JP3206294B2 - Collection device for empty containers in automatic film processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for collecting empty containers in an automatic film developing apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a leader transport type automatic film developing apparatus in which the leading end of a film is connected to a leader, and the film is transported to a film developing section in advance of the leader, the film is wound into a patrone. There are a case where the film is set on a magazine holder of the developing device, and a case where a film in a film container such as a patrone is rewound into a film magazine and the film magazine is set on the magazine holder.

The patrone and the film magazine are removed from the magazine holder each time the film is sent to the film developing section.

[0004] Here, the patrone is disposable,
Since the film magazine is reused, it is necessary to collect each of these empty containers separately.

[0005]

In a conventional automatic film developing apparatus, empty cartridges remaining on a magazine holder are automatically collected in a stocker, and an empty film magazine is removed by an operator. There is a disadvantage that the film cannot be automatically supplied to the developing process of the mixed film, and the processing capacity is reduced.

Therefore, if the empty film magazine is automatically collected in the stocker, the above inconvenience can be solved. However, in this case, the empty cartridge and the empty film magazine are mixed in the stocker. In this case, it is necessary to select an empty film magazine from the stocker and take it out, resulting in a problem that it takes much time and effort.

An object of the present invention is to provide a collecting apparatus which can separately collect an empty patrone and a film magazine remaining on a magazine holder.

[0008]

In order to solve the above problems, in the present invention, a magazine holder is swingably mounted on a carriage reciprocated toward a film developing section, and the magazine holder is mounted on the carriage. At the retreat stop position, a discharge guide is provided for abutting the magazine holder when the carrier table retreats and swinging the magazine holder rearward, and empty cartridges or empty film magazines remaining on the magazine holder are removed from the magazine holder. A collecting device for an empty container in an automatic film developing device that drops backward and discharges the paper when the rocking of the cartridge is carried out, wherein the empty cartridge and the cartridge receiving passage having a common upper receiving port at the falling position of the empty film magazine discharged from the magazine holder. A discharge path is provided, and the receiving port is provided with a magazine when an empty cartridge is discharged from the magazine holder. Is swung toward the Detchi adopts a structure in which a switching guide is swung toward the cartridge discharge passage when the air film magazine is ejected.

[0009]

The collection device having the above-described configuration detects whether the film storage container on the magazine holder is a patrone or a film magazine. In the case of a patrone, the switching guide of the receiving port is swung toward the magazine discharge path, and when the carriage is stopped from retreating, the empty patrone discharged backward from the magazine holder is guided to the patrone discharge path by the switching guide.

On the other hand, when the film storage container is a film magazine, the switching guide is swung toward the cartridge discharge path to guide the empty film magazine discharged backward from the magazine holder to the magazine discharge path.

[0011]

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

FIG. 7 shows the types of film storage containers.
7 (I) shows the cartridge P, and FIG. 7 (II) shows the film magazine M. The film magazine M has a cover a which can be opened and closed freely. An engagement piece b and an operation piece c are provided on both sides at the open / close end of the cover a. When the cover a is closed, the engagement piece b is moved to the magazine body d. Guide piece e formed on
At both ends. When the operation piece c is pulled up,
The cover a opens.

The film F in the patrone P and the film magazine M is supplied to the automatic film developing apparatus with the leading end connected to the reader L. Usually, reader L has 2
The book film F is connected.

1 to 6 show an automatic film developing apparatus. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the automatic film developing apparatus has a film insertion unit 1 and a film development unit 2, and a film supply unit 3 is provided on the film insertion unit 1.
Is provided.

The film supply unit 3 has a pair of left and right lifting devices 4a and 4b. The lifting devices 4a and 4b extend the timing belt 6 between a pair of upper and lower pulleys 5a and 5b, and a plurality of support pieces 7 are provided on the timing belt 6 at equal intervals. 7), or the film magazine M with a leader shown in FIG. 7 (II) is supported, and the patrone P and the film magazine M are intermittently conveyed downward by the movement of the timing belt 6 in the direction of the arrow. To the film insertion box 1.

In the film insertion box 1, a carrier 8 is provided.
Is provided. The transfer table 8 is provided with two sets of a pair of left and right guide shafts 10 on a support base 9 and movably provided slide tables 11 along each set of guide shafts 10. It is pressed backward by the supported spring 12.

The support table 9 of the transfer table 8 is screwed with a screw rod 13 extending long toward the film developing section 2. 8 is reciprocated with respect to the film developing section 2.

