JP2840824B2 - Film cartridge case - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a film cartridge cases, and more particularly, relates APS film cartridge and index print in (Advanced Photo System) efficiently organize, the film cartridge cases that can be stored.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, a new photographic system called APS has been adopted, and corresponding film cartridges have been sold. According to this system, in addition to each photo printed corresponding to each frame of film, an index print in which the contents of many frames are printed on one sheet, and a developed film cartridge are stored in a DPE store. Will be received at Here, the index print and the film cartridge correspond to a conventional negative film, and the film cartridge is positioned as a completely new storage object.

In view of the above, a case has been proposed in which a film cartridge or the like can be stored in correspondence with the above-mentioned system (for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-244267).
Reference). This case has a plurality of recesses, and the film cartridge can be stored in the recesses. In addition, a bag for storing the index prints one by one is bound between the back surface of the lid closing the film cartridge and the film cartridge, thereby integrally storing the film cartridge and the index print. Is provided.
Here, alphabets are displayed in the vicinity of the concave portion of each film cartridge, while alphabets are also displayed on the index print side printed in correspondence with the film cartridge, so that when performing additional printing etc., the index is displayed. The correspondence between the print and the film cartridge can be identified.

[0004]

However, in such a case, the film cartridge is simply dropped and stored in the concave portion, and the film cartridge is loose when the case is carried upside down. There is an inconvenience that it may come on or fall off from the recess. In this case, since the bag of the index print is positioned so as to cover the film cartridge, there is a possibility that the bag may be damaged due to the relative friction between the two. In addition, since the film cartridge is commercially available with an identification number printed in advance, it is possible to use the identification number to correspond to an index print. Therefore, for a user using this identification method, if the identification number becomes invisible due to a change in the storage posture of the film cartridge, the user may feel inconvenience when performing a search based on the correspondence between the two.

Further, since the bag for storing the index print is integrated with the case, only one of the film cartridge and the index print cannot be carried. Therefore, both are always handled as one, and even if only one of them is sufficient to carry, it is physically impossible to reduce the burden of carrying. Further, since the index print is simply stored in the bag, there is a possibility that the index print may jump out of the bag when the case is carried.

Further, the correspondence between the film cartridge and the index print is identified by matching the alphabets, and is not necessarily suitable for easily identifying the correspondence between all users. Depending on age, it is also difficult to perform a search operation quickly.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the inconvenience of the prior art, and its object is to restrict the free movement of the film cartridge in a state where the film cartridge is stored. Another object of the present invention is to provide a film cartridge case in which the correspondence between a film cartridge and an index print can be easily identified.

Another object of the present invention is to allow the film cartridge and the index print to be stored integrally and to carry the film cartridge and the index print independently of each other as required.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a film cartridge case that can stably maintain a storage position or a posture of an index print.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, a film cartridge case according to the present invention has a case main body having a peripheral wall erected from the peripheral edge of the bottom wall, and a film main body is provided at a position above the bottom wall. A support wall that is substantially parallel to the bottom wall is disposed, the support wall is partially cut, and the cut edge is dropped downward as a free end to form a concave portion. The concave portion is a body portion of the film cartridge. To
When set at a predetermined angle position with respect to the surface of the support wall
Opening width to lock the film cartridge
The film cartridge can be held without falling off
Is provided . With this configuration, the film cartridge is stored in the concave portion while holding the fixed position, and when carrying the case, it is possible to avoid a possibility that the storage position or posture is shifted or dropped from the storage position. it can. Moreover,
Even if no special engagement structure is provided, the film cartridge
Can be locked and disengaged easily
Can be done.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The case main body is
There is a lid that can open and close the upper end of the body, and inside this lid
On the front side, an index made by printing many frames of photos
Configuration to form a print holder storage pocket
Has also been adopted. With this, the index print
It is permissible to carry only the holder independently.
Handling can be extremely easy.

[0011]

Further, the index print holder includes a transparent bag open at one end, which is bound between a pair of cover sheets, and a backing paper housed in the bag. A configuration in which notches capable of holding the index print are formed at a plurality of positions is also preferably employed. By providing the cuts, the peripheral portion of the index print can be inserted into the cuts, whereby a constant pinching force can be applied to the index print. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the index print from jumping out of the bag when carrying the index print holder.

