JP2003063723A - Mount stacking device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent any defective stacking when recovering slide mounts after reading an image. SOLUTION: A tip 13a of a cartridge lid 13 fitted to a cartridge body 12 of a recovery cartridge 7 is curved outwardly. When the slide mount 10 after reading the image by a retraction roller 25, the stacked slide mounts 10 are elevated by a tip of the slide mount 10. The slide mounts 10 in the recovery cartridge 7 are stacked in a deviating manner from each other, and ends of the slide mounts 10 deviated to the upstream side of the mount feeding direction is abutted on the cartridge lid 13. Since the tip 13a of the cartridge lid 13 is curved on the upstream side, the end of the slide mount 10 is not hooked.

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mount stacking apparatus for storing a slide mount after image reading in a mount cartridge. [0002] An image of a photographic film is read by a CCD, digitally processed, and then printed on photographic paper or the like. In this case, the light from the light source is applied to the photographic film from the light transmitting portion provided in the film passage,
An image is read by imaging the transmitted light of the photographic film with a CCD. For example, when an image is read from a slide mount, a film carrier that automatically conveys the slide mount is used to efficiently perform the reading process. In such a film carrier, for example, as proposed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-112714, a supply cartridge is provided in which a plurality of slide mounts are stacked and accommodated in the vertical direction. It is sent to the carrier body as a moving document table. Then, the moving document table moves while holding the slide mount, so that the image is read by sending the slide mount in the sub-scanning direction at the reading position of the scanner unit of the image reading apparatus, and is collected from the moving document table after the image reading is completed. The slide mount is sent to the cartridge to store it. In the film carrier as described above, the slide mount that has finished reading the image is conveyed to the discharge path and collected in the collection cartridge. The collection cartridge includes a cartridge main body having a groove shape and a cartridge lid attached to the upper surface of the cartridge main body so as to close the opening surface. The cartridge body and the cartridge lid form an opening for collecting the slide mount in the lower part of the mount cartridge. Using this opening, the slide mount after image reading is fed into the collection cartridge. On the other hand, the slide mount that has been fed is pulled into the collection cartridge by the pull-in roller inserted into the collection cartridge while the rear end of the slide mount is being pressed by the guide roller. Become. And it is accommodated in the lowest layer of the laminated slide mount. However, since the stacked slide mounts are not aligned and stacked, when the next slide mount is pulled into the collection cartridge, for example, the end of the stacked slide mount is caught at the tip of the cartridge lid. There is. For this reason, when the slide mount collected after that is drawn into the collection cartridge, there is a problem that an accumulation failure occurs. According to the present invention, when the slide mount after image reading is collected into the collection cartridge, it is possible to prevent the stacking failure caused by the end of the slide mount stacked in advance on the cartridge lid. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mount integration apparatus. In order to achieve the above object, a mount accumulating apparatus according to the present invention accumulates transported slide mounts in a mount cartridge, and the mount cartridge comprises: A cartridge main body formed in a substantially groove shape and provided with a drop-off preventing piece for preventing the slide mount from falling off, an open position for taking out the slide mount stacked inside the mount cartridge, and for collecting the slide mount The cartridge lid is attached to the cartridge main body so as to be rotatable between a closed position formed in the mount cartridge and the tip of the cartridge lid is curved toward the upstream side in the mount feed direction. Is. DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a film carrier embodying the present invention. A supply cartridge loading port 3 and a recovery cartridge loading port 4 are formed in the film carrier 2. A supply cartridge 6 is detachably attached to the supply cartridge loading port 3, and a collection cartridge 7 is detachably attached to the collection cartridge loading port 4. A reading opening 8 is formed between the loading ports 3 and 4, and an image on the slide mount 10 is read through the reading opening 8. As shown in FIG. 2, the recovery cartridge 7
Is composed of a cartridge body 12 and a cartridge lid 13. The cartridge body 12 is formed in a groove shape with a transparent synthetic resin, and the slide mount 10 and the sort card 11 stacked in the groove are accommodated. The cartridge lid 13 is attached to the upper portion of the cartridge main body 12 via the hinge portion 14.
Displace between open and closed positions. In the open position,
The side opening and the upper opening of the cartridge body 12 are opened, and the slide mount 10 can be easily loaded and removed. In the closed position, the mount cartridge 5 has a rectangular tube shape due to the cartridge body 12 and the cartridge lid 13. The front end portion 13a of the cartridge lid 13 is curved outward. The supply cartridge 6
The tip of the cartridge lid is not curved (see FIG. 3), and the collection cartridge 7 is dedicated. At the bottom of the cartridge body 12, a mount locking piece 15 and an insertion opening 16 are formed. The mount locking piece 15 holds the slide mount 10 stacked in the cartridge main body 12 so that the slide mount 10 does not fall off. The insertion opening 16 is composed of an opening surrounded by the mount locking piece 15. An operation member such as a pull-in roller 25 described later is inserted through the insertion opening 16, and the slide mount 10 is pulled. Also, the bottom of the cartridge body 12 and the cartridge lid 13
A gap is formed between the insertion hole 17 and the slide mount 10. FIG. 3 shows the film carrier 2 and the line CC.
