31 extending in a direction perpendicular to the length direction of stay 3
a.

The rail mechanism 4 includes a connecting shaft 31a of the stay 3.
A rail portion 51 into which a rail is inserted is formed by a plate-shaped rail member 5 having a perforated portion, and a flange portion 52 extending in a direction orthogonal to the rail surface is formed continuously on an upper portion of the rail member 5. The rail member 5 is fixed to the opening / closing cover 24 via the flange portion 52 by screwing or the like.

As shown in FIG. 4, the rail portion 51 is composed of two first straight rail portions 51a and a second straight rail portion 51b which are formed in a vertically different step, and the two straight rail portions 51a, 51b are continuous. A continuous part 51c to be connected and a continuous part 5
1c, the second straight rail portion 51b located below
The first straight rail portion 51a, the continuous portion 51c, the second straight rail portion 51b, and the engaged portion 51d are continuously formed. ing.

The connecting shaft 31a, which is the engaging portion 31 of the stay 3, is engaged with the engaged portion 51d formed in the middle of the rail portion 51. The engagement with the portion 51d holds the opening / closing cover 24 at a predetermined swing angle position between the closed position and the fully opened position (the position shown by the solid line C in FIG. 3).

On the other hand, when the open / close cover 24 is swung from the fully open position to the closed position,
An avoidance mechanism 6 is provided in which the engaging portion 31 is moved around the engaged portion 51d.

The avoiding mechanism 6 includes a swingable blade member 61 and a coil spring 62 for urging the blade member 61 in one direction (the direction opposite to the direction a in FIG. 4). The blade member 61 is a metal piece having an L-shaped cross section, and is an engagement portion 31 of the stay 3 moving in the rail portion 51.
And a receiving piece 61b formed continuously above the guide piece 61a and receiving one end of the coil spring 62. Further, the blade member 61
A rotating shaft 63 is fixed to a central portion of the rotating shaft 63.
Are rotatably supported by a support member 53 integrally fixed to the rail member 5.

The coil spring 6 is arranged around the rotating shaft 63.
2 and one end portion of the receiving member 6 of the blade member 61 is wound.
1b, the other end is supported by the support member 53, and the blade member 61 is urged in one rotation direction.
One end of the blade member 61 is brought into contact with an upper portion of a continuous portion 51c continuous with the first linear rail portion 51a.

The operation of the above embodiment will be described. 3 and 4 when the cover 24 is in the closed state.
As shown in (1), the engaging portion 31 of the stay 3 is located at the end of the first straight rail portion 51a on the side opposite to the continuous portion.

Next, the case where the cover 24 is opened and the cover 24 is held at the position shown by the solid line C where the swing angle is 46.2 degrees as shown in FIG. 3 will be described.
By swinging upward to open the opening / closing cover 24 from the closed state, as shown in FIG. 6, when the engaging portion 31 of the stay 3 moves along the first linear rail portion 51a and reaches the continuous portion 51c. And the guide piece 61a of the blade member 61. At this time, since the guide piece 61a is in contact with the upper portion of the continuous portion 51c, it does not rotate any more, and
Is guided to the second linear rail portion 51b along the guide piece 61a of the blade member 61. The engaging portion 31 of the stay 3 is positioned at the engaged portion 51d formed at one end of the second linear rail portion 51b, so that the engaging portion 31 is formed.
Due to the weight of the connecting shaft 31a
Is stopped by the engaged portion 51d, the movement of the stay 3 is prevented, and the opening / closing cover 24 is securely held at the position of the swing angle of 46.2 degrees.

Next, a case where the open / close cover 24 is opened and held from the above-described intermediate position to the fully open position (a position at a swing angle of 93 degrees indicated by a two-dot broken line B in FIG. 3) will be described. As shown in FIG. 5, by swinging the opening / closing cover 24 in the direction to further open the opening / closing cover 24 from the intermediate position, the engaging portion 31 of the stay 3 is engaged with the engaged portion 51d.
7 starts moving along the second linear rail portion 51b and reaches the continuous portion 51c.
Corresponds to the lower side of the guide piece 61a at the position where the blade member 61 is indicated by the two-dot broken line.

At this time, the guide piece 61a is pushed by the engaging portion 31 and rotates in the direction a against the urging force of the coil spring 62. The engaging portion 31 pushes the guide piece 61a to release the second linear rail portion. It moves to the other end of 51b. When the engaging portion 31 of the stay 3 reaches the other end of the second linear rail portion 51b, the movement of the stay 3 is prevented, and the swing of the opening / closing cover 24 in the opening direction is prevented.
Due to its own weight on the connecting shaft 31a.
The opening / closing cover 24 is reliably held at the position where the swing angle is 93 degrees by being received at the other end of the linear rail portion 51b.

Further, a case where the open / close cover 24 is closed by swinging the open / close cover 24 from the fully open position to the closed position will be described. As shown in FIGS. Is pivoted in the closing direction so that the engaging portion 31 of the stay 3 is moved from the other end of the second linear rail portion 51b to the second linear rail portion 5b.
When it starts moving along 1b and reaches the continuous portion 51c, it hits the upper side of the guide piece 61a of the blade member 61 at the position shown by the two-dot broken line in FIG.

The engaging portion 31 is moved along the guide piece 61a while contacting the guide piece 61a.
Move toward a. Further, the engaging portion 31 is
When the guide piece 61a passes through the intermediate portion of the engaging portion 31,
, And rotates in the direction a against the urging force of the coil spring 62, so that the engagement portion 31 pushes the guide piece 61a into the first linear rail portion 51a, and the first linear rail portion 51a.
And the opening / closing cover 24 is closed.

