JP2597315Y2 - Paper sorting device in automatic photo printing machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement in a paper sorting apparatus for sorting and stocking baked and developed paper pieces discharged from an automatic photographic printing machine for each customer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, a paper sorting apparatus in a conventional automatic photographic printing machine has the following features.
A transport belt 113 for the paper pieces P is disposed in parallel with the discharge direction of the paper pieces P ′ discharged from the discharge port 112 of the printing apparatus 111, and transports an L-shaped sorting plate 115 having a locking portion 114 at a lower end. The paper piece P ′ is configured to be attached to the belt 113, and the discharged piece of paper P ′ once strikes the upper portion of the sorting plate 115, and then slides on the sorting plate 115 to be locked by the locking portion 114. , On the sorting plate 115.

According to such a conventional paper sorting apparatus, one end of a plurality of paper pieces P ′ can be placed on the sorting plate 115 with the one end aligned with the locking portion 114, but the paper pieces P1 ′, When P2 'is placed on the same sorter plate 115, a large-sized paper piece P1' already stocked is hit by a paper piece P2 'discharged later, and is slid on the large-sized paper piece P1'. There is a problem that the order of the paper pieces P 'is changed because the paper pieces P' enter the space.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 14, the paper piece P ′ discharged from the discharge port 142 of the automatic photographic printing machine 141 is first fed horizontally by the first conveyor belt 143, and then the second conveyor belt 144. A paper sorter configured to receive a piece of paper P ′ on a sorter 145 attached to the paper tray has been proposed.

[0005] In such a paper sorting apparatus, the order of the paper pieces P 'is not changed. However, since the paper pieces P' are sorted using two transport units, there is a problem that the equipment cost is increased. , Sorting trays 145 from the first conveyor belt 143 to the second conveyor belt 144
15, the paper piece P 'is freely dropped, and the paper piece P' is received. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 15, the paper piece P 'on the sorting plate 145 jumps back and forth and right and left and is disturbed. Was.

[0006]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned point, and the purpose thereof is that even if a piece of paper for one customer has a different size, An object of the present invention is to provide a paper sorting apparatus in an automatic photographic printing machine capable of sorting without changing the order and without disturbing left and right, and which is advantageous in terms of equipment cost.

[0007]

The paper sorting apparatus in the automatic printing apparatus for photo printing according to the present invention develops a rolled photographic paper, cuts it by a cutter, and discharges the cut piece of paper into an outlet. in paper sorting apparatus in automatically sorted photographic automatic baking machine and discharged from, distribution below the outlet of the paper strip, a paper conveying means so as to be perpendicular to the discharge direction of the papers conveying direction Gape supermarkets piece Paper on the paper transport means
A plurality of sorting dishes are provided at predetermined intervals in the transport direction,
Each sorting tray has a paper
-Provide a contact area that extends in the width direction of the conveyance means, and
A transport hand located below the hitting part at the front of the transport direction
A locking portion extending in the width direction of the step is provided.
A flat paper alignment surface is provided on the front side.
The contact portion and the locking portion extending in the width direction of the transport means described above,
It is provided so as to be parallel to the paper piece discharging direction,
With the other side of the papers pieces one side of Lupe supermarkets piece to fall from the discharge port described above is against the person have enough portion of the specification content <br/> only dish is tilted downward, the other side of the papers piece Department is engaged in the engaging part
It is characterized in that it has configured to be positioned at assortment example surface.

[0008]

According to the paper sorting apparatus of the automatic photo printing machine of the present invention, the piece of paper cut for each frame is discharged from the outlet of the automatic photo printing machine, and the discharge direction is below the discharge port. Cargo arranged perpendicular to
It falls toward the waiting sorting tray provided on the feeding means .

In the falling paper piece, one side of the paper piece hits the contact portion of the sorting plate, and the other side of the paper piece is tilted downward. , And the pieces of paper that fall later are also placed on the sorter in the same manner.

[0010] The paper pieces that fall one after another later overlap one another in a state of being inclined on the sorting dish, and one side of these paper pieces is aligned on the alignment surface of the locking portion of the sorting dish. When a piece of paper for one customer is placed on the sorting plate,
The sorting tray is transported by the paper transport unit, and the next sorting tray waits below the discharge port, and the paper pieces are sorted in the same manner.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference numeral A denotes an automatic photoprinting machine, which develops a rolled photographic paper, cuts it by a cutter (not shown) frame by frame, and discharges the cut piece of paper P from an outlet A1. It is configured to fall freely.