A detection piece 15 is attached to the lower surface of the support 9 and the first sensor PH ₁ and the second sensor PH
Sensor PH ₂ and the third sensor PH ₃ are provided, each sensor PH _1, PH _2, PH ₃ when it detects the detection piece 15, so as to stop the motor 14.

[0019] Here, the first sensor PH ₁ is to regulate the forward position of the transfer table 8, the third sensor PH ₃ regulates the retracted position. The second sensor PH ₂ is adapted to stop the transfer table 8 at the film supply position.

A magazine holder 16 is provided on the slide table 11. As shown in FIG. 6, the magazine holder 16 has a support plate 18 supported on the slide base 11 via a hinge 17 so as to be swingable, and a pair of side plates 19 are provided at both ends of the upper surface of the support plate 18. A pair of guide plates 20 are provided inside each side plate 19.

The guide plate 20 is formed with a notch 21 into which a projection f provided on an end of the spool S of the cartridge P and on both end surfaces of the film magazine M can be fitted.

A protruding shaft 22 is provided on the outer surface of the guide plate 20.
The protruding shaft 22 is inserted into a hole formed in the side plate 19. Therefore, the pair of guide plates 20 are relatively movably supported, and the springs 24 supported by the protruding shafts 22 press the respective guide plates 20 inward.

The film supply unit 3 includes a carrier 8
Operates when it stops at the film supply position, and supplies the magazine holder 16 with the patrone P with a leader or the film magazine M with a leader. By the supply, the cartridge P or the film magazine M is placed in the magazine holder 1.
6 and the reader L is supported by a leader guide 25 provided on the transfer path of the transfer table 8.

The patrone P or the film magazine M is
The transport table 8 is transported toward the film developing section 2 by the forward movement. At the time of the transport, the reader L is also transported together, and a magazine opening guide 26, a cutter device 27, and a pair of upper and lower pressure rollers 28a, 28b are sequentially provided in the transport path of the reader L in the transport direction of the reader L.

Here, the magazine opening guide 26 is shown in FIG.
As shown in (1), the conveying table 8 is engaged with the operation piece c of the film magazine M just before stopping at the forward position, and the cover a is opened by further advancing the film magazine M from the engaged state.

A discharge guide 29 is provided at the retreat stop position of the transfer table 8 as shown in FIG. This discharge guide 29 engages with the support plate 18 of the magazine holder 16 shortly before the carriage 8 stops at the retracted position, and moves the carriage 8 further rearward from the engaged state. Is swung rearward, and the empty cartridge P or the empty film magazine M supported by the magazine holder 16 is discharged rearward.

Empty patrone P or empty film magazine M
As shown in FIG. 2, a patrone discharge path 30 and a magazine discharge path 31 are provided at the falling position.

The receiving port 32 at the top of the patrone discharge path 30 and the magazine discharging path 31 is common, and a switching guide 33 is provided at the receiving port 32.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a guide shaft 34 of the switching guide 33 penetrates the peripheral wall of the receiving port 32, and a gear 35 is attached to an end facing the outside. This gear 35 is engaged with a gear 38 attached to a rotating shaft 37 of a switching motor 36. Thus, when the motor 36 is driven, the switching guide 33 swings.

Further, the rotary shaft 37 of the motor 36 is detected piece 39 mounted, while the first sensor PH ₄ and the second sensor PH ₅ disposed around the rotary shaft 37, each sensor PH _4, PH _{When 5} detects the detecting piece 39, the switching motor 36 stops.

The automatic film developing apparatus shown in the embodiment has the above structure, and its operation will be described below.

When the conveyor 8 stops at the film supply position, the film supply unit 3 operates to supply the cartridge P with a leader or the film magazine M with a leader to the magazine holder 16.

When the patrone P with a leader or the film magazine M with a leader is supported by the magazine holder 16 and the leader L is supported by the leader guide 25, the motor 14 for driving the threaded rod is operated and the threaded rod 13 is moved. By rotating, the transport table 8 is transported toward the film developing unit 2.
At this time, the pair of pressure rollers 28a and 28b are in a state of being separated from each other.

The detection piece 15 of the transfer table 8 is the first sensor PH ₁
Is detected, the rotation driving motor 14 of the screw rod 13 is stopped, and at the same time, the pressure rollers 28a and 28b press the reader L and convey the reader L to the film developing unit 2. When the rear end of the leader L passes through the pressure rollers 28a and 28b, the pressure rollers 28a and 28b separate from each other, and the leader L is transported by a sprocket (not shown) provided in the film developing unit.

When the film storage container supported by the magazine holder 16 is a film magazine M, the transfer table 8
When the forward movement of the film magazine M is stopped, as shown in FIG.
Is opened by the magazine opening guide 26.