When the open / close cover 24 is swung from the fully open position to the intermediate position, as shown in FIG. 8, the open / close cover 24 is swung in the direction to close the open / close cover 24 so as to close the stay 3. The engaging portion 31 is moved from the other end of the second linear rail portion 51b along the second linear rail portion 51b.

Then, the engaging portion 31 is moved while pressing the guide piece 61a of the blade member 61, and when passing through the guide piece 61a, the blade member 61 is biased by the coil spring 62 and is shown by a two-dot broken line in FIG. In this state, the engaging portion 31 is reversed and the guide piece 6 is returned.
By moving the engaging portion 31 along the lower side of 1a and to the engaged portion 51d, the opening / closing cover 24 can be reliably held at the intermediate position.

Further, when the cover 24 is opened from the closed position to the fully opened position,
1 from the first linear rail portion 51a to the lower side of the guide piece 61a of the continuous portion 51c while the second linear rail portion 5
By simply moving the cover 1b, the openable cover 24 can be smoothly opened and held to the fully open position.

As described above, in the present embodiment, when the opening / closing cover 24 is opened / closed, the engaging portion 3 of the stay 3 is guided by the guide piece 61a provided on the blade member 61 of the avoiding mechanism 6.
1 can be smoothly guided to a desired position. In particular, when the cover 24 is swung from the fully open position to the closed position, the engaging portion 31 of the stay 3
Is prevented from being engaged with the engaged portion 51d for holding at an intermediate position (oscillation angle 46.2 degrees) provided near the continuous portion 51c, and the engaging portion 31 is The engaging portion 31 is moved from the second straight rail portion 51b to the first straight rail portion 51a without being engaged with the engaging portion 51d. As a result, the opening / closing cover 24 is not locked at the intermediate position (the swing angle 46.2 degrees), and the opening / closing cover 2 is not locked.
4 can be closed smoothly.

[0036]

According to the present invention, there is provided a photographic processing apparatus in which an opening / closing cover is attached to a body so as to be vertically swingable, wherein a stay is provided between the opening / closing cover and the body. , One end in the longitudinal direction of the stay is swingably connected to the body, the other end in the longitudinal direction of the stay is connected via a rail mechanism provided on the opening / closing cover, and the rail mechanism is in the closed position of the opening / closing cover. With the swing between
The stay is provided with a rail portion on which the engaging portion slides, and in the middle of the rail portion, an engaged portion with which the engaging portion of the stay is engaged is provided. By holding the open / close cover at a predetermined swing angle position between the closed position and the fully open position, the engaging portion is engaged when the open / close cover is swung from the fully open position toward the closed position. When the opening / closing cover is swung from the fully open position to the closed position, the engaging portion of the stay is provided near the continuous portion by the avoiding mechanism. Since the engaging portion is avoided from being engaged with the engaged portion, the engaging portion can be moved from the lower straight rail portion to the upper straight rail portion without the engaging portion being engaged with the engaged portion. In addition, the opening / closing cover can be closed smoothly without being locked at the intermediate position. As a result, without increasing component costs,
While the opening / closing cover can be held at a plurality of predetermined swing angle positions by a simple operation, the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing cover can be smoothly performed.

Further, the rail portion is formed at a plurality of linear rail portions formed at different levels, a continuous portion for connecting the two linear rail portions, and an end portion of the linear rail portion located below and near the continuous portion. The engaged portion is provided, and the avoiding mechanism is provided in the continuous portion.
The open / close cover can be smoothly opened / closed with a simple configuration and without complicated work, and the open / close cover can be held at a predetermined position.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall schematic perspective view of a photographic processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall perspective view showing a state where an opening / closing cover of the photographic processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 is opened.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a connection state according to a swing angle between an opening / closing cover and a stay of the photographic processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the rail mechanism according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the rail mechanism shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of an operation of the rail mechanism when the openable cover is moved from the closed state to the intermediate position in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of the operation of the rail mechanism when the openable cover is moved from the intermediate position to the fully open position in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an operation explanatory view of the rail mechanism when the openable cover is moved from the fully open position to the closed position in the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Photo processing apparatus 2 Body 24 Opening / closing cover 3 Stay 31 Engagement part 4 Rail mechanism 51 Rail part 51a First straight rail part 51b Second straight rail part 51c Continuous part 51d Engaged part 6 Avoidance mechanism

Claims (2)

[Claims] In a photographic processing apparatus in which an opening / closing cover is vertically swingably attached to a machine body, a stay is provided between the opening / closing cover and the machine body, and one end in a length direction of the stay is attached to the machine body. And the other end in the length direction of the stay is connected via a rail mechanism provided on the opening / closing cover, and the rail mechanism swings between the closed position and the fully opened position of the opening / closing cover. With this, a stay is provided with a rail portion on which the engaging portion provided slides, and an engaged portion with which the engaging portion of the stay is engaged is provided in the middle of the rail portion, so that the engaging portion is engaged with the engaging portion. By engaging the engaging portion, the opening / closing cover is held at a predetermined swing angle position between the closed position and the fully opened position, while the opening / closing cover is swung from the fully opened position toward the closed position, the engaging portion is A photographic processor comprising an avoidance mechanism that is moved to avoid the engaged portion. Coupling structure of the cover and the stay in the device. 2. The rail portion is formed at a plurality of linear rail portions formed stepwise, a continuous portion connecting the two linear rail portions, and an end portion of the linear rail portion located below and near the continuous portion. 2. The connecting structure of an opening / closing cover and a stay in a photographic processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: an engaged portion to be engaged;