The paper sorting apparatus 1 is an apparatus for automatically sorting the paper pieces P discharged from the discharge port A1 of the automatic photographic printing machine A, and is composed of a paper conveying means 2 and a plurality of sorting trays 3. ing.

The paper conveying means 2 is constructed such that an endless belt 21 is looped between pulleys 22 so that the upper surface of the endless belt 21 is inclined forward and downward. Are arranged.
The paper transporting means 2 configured in this manner is the one shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, the paper piece P is disposed in a direction perpendicular to the discharge direction X and below the discharge port of the automatic photoprinting processor A.

The sorting plate 3 is made of a plate material. One side of the bottom plate 7 of the sorting plate 3 is bent obliquely outward to form a contact portion 4, and the other side of the sorting plate 3 is formed. The locking portion 5 is formed by being bent obliquely outward. The aligning surface 6 of the paper pieces P is formed on the inner surface side of the locking portion 5, and the length dimension L1 of the aligning surface 6 is larger than the height dimension when the paper pieces P for one customer are stacked. It is set to be large.

The inclination angle Θ1 of the alignment surface 6 with respect to the horizontal plane when the sorting tray 3 is attached to the paper conveying means 2 is:
The paper pieces P are set so that they can be placed in a state that they are substantially perpendicular to the alignment surface 6. Further, the inner surface of the contact portion 4 is flat, and the inclination angle of the contact portion 4 in a state where the sorting plate 3 is attached to the paper conveying means 2.
2 is set to be smaller than the inclination angle Θ1 of the alignment surface 6.

The sorting dish 3 constructed in this way is
An appropriate number of the belts are attached at equal intervals along the length direction of the endless belt 21 of the paper conveying means 2. Sorting dish 3
Is attached to the endless belt 21 of the paper transporting means 2 at the center of the lower surface of the bottom plate 7 and the engaging portion 5 of the sorting plate 3 is positioned on the paper piece P transport direction side.
1 is attached.

By operating as follows, the paper sorting apparatus constructed as described above can sort paper pieces P for one customer without disturbing them on the sorting plate 3.

First, the sorting tray 3 is made to stand by at a predetermined position. Here, the predetermined position is a position immediately below the discharge port A1 of the automatic photographic printing machine A, that is, a position where the center line CL in the width direction of the discharge port A1 coincides with the center of the sorting plate 3 in the left-right direction ( (Fig. 2).

On the other hand, a piece of paper P that has undergone development printing in the automatic photoprinting machine A and has been cut for each frame by a cutter (not shown) is discharged from the discharge port A1 and falls freely.

The first piece of paper P1 for one customer
After free fall, one side of the paper piece P1 hits the contact portion 4 of the sorting dish 3, and the other side of the paper piece P1 is tilted downward (FIG. 3). Next, the inclined piece of paper P1
Once falls on the upper surface of the bottom plate 7 of the sorting dish 3 (FIG. 4).

Next, the other side of the paper piece P 1 slides slightly on the bottom plate 7 toward the locking portion 5, and at the same time, one side of the paper piece P 1 Slide slightly (FIG. 5). Next, a piece of paper P
The other side of 1 is locked by contacting the alignment surface 6 of the sorting dish 3 (FIG. 5).

The second piece of paper P2 for one customer is also discharged from the discharge port A1 and falls freely, and one side of the piece of paper P2 hits the contact part 4 of the sorting plate 3 and the other side of the piece of paper P The part tilts downward (FIG. 6).

Next, the other side of the slanted paper piece P2 falls on the upper surface of the first paper piece P1 (FIG. 7). Next, the paper piece P2 slightly slides on the paper piece P1 toward the locking portion 5 (FIG. 7).

Next, the other side of the paper piece P2 comes into contact with the alignment surface 6 of the sorting dish 3 and is locked (FIG. 8). The pieces of paper P that fall one after another after this are placed on the sorting plate 3 in the same manner as.

All the paper pieces P for one customer are sorted into the sorter 3
, The sorting tray 3 is transported by the paper transporting means 2, and the next sorting tray 3 waits at the predetermined position,
In the same manner as above, the next piece of paper P for one customer is sorted.