It is preferable that a different identification color is assigned to each of the recesses in the vicinity of the recesses, while an identification color corresponding to the identification colors is assigned to the bag and / or the mount. Thus, by matching the identification color on the film cartridge case side with the identification color on the index print holder side, the correspondence between the two can be identified at a glance, which is particularly convenient when performing additional printing or the like, and It is possible to easily identify the age.

[0014]

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

FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of this embodiment. In this figure, the film cartridge case 10
A case main body 13 having a peripheral wall 12 erected from the periphery of a substantially square bottom wall 11 and having an open upper end;
And a lid 15 connected to one end of the cover.

A support wall 16 is provided in the case body 13 above the bottom wall 11. The support wall 16 is made of one piece of hard paper or resin sheet material, and its peripheral edge is bent downward to form a leg piece 18.
The support wall 16 and the bottom wall 11 are erected on the bottom wall 11.
And a certain storage space S is formed between them.

The support wall 16 has a plurality of recesses 20 formed therein. These recesses 20 are formed by partially cutting the support wall 16. Here, the cut edge is configured as a free end 21 and the free end 2
1 is bent downward so as to be dropped.

As shown in FIG.
The film cartridge 23 held at 0 includes a body 24 having an elliptical side end surface, and a film outlet 26 wound around a spool 25 extending in the body 24 in the axial direction. Have been. The body portion 24 has a body width W1 extending from the vicinity of the base of the outlet 26 through a substantially central portion of the spool 25, and is set to be larger than a body width W2 in a direction intersecting with the body width W1. And these body widths W
1 and W2, the opening width W of the recess 20 is set smaller than W1 and larger than W2. In addition, on the surface of the support wall 16 in the vicinity of each recess 20, different identification colors are provided respectively. The application of the identification color can be performed by coloring a predetermined area surrounding each recess 20 in advance by printing, or by attaching an appropriate label or the like on which the identification color is printed to the vicinity of each recess 20. .

The film cartridge case 10 includes:
As shown in FIG. 1, it is housed in a box container 30 formed separately from this. The box container 30 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped with an open end, and has a width capable of accommodating the index print holder 31 in addition to the film cartridge case 10.

The index print holder 31 includes:
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a pair of covers 33, 33 continuously provided at relative positions sandwiching the spine 32, a transparent bag 35 bound between the covers 33, and the inside of the bag 35. And the backing paper 36 accommodated therein. The number of the bags 35, which is equal to the number of the film cartridges 23 accommodated in the film cartridge case 10, is bound. One end of the bag 35 along the longitudinal direction is formed as an opening 35A. 36 are taken in and out. As shown in FIG. 3, the mount 36 includes a tongue piece 37 exposed from the opening 35A, and the tongue piece 37 is pinched so that the mount 36 can be easily taken in and out. Here, the bag 35 and / or the backing paper 36 are provided with different identification colors for the respective sheets, and identification colors respectively corresponding to the identification colors assigned in the vicinity of the recesses 20. The application of the identification color includes forming the bag 35 with a color film sheet, coloring the mount 36 in advance by printing, and attaching a label printed with the identification color to the bag 35 and / or the mount 36. Conceivable.

The mount 36 has first and second cuts 40 and 41 extending along two edges of the mount 36, and a third cut 4 extending in the short width direction at a substantially intermediate position.
2 is provided. The first and second cuts 40 and 41 are formed over a relatively long distance along the edge of the backing sheet 36, while the third cut 42 is formed by the second cut 42 and 41.
The cut length is set to be shorter than the length of the cut 41. Each of the cuts 40 to 42 imparts a certain pinching force to the index print 45 by partially inserting the periphery of the index print 45. Here, the formation positions of the cuts 40 to 42 are not particularly limited, but preferably all index prints 4 having a plurality of sizes to be printed corresponding to the number of photographable images of the film cartridge 4 are preferably used.
5 is provided at a position where it can be held.

In the above configuration, when storing the developed film cartridge 23, the width W2 of the body 24 is made substantially parallel to the support wall 16 as shown in FIG. The film cartridge 23 is inserted into the concave portion 20 while maintaining the posture. At this time, since the width W2 is smaller than the opening width W of the concave portion 20, the insertion can be performed smoothly. Then, after inserting the film cartridge 23 to the position shown in FIG. 4B, the film cartridge 23 is rotated to lock the base of the film outlet 26 to the open edge of the recess 20. In this state, since the body width W1 of the film cartridge 23 is set to be larger than the opening width W of the recess 20, the strong holding force on the body 24 at the opening edge of the recess 20 at this rotation angle position. Working and locked.
Therefore, after this, the film cartridge 2
3 unless the film cartridge 23 is turned over.
Does not rattle in the recess 20.

