JP2568598Y2 - Print photo sorting equipment - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Industrial application] This invention is an inspection process of finished print photos cut into sheets by baking with an automatic photo printing device. Defective print photos are marked with a graphite pen and the presence or absence of the mark is automatically determined. The present invention relates to an apparatus for detecting and separating a good print photograph that does not require reworking and a bad print photograph that requires reworking and sending them to each stocker.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 5, a conventional print photo sorting apparatus (16) of this type is provided vertically above a conveying section (17), a sorting detecting section (18), and a feed separating section (19). Of the stockers (21) and (22), the upper stocker (21) for accommodating good prints is the bottom (21).
a) was formed on a flat surface, and the rollers of the roller portion (20) for feeding to the stocker (21) were generally composed of a single roller (20) along the transport direction. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, the print photograph (23) sent separately is held in a state where the rear end (23b) is held until it is released from the feed roller (20) in the feed portion (19). , Feed roller (20)
The front end (23a) already sent out from the printer is bent largely in a curved manner by gravity and touches the ground almost vertically, and the entire print photograph curls greatly along the length direction.

[0005] As shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, there is no roller for feeding the defective stocker to the lower stocker (22), and the sorting member (19 a) of the feeding portion (19) is not provided.
In most cases, the defective print photograph (24) sorted by the above is dropped and guided directly to the lower stocker (22) by the guide (22b), and even if it is provided with a special feed roller to the lower stocker. The opposing guide surfaces were usually formed as flat surfaces without irregularities.

Therefore, upper and lower stockers (21) (22)
In any case, the print photographs (23) and (24) are sent while being curled largely, and this curl phenomenon is caused by a print photograph having a large length (254 mm) in the transport direction, a so-called panorama size (for example, 89 × 254 mm). It appears remarkably in the case of the photo.

[0005] This curl phenomenon is caused in the process of feeding into the stockers (21) and (22) during the sorting process, as shown in FIGS.
a) (24a) is the stocker bottom (21a) (22a)
Since the subsequent prints (23) and (24) are sequentially stacked and stocked with the sheet turned upside down, it is turned upside down, and the curl direction is different. As a result, it was stocked without stacking in order.

Accordingly, the stockers (21) and (22) are bulky and accommodated in a large space, so that not only do they become full immediately, but in the case of good print photographs, the print surface is damaged. In addition, there is the inconvenience of having to rearrange and arrange the inverted print photos, and the print photos have a large curl habit and it is difficult to handle. There were many factors that reduced efficiency.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention eliminates a large curl phenomenon of a print photograph which is caused when the print photograph is fed into a stocker in such a conventional print photograph sorting apparatus, and thereby enables half-turning of the print photograph into a stocker. Not only eliminates the need for re-alignment, but also prevents scratches on the print surface due to the inverted stock.
An object is to increase the printing efficiency of a photograph.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention selects a good or bad photo print and conveys a print photograph marked with a graphite pen, and a print with a defective mark during conveyance. In a sorting device that includes a sorting detection device that detects a photo, a feeding device that sorts a conveyance path based on this detection information, and a stocker that sequentially receives and stops the sent printed photos, the bottom of the tray of the stocker is moved along the feeding direction. The curl phenomenon in the stocker of the print photograph sorting apparatus is eliminated by bending the bottom of the tray bottom downward by bending it into a cross-sectional shape.

[0009] Further, the rolled portion of the feeding device in the sorting device is used to move the printed photograph into a cross section U in the width direction.
The above-described problem is also solved by configuring the guide so as to be curved in a letter shape and to be formed in a gutter shape along the transport direction.

[0010]

[Function] The downward slope of the second half of the bent part of the bottom of the stocker pan is sent out from the feed roller and bent so that the front end of the printed photo, which lands almost vertically, is skewed up and tilted up obliquely. Attendance, slip into the latter half of the bend and accept the invitation.

A plurality of rollers and a long guide opposed to the rollers guide the side of the length of the print photograph in a wide (long) range, so that the trailing edge of the print photograph is combined with the thickness of the photographic paper. Until the roller is released (released) from the roller portion, the front end is kept straight to prevent it from sagging in a curved shape.

