JP2002311512A - Photographic processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a development processing device which is capable of preventing the failure of a drawer tray or information recording medium even when, the drawer tray or information recording medium comes into jumping out of an information recording medium slot. SOLUTION: The photographic processing device mounted with a computer unit having an insertion opening of the information recording medium within the machine body is provided with a protective member (protective plate) for protecting the information recording medium emitted from the information recording medium insertion opening or the drawer tray for carrying the information recording medium near the information recording medium insertion opening of the machine body.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a photographic processing apparatus equipped with a computer unit having an insertion slot for an information recording medium such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a compact disk, and a digital video disk. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, not only images on films but also floppy disks (FD) and compact disks (C
D), a photographic processing apparatus for printing and developing digital image information recorded on an information recording medium such as a digital video disk (DVD) and a magneto-optical disk (MO) on photographic paper has been increasing. In this type of photographic processing apparatus, a computer unit as a control device is mounted in the body of the apparatus in order to perform a process of capturing or writing digital image information.

[0003] The computer unit is provided with a disk drive for reading and writing information from and to various information recording media such as a floppy disk and a compact disk, corresponding to each information recording medium.

[0004] Each of these disk drives is provided with an information recording medium insertion slot for inserting an information recording medium.

[0005]

When an information recording medium is inserted from an information recording medium insertion slot of a disk drive, a floppy disk or a magneto-optical disk covered with a cover is inserted into the information recording medium itself. It is common to insert and remove from the mouth, and for compact discs and digital video discs, a drawer tray is provided at the information recording medium insertion slot of the disc drive, and a compact disc or digital video disc is placed on this drawer tray. Generally, such a compact disc or digital video disc is inserted into a disc drive from an information recording medium insertion slot.

However, it is common for an operator to frequently insert and remove a large number of information recording media from a disk drive in order to read or write image information. When you remove the information recording medium from the disk drive and forget to store the drawer tray in the disk drive, or leave the floppy disk etc. out of the information recording medium insertion slot There is.

Forgetting to store the drawer tray in the disk drive as described above, the drawer tray may be in a state of being protruded from the computer unit, or the floppy disk may be in a state of being protruded from the information recording medium insertion slot. When in the state, the worker may not notice the state, and a part of the body may accidentally hit the drawer tray or the like, and the unit drive including the drawer tray and the information recording medium may be damaged. .

In particular, when the information recording medium insertion opening is provided below the work surface of the worktable, that is, at the feet of the worker, it is difficult to notice that the drawer tray or the like is protruding, and the breakage is likely to occur. .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and even if the drawer tray or the information recording medium is protruding from the information recording medium insertion slot, the drawer tray or the information recording medium may be damaged. It is an object of the present invention to provide a photographic processing apparatus capable of preventing the image processing.

[0010]

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a photographic processing apparatus in which a computer unit having an information recording medium insertion port is mounted in a body. In addition, a protection member for protecting the information recording medium ejected from the information recording medium insertion port or a drawer tray on which the information recording medium is placed is provided near the information recording medium insertion port in the body.

The information recording medium is a medium on which digital information can be recorded, such as a compact disk (CD), a digital video disk (DVD), a floppy disk (FD), and a magneto-optical disk (MO).

The drawer tray is a tray on which an information recording medium is placed and which is inserted into and removed from a disk drive of a computer unit through an information recording medium insertion slot.

The protective member may be a plate-like member, a frame-like member, a rod-like member, or the like. The protective member may have any shape as long as it can prevent contact with the drawer tray. .

Further, the invention described in claim 2 is the same as the invention described in claim 1.
Wherein the information recording medium insertion opening is disposed below the work surface of the worktable.

[0015]

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

FIGS. 1 and 2 show a photographic processing apparatus according to the present invention.
A scanner 21 as an image reading mechanism for reading a film image and converting it into an electric signal, a computer unit 3 for controlling and operating a photographic processing device, and various electric devices are mounted.

A top plate 22 serving as a work table separately formed is assembled on the upper surface of the body 1, and a lamp housing 23 containing a halogen lamp is mounted on the top plate 22.
, A film mask 24 for setting a film, and a monitor 25.

The lamp housing 23 and the film mask 24 are connected by a mirror tunnel 26, and a scanner 21 is provided below the film mask 24.

In the above-described photographic processing apparatus, an installation base 27 for a monitor 25 is provided on the top plate 22 of the body 1 and a keyboard and a mouse (not shown) are provided as input devices.

