JP3043920B2 - Negative clip - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a negative clip capable of integrating a large number of negative films, and is applicable to a photographic processing system or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A negative film on which an image is recorded by a camera is sent to a laboratory while being housed in a patrone.
It is developed by a film developing machine. When the development processing is completed, the image recorded on the negative film is printed on photographic paper by the printer, and the developed negative film and the printed photographic paper are stored in a DP bag and returned to the customer.

[0003]

Further, when a negative film is fed to a film developing machine alone without being connected to each other, the developed negative film coming out of the film developing machine is supplied to a printer. After each negative film is locked to a clip, the operator holds the clip and supplies it to the printer. Further, when loading a large number of negative films into the automatic supply unit of the printer, it is necessary to align the leading ends in a state where the multiple negative films are stacked. For this reason, when processing a large amount of negative film, the operation of supplying the negative film to the printer has been complicated.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned facts, and has as its object to obtain a negative clip which can hold a large amount of negative film with its edges aligned.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a negative clip according to the present invention, comprising a pin which is implanted in a main body and is inserted into a perforation of a negative film to lock the negative film, and contacts the negative film at a position near the pin. The main body portion is reciprocally supported between a locking position where the negative film is pressed toward the root side of the pin and a release position where the pressing of the negative film is released and the negative film can be removed. A pushing member having a base end fixed to the main body portion and a leading end positioned to face the pushing member, and a guide member for guiding the negative film such that the leading end of the negative film is fed along the pushing member. , Is characterized by having.

[0006]

The guide member guides the leading end side of the negative film so that the negative film is fed along the pushing member at the locking position for holding the negative film toward the base of the pin, and the position near the pin. The pressing member comes into contact with the negative film.

[0007] Then, the negative film is pressed against the pressing member, a pin is inserted into the perforation located at the foremost portion of the negative film, and the negative film is locked to the negative clip. Further, when the negative film is continuously fed, the pins are similarly inserted into the perforations and locked.

When removing the negative film from the negative clip, it is possible to remove the locked negative film by removing the perforations from the pins by moving the pushing member to the release position and releasing the pressing on the negative film. it can.

As described above, since the pin is inserted into the perforation located at the foremost portion of the negative film and the negative film is locked by the negative clip, the negative film can be locked by an amount corresponding to the length of the pin. , And a large number of negative films can be stacked with their ends aligned.

[0010]

FIG. 1 shows a negative clip according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 to FIG. 7, and the present embodiment will be described based on these drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a negative clip 10 according to this embodiment.
2 is a plan view of the negative clip 10 according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the negative clip 10 according to the present embodiment.

As shown in these drawings, a main body plate 12 made of a material such as a stainless steel plate constitutes a main body portion of the negative clip 10, and the negative clip 10 is provided on an upper side of the main body plate 12. A hook portion 14 formed in a hook shape for suspension is provided. On the lower side of the main body plate 12, a synthetic resin substrate 14 having a pair of engaging pins 16A and 16B planted in parallel with each other at the same interval as the interval of the perforations 42 of the negative film 40 is bonded. And so on.

Further, both side portions of the main body plate 12 projecting from the left and right sides of the substrate 14 are bent, respectively, to form a pair of wall portions 18 whose interval between them is slightly larger than the width of the negative film 40. . A support shaft 20 extending in the left-right direction in FIG. 2 extends between the wall portions 18 and is fixed by an E-ring 21. At a position below the support shaft 20, an L-shaped member 22 having an L-shaped cross section is screwed to the main body plate 12. A notch 24 formed by cutting one side of the material 22 is provided.

At a position between the pair of engaging pins 16A and 16B and at the center of the support shaft 20, a pushing plate which is a pushing member made of synthetic resin having a width dimension to be loosely fitted into the notch 24. 26 is rotatably supported. A torsion spring 30 whose ends are fixed to the pushing plate 26 and the one wall portion 18 is wound around the support shaft 20, and the torsion spring 30 rotates the pushing plate 26 counterclockwise in FIG. It is urged to rotate in the direction.

Therefore, the torsion spring 30 is configured to constantly apply a force such that the right surface 26A of the pushing plate 26 abuts on the notch 24 of the L-shaped member 22, and the abutting position is locked. For example, the position where the operator pushes the upper portion of the pushing plate 26 rightward and turns the pushing plate 26 clockwise as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 3 against the urging force of the torsion spring 30. Is the release position. In a state where the pushing plate 26 is in the locking position, as shown in FIG. 3, the right surface 26A of the pushing plate 26 is located at a position closer to the main body plate 12 side than the distal ends of the pair of engaging pins 16A and 16B. Will do.

The pressing plate 26 has a stepped portion 26B below the right surface 26A of the pressing plate 26 below the right surface 26A.
And the step 26B are connected by a slope 27.