FIG. 4 is a front view showing a schematic configuration of the optical system of the D scanner 20.
FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an outline of the inside of the film carrier 2. In the film carrier 2, there are a delivery table 21,
A mount supply / conveyance unit 22, a moving document table 23, a mount collection / conveyance unit 24, and a drawing roller 25 are provided. The delivery table 21 is provided in the supply mount loading port 3, enters the supply mount cartridge 6 through the insertion opening 16, and sends the lowermost slide mount 10 to the mount supply / conveyance unit 22. For this reason, the delivery stand 2
1 is a locking claw 21 that locks to the end of the slide mount 10.
a, and is configured to reciprocate once by a cam (not shown). The delivery table 21 is provided with a clutch 30.
It arrange | positions so that it may drive with the supply motor 31 via. Reference numeral 32 denotes a driver for the supply motor 31. The mount supply / conveyance unit 22 sandwiches the slide mount 10 delivered from the delivery table 21 by the three pairs of conveying rollers 35 from both sides and feeds the slide mount 10 to the moving document table 23. The transport roller pair 35 is rotationally driven by the supply motor 31. In addition, the mount supply carry-out unit 22 includes
A mount sensor 36 that also serves to detect the sort card 11 is disposed. The mount sensor 36 detects the tips of the slide mount 10 and the sort card 11 and outputs this detection signal to the controller 37 as shown in FIG.
Further, the slide mount 10 and the sort card 11 are identified by detecting the identification hole of the sort card 11. The moving document table 23 includes a document table body 40 and 2
A pair of conveying rollers 41 and a document table moving mechanism 42 are included. The document table main body 40 is moved between a receiving position for receiving the slide mount 10 from the mount supply / conveyance unit 22 and a discharge position for discharging the slide mount 10 to the mount collection / conveyance unit 24 by a document table moving mechanism 42 described later. To do. The pair of conveyance rollers 41 sends the slide mount 10 sent from the mount supply conveyance unit 22 to the image reading position of the moving document table 23 and sends the slide mount 10 after image reading to the mount collection conveyance unit 24. Positioning projections 44 and 45 for holding and fixing the slide mount 10 set at the image reading position are disposed on the moving document table 23. The document table moving mechanism 42 has a scanning motor 4.
8. The feed screw rod 49 is composed of a feed screw rod 49, and the scanning motor 48 rotates the feed screw rod 49 forward and backward.
3 reciprocating motion. Then, the document table body 40
Is reciprocated in the left-right direction in the figure, pre-scanning is performed by the first feed in the direction of arrow A, and returning (B in the figure
Direction) to perform autofocus for fine scan, and fine scan is performed by the second feed in the direction of arrow A. The pre-scan and fine scan are synchronized with the feed of the moving document table 23, and the line CC
This is done by operating the D scanner 20. Reference numeral 51 denotes a driver for the scan motor 48. The line CCD scanner 20 reads the image of the slide mount 10 positioned and fixed on the document table main body 40 in the main scanning direction in synchronization with the feed of the moving document table 23 to obtain image data. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, a light source 54, an IR cut filter 55, a light amount adjustment diaphragm plate 56, a balance filter 57, a light diffusion box 58, and a diffusion plate 59 are sequentially arranged below the moving document table 23. Yes. Further, an imaging lens unit 60 and a line CCD sensor 61 are arranged above the moving document table 23. The image data read by the line CCD sensor 61 is subjected to known image processing by an image processing apparatus, and an image is printed by a digital printer. Slide mount 10 from which an image has been read
Is sent to the mount collection transport unit 24. The mount collecting / conveying section 24 includes three pairs of assist rollers 64, and collects a document from the moving document table 23 for collecting the cartridge 7.
To send. A pull-in roller 25 is disposed in the collection cartridge loading port 4. The pull-in roller 25 is rotated by a pull-in motor 65, and the mount collection transport unit 2
The slide mount 10 conveyed to 4 is drawn into the opening 62 (see FIG. 5) of the collection cartridge 7 by the rotation. The slide mount 1 drawn into the collection cartridge 7 by the drawing roller 25
0 is stacked on the bottom layer. Reference numeral 66 denotes a driver for the retracting motor 65, and reference numeral 67 denotes a guide roller, which also serves to prevent the recovered slide mount 10 from jumping. Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6, the slide mount 10 subjected to the fine scan is stored in the collection cartridge 7 by the drawing roller 25. As shown in FIG. 6, when the next slide mount 10 is collected into the collection cartridge 7, the tip of the slide mount 10 is pulled into the drawing roller 25.