The computer unit 3 is disposed below the top plate 22 serving as a work table, and not only controls the drive of various electric devices mounted on the photographic processing apparatus, but also controls a floppy disk or a compact disk. It is also possible to read image information recorded on an information recording medium and perform image processing by an input operation with an input device such as a keyboard, and write the image information after the image processing is performed on the information recording medium. It has become.

Further, the computer unit 3 includes:
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, a compact disk drive, a digital video disk drive 32, and a floppy disk for reading and writing image information recorded on a compact disk, digital video disk, floppy disk, and magneto-optical disk. A drive 33 and a magneto-optical disk drive 34 are mounted.

The compact disk drive 31, digital video disk drive 32, floppy disk drive 33, and magneto-optical disk drive 3
4 are information recording medium insertion openings 31a, 32a, 33 for taking in information recording media according to the type of information recording medium.
The compact disk drive 31 has a CD insertion port 31a, the digital video disk drive 32 has a DVD insertion port 32a, the floppy disk drive 33 has an FD insertion port 33a, and the magneto-optical disk drive 34 has An MO insertion port 34a is provided.

These information recording medium insertion openings 31a, 32
a, 33a, and 34a, an opening 12 is formed in a part of the side surface 11 of the machine body 1 and an information recording medium insertion opening of the computer unit 3 is provided from the opening 12 in order to put the information recording medium in and out. The computer unit 3 is assembled to the body 1 so as to expose the side surface.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the compact disk drive 31 and the digital video disk drive 32 are used to insert and remove a compact disk from the CD insertion port 31a and a digital video disk from the DVD insertion port 32a. Drawer tray 31b,
32b are provided for each.

The drawer trays 31b and 32b are
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the buttons 31c and 32c provided on the compact disk drive 31 and the digital video disk drive 32 are operated so as to be inserted into and removed from the CD insertion slot 31a or the DVD insertion slot 32a. Trays 31b, 32 pulled out from the CD insertion slot 31a or the DVD insertion slot 32a.
b, place a compact disc or digital video disc on the drawer tray 31 together with the disc.
b and 32b are inserted into the CD insertion slot 31a or the DVD insertion slot 32
By inserting the disc from a, the disc is set in the compact disc drive 31 or the digital video disc drive 32, and information can be read and written.

The floppy disk drive 33 and the magneto-optical disk drive 34 directly connect the floppy disk to the FD insertion port 33a and the magneto-optical disk
The disc is set in the O insertion port 34a, and the disc is set in the floppy disc drive 33 or the magneto-optical disc drive 34, so that information can be read and written.

The above-described photographic processing apparatus uses the film mask 2 when capturing image information from the film.
4, the light is irradiated from a halogen lamp in the lamp housing 23, and the light is transmitted through the film set on the film mask 24. The image light accompanying the image of the film is introduced into the scanner 21, and 21
The image light is converted into a digital signal, and the digital image information is sent to the computer unit 3.

When fetching image information recorded on an information recording medium such as a floppy disk, the information recording medium is transferred to a computer unit 3 corresponding to the type.
, And digital image information is read by the disk drives 31, 32, 33, and 34 and sent to the computer unit 3.

Various kinds of digital image information sent to the computer unit 3 are displayed on the monitor 25, image processing is performed by input operation with a keyboard or a mouse, and the information after the image processing is stored in the computer unit 3, Or written on an information recording medium.

In the above-described photographic processing apparatus, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, information recording medium insertion openings 31a, 32 in the side surface portion 11 of the body 1 are provided.
a, 33a, 34a, near the information recording medium insertion port 31.
a, 32a, 33a, and 34a, and the drawer trays 31b, 32 on which the information recording medium or the information recording medium is placed.
and a protection member 4 for protecting b. In the present embodiment, a plate-shaped protection plate 4 is used as a protection member.

FIG. 3, FIG. 4, FIG. 7, and FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, it is attached to the body 1 via a fixing member 5 and a reinforcing member 6 which are fixed to the side surface portion 11 of the body 1, and the information recording medium insertion ports 31a, 32 in FIG.
a, 33a, 34a.

The protection plate 4 is formed of a plate member made of a synthetic resin, has an L shape in a top view in FIG. 3, and is attached to the side surface portion 11 of the body 1 as shown in FIGS. When fixed to the fixing member 5, the main protection surface 41 protruding from the body side surface portion 11 and the information recording medium insertion ports 31 a, 32 a, 33 a, continuously from the protruding front end of the main protection surface 41.
And a sub-protection surface 42 formed to bend toward 34a.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, the main protective surface 41 projects from the side surface portion 11 by a predetermined length and is attached to the fixing member 5. The part has a pentagonal shape that is longer than the protruding side. Further, two bolt holes 41a for inserting the fixing bolt 7 are formed at the end of the main protection surface 41 on the mounting side to the fixing member 5. Note that the length of the main protection surface 41 protruding from the side surface portion 11 is matched with the length of the drawer trays 31b and 32b drawn from the side surface portion 11.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, the sub-protection surface 42 is formed by bending a predetermined length from the projecting tip of the main protection surface 41.