[0012] A raised portion and a concave portion of the feeding roller portion are provided.
The print photo is curved in a U-shaped cross section in the width direction by a girder guide and a roller, and is formed into a gutter shape along the length of the print photo, so that the rear end of the print photo is released from the roller portion. The shape is maintained, and the gutter-like curved portion becomes a muscular bone along the length direction to keep the printed photo straight, and the point of landing of the front end of the printed photo on the bottom of the stocker is long and far forward and droops drastically. To block.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a specific embodiment of a print photograph sorting apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic vertical sectional side view showing the outline of a print photo sorting apparatus for carrying out the present invention, FIG.
FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional side view showing a feed roller portion of the lower stocker, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing only the upper roller portion.
(1) shows a separation device, and includes guide rollers (14a),
A transport device (1) including a transport pulley (14b) and the like
4), separation detection device (15), separation member (2a) (2)
b) and a feed splitting device (2) comprising a feed splitting roller (3) and the same guide (4) and a lower forced roller (5) and the same guide (6), and a vertical stocker (7)
(9) An unnecessary print stocker (10) is combined.

As shown in FIG. 1, a transport device (14) is provided with a transport roller (14a) close to a feed port (1a) and a transport pulley (14) suspended around a round belt (not shown).
b) (14b), etc., on which a separation detection device (15) is incorporated and installed on the surface of the transfer device (14), and is mounted on separation members (2a) (2b) disposed before and after the separation device (2). The sorting members (2a) and (2) are electrically connected to each other based on the information of the print photograph (12) detected by the sorting detection device (15).
b) are respectively distributed, and two feed rollers (3) arranged side by side in the transport direction in front of and behind each other.
(3) and a guide (4) provided on the lower side of the guide (4) so as to sequentially send the good print photographs (12) sent to the upper part to the stocker (7), and to feed the lower feed separation force roller (5). ) And the guide (6) below it,
The defective print photograph (13) sent to the lower order is sent to the lower order stocker (9) for sorting.
1) shows a paper presser pivotally mounted on the upper part so as to hang obliquely on the tray bottom (7a) of the upper stocker (7). The unnecessary print stocker (10) is provided immediately before the lower stocker (9), and the unnecessary print photos sorted by the rear separate member (2b) are directly dropped in and stored.
(7b) and (9a) show detachable receiving portions when accommodating normal size print photographs.

As shown in FIG. 2, the bottom (7a) of the pan of the stocker (7) is bent (8) into a cross section along the feeding direction, and the rear half (8a) is inclined obliquely downward. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the guide (6) surface for the lower feed forcing roller (5) provided in the feeder (2) for feeding to the lower stocker (9) protrudes on both left and right sides along the transport direction ( 6a) and (6a), and a central portion facing the roller (5) is formed as a concave portion (6b) having a U-shaped cross section as a concave portion (6b) depressed along the transport direction.

[0016] With such a configuration, the print photographs printed by printing are marked and checked in the inspection process for those having print defects, and good and defective print photographs are checked.
It is sent to the sorting apparatus (1) according to the present invention, and the separation detecting device (15) detects the mark of the defective print (13) while being transported by the transport device (14). (2a) operates and the defective print photograph (1
3) is distributed and sent to the lower feed forcing roller (5) (see FIG. 1).
As shown in FIG. 4, a guide (6) having an opposing U-shaped cross section is used to forcibly feed the defective print photograph (13) into a gutter shape having a U-shaped cross section along the length direction against the latent force. The sheet is conveyed while being formed, and is kept in a gutter shape until the rear end portion (13b) is released from the roller (5) portion, and is fed into the stocker (9) while preventing it from drooping and curling.

On the other hand, in the transport of the unprinted good print photograph (12), the upper separate rollers (3) and (3) and the guide (4) do not operate the front separate member (2a). The sent good print photograph (12) is pinched over a wide range along the length direction to improve the rigidity of the print photograph (12), and the front end (12a) that hangs down (curls) with the stocker (12). 7) Scooping at the bent portion (8) of the bottom (7a) of the tray, and scooping along the downward slope (8a) in the same direction as the inclination of the curl (curl), and the front end (12a) is caught at the bottom (7a). They are sequentially sent to the stocker (7) without being loaded and stored.