The transport of the reader L causes the cartridge P
In film F or film F in film magazine M
Is pulled out and transported toward the film developing section 2.

Here, when the film magazine M is supported by the magazine holder 16, the film F inside is stored in a spiral shape, so that the reader L transports the film F smoothly from the inside of the film magazine 16. Is discharged.

On the other hand, the magazine holder 16 has a patrone P
Is supported, since the rear end of the film F is connected to the spool, when the rear end of the film F is pulled out from the patrone P, tension acts on the film F, and the slide base 11 is moved by the film tension. Moves toward the film developing unit 2 along the guide shaft 10. When the slide base 11 advances by a predetermined amount and stops, the pressure roller 28a,
28b presses the film F, and at the same time, the cutter device 27 operates to cut the film F.

When the film F is cut, the spring 1
The slide table 11 is retracted by the elasticity of 2.

As described above, when the film F of the patrone P or the film magazine M is completely fed,
The motor 14 for driving the screw rod is operated to rotate the screw rod 13 and move the carrier 8 backward.

The detection piece 15 of the transfer table 8 is connected to the third sensor PH ₃
When the transport table 8 retreats to a position just before the detection, the support plate 18 of the magazine holder 16 contacts the discharge guide 28, and the transport table 8 further retreats, as shown in FIG. Swings backward, and the empty cartridge P or the empty film magazine M supported by the magazine holder 16 is discharged backward.

Empty Patrone P or Empty Film Magazine M
There until it is discharged, the film accommodating container on the magazine holder 16 types of film containers by the container sensor PH ₆ provided in the magazine holder 16 is determined.

When the container detection sensor PH ₆ is a patrone P
Is detected, the switching motor 30 switches the switching guide 3 in the direction to close the upper opening of the magazine discharge path 31.
Swing 3

For this reason, the empty cartridge P discharged from the magazine holder 16 is guided by the switching guide 33 and discharged to the cartridge discharge path 30.

On the other hand, when the container detecting sensor PH ₆ detects that the film magazine is the film magazine M, the switching motor 36
Swings the switching guide 33 in a direction to close the upper opening of the patrone discharge passage 30.

For this reason, the film magazine M discharged from the magazine holder 16 is guided by the switching guide 33 and discharged to the magazine discharge path 31, and the cartridge P and the film magazine M are collected separately.

[0047]

As described above, according to the present invention, the switching guide is provided at the common receiving port of the patrone discharge path and the magazine discharge path, and when the empty patrone is discharged from the magazine holder, the switching guide is connected to the magazine discharge path. When the film magazine is discharged, the switching guide is rocked toward the patrone discharge path.
Empty patrone and empty film magazine can be separately collected.

Further, since the empty patrone or the empty film magazine is discharged from the magazine holder,
The next cartridge or film magazine can be automatically supplied to the magazine holder, and the film can be continuously and efficiently developed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view schematically showing an automatic film developing apparatus using a recovery apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing an operation state of the above.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing an operation state of the above.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line VV in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the magazine holder according to the first embodiment;

FIGS. 7 (I) and (II) are perspective views showing a film storage container.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Film developing section 8 Carrier 16 Magazine holder 29 Discharge guide 30 Patrone discharge path 31 Magazine discharge path 32 Receiving port 33 Switching guide P Patrone M Film magazine

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Yasuhito Kimura 579 Umehara, Wakayama 1 Noritsu Kogyo Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-7-219194 (JP, A) JP-A-63-25658 (JP, a) JP flat 6-222541 (JP, a) JP flat 5-113626 (JP, a) JP Akira 63-23156 (JP, a) (58 ) investigated the field (Int.Cl. ⁷ G03D 13/00 B65H 19/10

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A magazine holder is swingably mounted on a transport table reciprocated toward a film developing unit, and the magazine holder abuts on a retraction stop position of the transport table when the transport table retreats. A discharge guide for swinging the magazine holder rearward, and collecting empty containers in the automatic film developing apparatus for dropping and discharging the empty patrone or the empty film magazine remaining on the magazine holder rearward when the magazine holder swings. In the apparatus, a patrone discharge path and a magazine discharge path having a common upper receiving port at a drop position of the empty patrone and the empty film magazine discharged from the magazine holder are provided, and the receiving port includes:
A film guide, which is provided with a switching guide that swings toward a magazine discharge path when an empty patrone is discharged from a magazine holder, and swings toward a patrone discharge path when an empty film magazine is discharged. Collection device for empty containers in the developing device.