The fixing member 5 to which the protection plate 4 is fixed is also made of synthetic resin. As shown in FIGS. 3, 4, 7 and 8, a long and narrow body fixing side plate-like portion is provided. 51,
And a protection plate fixed side plate-shaped portion 52 which is vertically bent and extended from the machine body fixed side plate-shaped portion 51.

At both ends in the longitudinal direction of the body-fixed side plate-like portion 51, screw insertion holes 51a for inserting the screws 9 into the side surface portion 11 of the body 1 are formed.
As shown in (1), the body-fixed side plate-shaped portion 51 is fixed to the side surface portion 11 of the body 1 by screws so as to extend in the up-down direction.

The protection plate fixing side plate portion 52 is formed continuously and integrally on one side in the longitudinal direction of the body fixing side plate portion 51. When the body fixing side plate portion 51 is fixed to the body 1, The protection plate fixed side plate-shaped portion 52 projects vertically from the side surface portion 11 of the body 1.

The size of the protection plate fixed side plate portion 52 is the same as that of the machine body fixed side plate portion 51 in the longitudinal direction. The length of the fuselage 1 in the protruding direction from the side surface portion 11 is shorter than the length of the main protection surface 41. Further, a bolt hole 52 a for inserting the fixing bolt 7 is formed in the protection plate fixing side plate-shaped portion 52.
Are formed.

The reason why the longitudinal length of the body-fixing side plate-shaped portion 51 is longer than the length of the protection plate-fixed side plate-shaped portion 52 in the longitudinal direction is that when the load is applied to the protection plate-fixed side plate-shaped portion 52, the body 1 is not. This is for distributing the load applied to the body-fixed side plate-shaped portion 51 by making the supporting area as large as possible.

The reinforcing member 6 is also formed of a rectangular plate member made of synthetic resin, and the length of the long side portion is the main protection surface 41 of the protection plate 4.
And the length of the short side is shorter than the protruding length of the protection plate fixed side plate-shaped portion 52. The reinforcing member 6 also has two bolt holes 6a through which the fixing bolt 7 is inserted.

Next, in order to fix the protection plate 4 to the side surface portion 11 of the body 1 via the fixing member 5, first, the main protection surface 41 of the protection plate 4 is fixed to the protection plate fixing side plate of the fixing member 5. Part 52
And the respective bolt holes 41 sandwiched between the reinforcing members 6.
a, 52a, and 6a, and align the bolt holes 41a, 5a.
The fixing bolt 7 is inserted through 2a and 6a and tightened by the nut 8 to integrally fix the main protection surface 41 of the protection plate 4, the protection plate fixing side plate-like portion 52 of the fixing member 5 and the reinforcing member 6. .

In order to fix the fixing member 5 to which the protection plate 4 is fixed to the side surface 11 of the body 1, the fixing member 5
The body-fixed side plate portion 51 is disposed on the side surface portion 11 so that the longitudinal direction extends in the vertical direction, and is fixed by screws.

When the protection plate 4 is fixed to the body 1 via the fixing member 5 in this manner, the main protection surface 41 of the protection plate 4
Is projected from the side surface 11 of the body 1, and the sub-protection surface 42 is bent from the protruding tip of the main protection surface 41 toward the information recording medium insertion ports 31 a, 32 a, 33 a, 34 a. .

According to the present embodiment, the protection plate 4 is attached to the body 1
And the main protection surface 41 of the protection plate 4 is projected between the work position of the worker and the information recording medium insertion openings 31a, 32a, 33a, 34a. Therefore, the operator can move the information recording medium insertion ports 31a, 32a, 33 from the normal work position.
When the worker attempts to move toward the information recording mediums 34a and 34a, the worker's feet are obstructed by the main protection surface 41 of the protection plate 4 and cannot go directly to the information recording medium insertion openings 31a, 32a, 33a and 34a.

As a result, the information recording medium insertion openings 31a, 3
2a, 33a, 34a, drawer trays 31b, 32b
Or even if the floppy disk is in a protruding state,
The worker's foot hits the protection plate 4 provided in front of the drawer trays 31b, 32b, etc., and the drawer trays 31b, 32
b, etc., so that the drawer tray 31
b, 32b, each disk drive 31, 32, 3
3, 34 can be prevented from being damaged.