The lowermost slide mount 10 stacked inside the collection cartridge 7 is lifted upward. At this time, the end portion of the slide mount 10 which is shifted and stacked on the cartridge lid 13 side is the tip portion 1 of the cartridge lid 13.
It is pushed upward while contacting the inner wall surface of 3a. On the other hand, the slide mount 10 to be conveyed is recovered by the collection cartridge 7 by the storage roller pair 64 and the drawing roller 25.
Drawn into the inside. As shown in FIG.
When the rear end of the slide mount 10 is disengaged from the storage roller pair 64, the rear end of the slide mount 10 is lifted and conveyed into the collection cartridge 7 while being in contact with the guide plate 68. When the rear end portion of the slide mount 10 is detached from the guide plate 68, the slide mount 10 comes into contact with the guide roller 67. On the other hand, the front end of the slide mount 10 is drawn into the collection cartridge 7 by the drawing roller 25. Similarly, the slide mount 10 accommodated in the supply cartridge 6 is used.
The sort card 11 is sequentially collected in the collection cartridge 7. As a result, when the slide mount 10 from which image reading has been completed is collected, the end of the slide mount 10 stacked inside the collection cartridge 7 is not caught by the tip of the cartridge lid 13, and poor stacking can be prevented. . In this embodiment, the tip of the cartridge lid is curved, but the tip of the cartridge lid may be bent by a predetermined angle. In addition, a hook-shaped piece having a cross-sectional shape may be attached to the tip of the cartridge lid from the back side. Further, when the cartridge lid is formed from a thick wall, the tip of the cartridge lid may be cut obliquely. In this embodiment, the tip of the cartridge lid 13 of the recovery cartridge 7 is curved, but this may be used for the supply cartridge 6. In this case, it is possible to act as a separation guide by using a supply cartridge in which the tip of the cartridge lid is curved. In addition, a drop prevention lid may be provided to prevent the slide mount from dropping from the insertion slot when the collection cartridge is removed from the film carrier. In this case, the drop-off prevention lid is slidable up and down. And when it attaches to the loading port of a film carrier, this fall prevention cover is moved upwards and an insertion opening is exposed. When the film carrier is removed, the drop prevention piece is slid to shield the insertion opening. Further, instead of curving the tip of the cartridge lid, the position of the cartridge lid may be shifted upstream in the mount feed direction. As shown in FIG. 8, for example, the cartridge lid 75 is moved A (for example, 5 m in the mount feed direction).
m) The collection cartridge 76 is disposed upstream.
Form. As a result, when the slide mount 77 stacked by the slide mount 77 to be pulled in next is pushed upward, the end of the slide mount 77 stacked by being shifted to the upstream side in the mount feeding direction by the guide roller 78 is moved downstream. Push it to the side. This
The ends of the stacked slide mounts 77 are not caught on the cartridge lid 75. As described above, according to the mount accumulating apparatus of the present invention, the tip of the cartridge lid constituting the mount cartridge is curved toward the upstream side in the mount feed direction, so that it is conveyed. When collecting the slide mounts, the end portions of the stacked slide mounts move upward without being caught by the cartridge lid, and it is possible to prevent an accumulation failure at the time of collection.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a film carrier embodying the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of a mount cartridge. FIG. 3 is a front view showing a schematic configuration of a film carrier and a line CCD scanner. FIG. 4 is a plan view schematically showing the inside of a film carrier. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a storage state of the slide mount in the storage cartridge. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the next slide mount is conveyed by a drawing roller. FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the slide mount is drawn into the collection cartridge by a drawing roller and a guide roller. FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing another embodiment. [Description of Symbols] 2 Film carrier 7 Collection cartridge 13 Cartridge lid 25 Pull-in roller 67 Guide roller

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Claims (1)

What is claimed is: 1. A mount accumulating apparatus for accumulating a transported slide mount in a mount cartridge, wherein the mount cartridge is formed in a substantially groove shape to prevent the slide mount from falling off. Rotating between a cartridge body provided with a prevention piece, an open position for taking out the slide mount stacked inside the mount cartridge, and a closed position for forming an opening in the mount cartridge for collecting the slide mount A mount accumulator comprising: a cartridge lid that is freely attached to the cartridge body; and a tip of the cartridge lid is bent toward the upstream side in the mount feed direction.