In the above-described embodiment, the sorting apparatus in which the bent configuration of the tray bottom (7a) of the stocker (7) and the attachment of the forced roller (5) are limited to the upper and lower stockers (7) and (9), respectively. As described in (1) above, since each of the bent configuration and the forced roller configuration operates independently, it is possible to suppress the curl phenomenon of a printed photograph which occurs at the time of feeding into each stocker by using only one configuration. However, it is possible to prevent the paper from being sent half-turn over.

[0019]

The print photo sorting apparatus of the present invention has the above-described configuration, and the bending of the bottom of the stocker pan is performed at the landing angle of the curved front end of the print photo fed from the feed roller. Since the slope is attached and scooped up and smoothly slid down on the same slope facing downward, the front end does not cling to the bottom of the pan, so that the sent print photograph is not turned upside down.

Further, in a sorting apparatus provided with a forced roller section for forcibly forming a print photograph into a gutter shape, the rigidity of the print photograph can be ensured when the print photograph is fed into a stocker. Eliminating curling phenomenon.

Therefore, the print photos sent to the stocker are stored in an orderly and orderly manner without turning over, so that the photos stored in the stocker do not become useless and use the full capacity. And save the trouble of realigning the photos.

In addition, it is possible to solve the problem that the printed surface is damaged due to the accumulation in the conventional messy stocker, and furthermore, the printed photograph has a large curl.
Since there is no habit, there is no need to correct the curl, and this has a great effect on improving the printing efficiency of photographs, especially for panoramic size photographs.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic vertical sectional side view of a print photo sorting apparatus for carrying out the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional side view showing a feeding state in a stocker section.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional side view showing a feeding state in another stocker section.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a forcing roller unit of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic vertical sectional side view of a conventional print photograph sorting apparatus.

FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional side view showing a feeding state in a conventional stocker section.

FIG. 7 is a vertical sectional side view showing a feeding state in another conventional stocker section.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 Sorting device 2 Feeding device 3 Roller 4 Guide 5 Forced roller 6 Guide 6a Raised portion 6b Concave portion 7 Stocker 7a Receiving pan bottom 8 Bend 8a Slope 9 Stocker 10 Stocker 12 Print photograph 13 Print photograph 14 Transport device 15 Sorting detector

Claims (6)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] In a sorting apparatus provided with a transport device, a sorting detection device, a sorting device, and a stocker, a bottom portion of a tray of the stocker following a roller portion of the sorting device is bent in a shape of a cross section along the feeding direction. Printed photo separation device. 2. The roller unit according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of rollers are arranged in front and rear along the conveying direction, and a guide provided below the rollers is provided so as to extend over each roller.
Print photo sorting equipment. 3. A separation device comprising a transport device, a separation detection device, a feed separation device, and a stocker, wherein a roller portion including a roller of the feed separation device and a lower guide is disposed on a lower side.
Raise both right and left sides of the guide
-Depress the central part facing the lower low along the transport direction,
A print photo classification device configured such that a print photo is curved into a U-shaped cross section in a width direction to form a gutter. 4. The print photo sorting apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the roller section includes a plurality of rollers arranged in front and rear along the transport direction, and a lower guide is provided long so as to extend over each roller. Wherein said stocker, claim 3 comprising by bending the shape of the cross section along the direction infeed the pan bottom or
Or 4 printed photo sorting equipment. 6. A sorting device comprising a transport device, a sorting detection device, a feed sorting device, and a stocker, wherein a roller portion comprising a roller of a feed sorting device for vertically feeding and a lower guide is divided into upper and lower feed paths. provided on both, along the direction infeed the pan bottom of the upper of the stocker with bending to shape of the cross section, the lower guide of the lower roller portion
The left and right sides along the transport direction of the
The facing central part is depressed low along the transport direction, so that the printed photo curves in the width direction into a U-shaped cross section and becomes a gutter-like shape.
Cormorant structure print photographs separation device form.