Further, in this embodiment, since the information recording medium insertion ports 31a, 32a, 33a, and 34a are disposed below the top plate 22 serving as a work table, the operator can use the information recording medium insertion ports 31a and 32a. , 33a, 34a, it is difficult to confirm whether or not the drawer trays 31b, 32b, etc. are protruding from the disk drive 31, 33a, 34a. 32, 33, 34 can be prevented from being damaged.

In this embodiment, the protection plate 4 is provided with the information recording medium insertion openings 31a, 32a, 33 in FIG.
a, 34a are provided only on the left side, but the information recording medium insertion openings 31a, 32a, 33a, 3
4a may be provided only on the right side, or may be provided on both sides of the information recording medium insertion openings 31a, 32a, 33a and 34a.

Further, the protection plate is provided with the information recording medium insertion opening 3.
In the above-described embodiment, the extension length of the sub-protection surface 42 bent and extended from the main protection surface 41 of the protection plate 4 is formed so as to cover the entirety of 1a, 32a, 33a, 34a. You may do so. In this case, in order to smoothly pull out the drawer trays 31b and 32b, the protruding length of the main protection surface 41 is set so that the drawer trays 31b and 32b protrude beyond the maximum amount of pulling out, and the sub protection surface 42 is bent. Need to be formed. In addition, a protection plate is arranged above the CD insertion slot 31a at the highest position so as to cover the entire drawer trays 31b and 32b drawn from the information recording medium insertion slots 31a, 32a, 33a and 34a. You may.

Information recording medium insertion openings 31a, 32a, 33
a, 34a, the drawer trays 31b, 32b can be protected against any movement of the worker, and the drawer trays 31b, 3 can be more efficiently protected.
Disk drives 31, 32, 33, 34 including 2b
Can be protected.

Further, the information recording medium insertion opening 3 is
1a, 32a, 33a and 34a, the information recording medium insertion ports 31a, 32a and 33
a, 34a can be protected against impact from the front direction, and when the protection plate is disposed above the highest CD insertion slot 31a, the information recording medium insertion slots 31a, It is also possible to protect the drawer trays 31b, 32b and the like drawn from the 32a, 33a, 34a from impacts from above.

The information recording medium insertion ports 31a, 32
When a protection plate is provided so as to cover the front side or the upper side of a, 33a, and 34a, the position of the front side protection surface or the upper side protection surface can be changed in order to facilitate the operation of inserting and removing the information recording medium. It is preferable to have a structure.

[0052]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a photographic processing apparatus in which a computer unit having an information recording medium insertion port is mounted in a body.
The structure is such that a protection member is provided near the information recording medium insertion slot of the machine to protect the information recording medium ejected from the information recording medium insertion slot or a drawer tray on which the information recording medium is placed. When the user tries to move from the position toward the information recording medium insertion opening, the movement is hindered by the protection member, and the user cannot go directly to the information recording medium insertion side.

As a result, even if the drawer tray or the information recording medium is ejected from the information recording medium insertion opening,
When the worker moves toward the information recording medium insertion slot,
The protection member provided in front of the drawer tray or the like eliminates the possibility that a part of the worker's body hits the drawer tray or the like, thereby preventing damage to the computer unit including the drawer tray.

When the information recording medium insertion opening is arranged below the work surface of the work table, the operator checks whether the drawer tray or the like is in a state of being protruded from the information recording medium insertion opening. However, even if the state of the drawer tray or the like is not known due to the provision of the protective member, damage to the drawer tray or the like can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an overall schematic side view of a photographic processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a main part in a protection plate disposition portion in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a main part in a protection plate disposition portion in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a side view of the protection plate according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a front view of the protection plate according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a side view of a fixing member according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a front view of a fixing member according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a side view of a state where the protection plate, the fixing member, and the reinforcing member according to the embodiment of the present invention are assembled.

FIG. 10 is a front view of a state in which the protective plate, the fixing member, and the reinforcing member according to the embodiment of the present invention are assembled.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Airframe 3 Computer unit 31a, 32a, 33a, 34a Information recording medium insertion opening 31b, 32b Drawer tray 22 Top plate (work table) 4 Protective plate (protective member)

Continued on the front page F term (reference) 2H106 AB04 AB71 BA91

Claims (2)

[Claims] In a photographic processing apparatus equipped with a computer unit having an information recording medium insertion port in an apparatus body, information output from the information recording medium insertion port is provided near an information recording medium insertion port in the apparatus body. A photographic processing apparatus comprising a protection member for protecting a drawer tray on which a recording medium or an information recording medium is placed. 2. The photographic processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information recording medium insertion opening is disposed below a work surface of the work table.