When a piece of paper P3 having a small width B (for example, a piece of paper of panoramic size) P3 is mixed, one side of the piece of paper P3 that falls freely is placed on the sorting plate 3
Instead of hitting the contact portion 4, it hits the upper surface of the paper piece P already placed on the sorting tray 3, and the other side of the paper piece P3 tilts downward (FIG. 9).

Next, the other side of the inclined paper piece P3 is
It falls on the upper surface of the paper piece P (FIG. 10). Next, the paper piece P3 slightly slides on the paper piece P toward the locking portion 5 (FIG. 10). Next, the other side of the paper piece P2 comes into contact with the alignment surface 6 of the sorting dish 3 and is locked (FIG. 11).

In this manner, the paper pieces P stacked on the sorting plate 3 are aligned at the other end on the alignment surface 6 (FIG. 2).

When pieces of paper P having different lengths L are mixed, they are sorted in the same manner as described above.

In the above embodiment, the locking portion 5 of the sorting dish 3
To the end of the endless belt 2
1, but the locking portion 5 of the sorting dish 3 is
May be attached to the endless belt 21 while being positioned on the side opposite to the transport direction.

[0031]

According to the paper sorting apparatus of the automatic photo printing apparatus of the present invention, one side of the falling piece of paper hits the contact portion of the sorting plate, and the other side of the piece of paper falls on the locking portion of the sorting plate. Can be placed on the sorting plate by slightly sliding the paper piece after hitting the hitting part, so that the order of the paper pieces does not change between paper pieces. .

Moreover, since the paper pieces are stacked with one side thereof being locked on the alignment surface of the locking portion, the paper pieces can be aligned based on one side. Further, since one transport unit is sufficient, the equipment cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a paper sorting apparatus in a photo automatic printing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing an embodiment of a paper sorting device in the automatic photoprinting processing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing one process of sorting paper pieces by a paper sorting device in the automatic photoprinting processing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing one process of sorting paper pieces by a paper sorting device in the automatic photoprinting processing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing one process of sorting paper pieces by a paper sorting device in the automatic photoprinting processing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing one process of sorting paper pieces by a paper sorting device in the automatic photoprinting processing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing one process of sorting paper pieces by a paper sorting device in the automatic photoprinting processing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing one process of sorting paper pieces by a paper sorting device in the automatic photoprinting processing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a front view showing one process of sorting paper pieces by a paper sorting device in the automatic photoprinting processing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a front view showing one process of sorting paper pieces by a paper sorting device in the automatic photoprinting processing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a front view showing one process of sorting the paper pieces by the paper sorting device in the automatic photographic printing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing a conventional example of a paper sorting apparatus in a photo automatic printing apparatus.

FIG. 13 is a front view showing a sorting operation according to a conventional example of a paper sorting device in a photo automatic printing apparatus.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing another conventional example of a paper sorting apparatus in a photo automatic printing apparatus.

FIG. 15 is a front view showing a sorting operation of another conventional example of a paper sorting device in a photo automatic printing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Photo automatic printing machine A1 Discharge port 1 Sorting device 2 Paper transport means 3 Sorting plate 4 Contact part 5 Locking part 6 Alignment surface

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A paper sorting apparatus in a photographic automatic printing machine which develops a roll-shaped photographic paper, cuts it one by one with a cutter, discharges the cut piece of paper from an outlet, and automatically sorts it. , below the outlet of the paper strip, the papers conveying direction
It disposed the paper conveying means so as to be perpendicular to the discharge direction of the papers pieces, paper conveying direction on the paper conveying means
A plurality of sorting dishes are provided at predetermined intervals, and
Each sorting dish is transported to the rear of the paper transport direction.
Provide a contact part that extends in the width direction of the means, and
The width of the transport means located below the contact
A locking portion extending in the direction is provided, and further on the inner surface side of this locking portion.
A flat paper alignment surface is provided.
The contact portion and locking portion extending in the width direction of the feeding means are paper
Is provided with in parallel with the discharge direction of the chromatography strip, the papers pieces one side of Lupe supermarkets piece to fall from the discharge port described above is against the person have enough portion of the specification content <br/> only dish with the other side is inclined downward, and the other side of the papers piece is engaged with the engagement portion
Paper sorting apparatus in photographic automatic baking machine which is characterized by being configured to be positioned at assortment example surface.