On the other hand, an index print 45 formed by printing a number of photographs taken on the film cartridge 23 on one sheet is held on a mount 36, and the mount 36 is stored in a bag 35. At this time, the peripheral portion of the index print 45 is pinched by the cuts 40 to 42, so that the index print 45 does not play inside the bag 35 or jump out of the opening 35A of the bag 35.

The position where the film cartridge 23 and the index print 45 are stored, that is, the position for easily retrieving which film cartridge 23 corresponds to the index print 45 is the same in the recess 20 and the bag 35 respectively. This is the position where the identification color is added. For example, when it is assumed that the identification color of “red” is given to the side of a specific concave portion 20 and the film cartridge 23 is stored in the concave portion 20, the index print corresponding to this is printed. 45 is
It is stored in the bag 35 or the mount 36 with the identification color of “red”. Therefore, when performing additional printing or the like, it is possible to take out the necessary film cartridge 23 and index print 45 while observing the correspondence between the identification colors.

The film cartridge case 1
The index print holder 31 and the index print holder 31 can be housed integrally in a single box container 30 as shown in FIG.

Therefore, according to such an embodiment, since the film cartridge 23 can be held in a locked state in the concave portion 20, the film cartridge 23 rattles or falls off during carrying or the like. It is possible to prevent fear. In particular, when the support wall 16 is made of hard paper, the frictional engagement with the film cartridge 23 is strongly exerted to enable stable locking.

Moreover, the film cartridge case 10
Can be handled separately from the index print holder 31, so that they can be carried separately without being integrated as required.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, a storage pocket 50 is formed on the back surface of the lid of the film cartridge case 10, and the storage pocket 50 is formed. Alternatively, the index print holder 31 may be stored inside the box container 30. By providing the storage pocket 50, convenience can be achieved when taking the two out of the box container 30 and carrying them together.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the index print holder 31 has a binding foot 51 on one cover 33.
And the binding foot 51 is attached to the bag 35 and the backing paper 3.
6 may be inserted into the corner portion so that they can be bound. Also, the cut shape of the mount 36 is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the first cut 40 can be divided and arranged at two places. In short, the cut according to the present invention can adopt various forms as long as it can be held at a specific position where the index prints 45 of a plurality of sizes are stored.

[0030]

The present invention is constructed and operated as described above. According to this, the free movement of the film cartridge in a state where the film cartridge is stored can be restricted, and It is possible to provide a film cartridge case which has an unprecedented excellent effect that the correspondence between the cartridge and the index print can be easily identified.

In addition to being able to store the film cartridge and the index print integrally, it is also possible to carry the film cartridge and the index print independently of each other as necessary, and to store the index print. Alternatively, the posture can be stably maintained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an index print holder.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a mount.

FIGS. 4A, 4B, and 4C are side views showing how to store the film cartridge in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an external configuration diagram similar to FIG. 1 showing a modification of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a modified example of the index print holder.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a modification of the mount.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Film cartridge case 11 Bottom wall 12 Perimeter wall 13 Case main body 15 Lid 16 Support wall 20 Depression 21 Free end 23 Film cartridge 31 Index print holder 33 Cover 35 Bag 36 Mount 40 First cut 41 Second cut 42 Third Notch 45 Index print

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A case body having a peripheral wall erected from a peripheral edge of the bottom wall is provided, and a support wall substantially parallel to the bottom wall is disposed above the bottom wall, and the support wall is partially formed. And cut it downward with the cut edge as a free end to form a recess.
The body of the cartridge is at a predetermined angle with respect to the plane of the support wall.
When set in the position, the film cartridge is
It has a lockable opening width and removes the film cartridge.
A film cartridge case that is provided so as not to fall . 2. The case body has a lid capable of opening and closing an upper end side of the case body, and a holder storage pocket for an index print formed by printing a number of photographs on an inner surface side of the lid. claim 1 Symbol placement of the film cartridge case, characterized in that There are formed. 3. The index print holder includes a transparent bag open at one end, which is bound between a pair of cover sheets, and a backing sheet stored in the bag. 3. The film cartridge case according to claim 2, wherein cuts capable of holding the index print are formed at a plurality of positions. 4. A different identification color is assigned to each of the recesses in the vicinity of the recesses, while an identification color corresponding to the identification colors is assigned to the bag and / or the backing paper. The film cartridge case according to claim 3 .