On the other hand, a base end of a leaf spring 32 as a guide member is fixed to the substrate 14 fixed to the main body plate 12 with an adhesive or the like, and the leaf spring 32 is bent to be cantilevered. The tip side is the step 26 of the push plate 26
B (in this embodiment, slightly away from the step 26B)
Are located. The extension of the tip side of the leaf spring 32 faces the slope 27, and the negative film 4 to be fed is
0 is guided to the step 26B and the slope 27.

Next, the operation of the negative clip 10 according to the present embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG.
When the negative film 40 is fed from the lower side between the leaf spring 32 and the step 26B of the pushing plate 26 at the locking position, the negative film 40 is guided by the leaf spring 32 and then pushed into the pushing plate 26.
The tip side of the negative film 40 along the slope 27 of FIG.
It moves upward while approaching the upper and right sides.

The perforations 42 located at the leading end of the negative film 40 are engaged with the engaging pins 16A, 16A.
At the point of time on B, the slope 27 of the pressing plate 26 presses the widthwise central portion of the negative film 40, which is a position near the engaging pins 16A and 16B, toward the roots of the engaging pins 16A and 16B. Become like As a result, as shown in FIG.
6A and 16B are inserted respectively, and the negative film 40 is inserted.
Is locked to the negative clip 10.

Further, when another negative film 40 is fed into the negative clip 10, the negative film 40 is sequentially locked in the same manner, and as shown in FIG. 6, a large number (for example, 20 in this embodiment) of the negative film 40 Can be integrated.

That is, the perforations 42 located at the leading end of the negative film 40
6B is inserted and the negative film 40 is locked, so that the negative film 40 can be locked by an amount corresponding to the length of the engaging pins 16A and 16B, and a large number of negative films can be held in a state where the ends are aligned. The film 40 can be accumulated.

On the other hand, the negative film 40 is
When the negative film 40 is removed from the engagement film 16A, the pressing of the negative film 40 is released from the locking position where the negative film 40 is pressed toward the roots of the engaging pins 16A and 16B at positions near the engaging pins 16A and 16B. Negative film 4
The operator rotates the pushing plate 26 around the support shaft 20 to the detached position where the detachment of the push plate 26 is possible. As a result of this rotation, the leaf spring 32 pushes the negative film 40 to the left side in FIG.
6B, the negative film 40 can be removed.

Further, by inserting the negative film 40 by hand while holding the negative clip 10 of the present embodiment by an operator or hanging the negative clip 10 on a wall of a work place, Although the film 40 can be sequentially stacked and accumulated, by attaching the negative clip 10 according to the present embodiment to the film developing device 50 as shown in FIG. The films 40 can be directly stacked and accumulated in the order in which they are sent from the film developing machine 50.

As described above, it is possible to load the negative film 40 collectively into a negative film supply device of a printer (not shown) in a state where the end portions of the negative film 40 are aligned, and the operation of supplying the negative film 40 to the printer is simplified. Becomes Further, since the negative films 40 can be stacked and accumulated in the order in which they are sent from the film developing device 50, the processing order of the negative films 4 can be maintained without changing the processing order.
0, and it is not necessary to check the contents of the check tape 44 provided with the check symbol shown in FIG. 5, and the check between the DP bag (not shown) and the negative film 40 is performed. Becomes easier.

Further, according to the negative clip 10 of the present embodiment, there is an advantage that the storage location of the negative film 40 can be smaller than that of the conventional clip which is locked for each one.

In this embodiment, the pressing plate 26
Is configured to rotate about the support shaft 20, but the present invention is not limited to this.
However, another elastic material may be used, or a member having a structure that does not elastically deform may be used. Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the tip portions of the engaging pins 16A and 16B are cut in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the engaging pins 16A and 16B. However, in order to facilitate the introduction of the negative film 40, a hemisphere is used. Or a shape having a slope such that the lower side in the figure is lower.

[0027]

As described above, the negative clip of the present invention has an excellent effect that a large amount of negative film can be locked with its ends aligned.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a negative clip according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a negative clip according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a negative clip according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a negative clip according to an embodiment of the present invention, showing a state in which a negative film is being fed.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a negative clip according to an embodiment of the present invention, showing a state in which negative films are integrated.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a negative clip according to an embodiment of the present invention, showing a state where negative films are integrated.

FIG. 7 is a side view of a film developing machine to which a negative clip according to one embodiment of the present invention is attached.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Negative clip 12 Main body plate (main body) 16A Engagement pin 16B Engagement pin 26 Push plate (press member) 32 Plate spring (guide member) 40 Negative film 42 Perforation

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A pin that is implanted in a main body portion and is inserted into perforations of a negative film to lock the negative film, and a negative film that is in contact with the negative film at a position near the pin and is close to the root of the pin. A pushing member that is reciprocally supported by the main body portion between a locking position that presses down on the main body portion and a release position that releases the pressing down on the negative film and allows removal of the negative film; And a guide member that guides the negative film such that the distal end side of the negative film is fixed and the distal end side is positioned to face the pushing member, and the distal end side of the negative film is fed along the pushing member.