JP3593855B2 - Reinforcement structure of opening and closing cover in photo processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a reinforcing structure for an openable / closable cover that is swingably supported by a photographic processing apparatus.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Generally, an opening for maintenance inside the body is provided at an upper part of the body of the photo processing apparatus, and the opening is opened and closed by a synthetic resin opening and closing cover formed in a flat plate shape. Usually, one end is pivotally connected to the body via a hinge member.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, in the above-mentioned photographic processing apparatus, as the opening / closing cover formed of a synthetic resin material becomes large, the opening / closing cover is easily deformed. When a stay for holding the cover in the open position is installed, when the stay is opened, the load is intensively applied to a portion of the open / close cover that is connected to the stay, and the open / close cover is further deformed. There is a risk of doing.
[0004]
To solve the above problems, there is a method of increasing the thickness of the cover as a whole to increase the strength of the cover as a whole. There is a problem that a large force is required for opening and closing.
On the other hand, in the above-described photographic processing apparatus, for example, a conveyor device or the like for transporting photographic prints may be assembled on the upper surface of the opening / closing cover.Conventionally, constituent devices such as the conveyor device are attached to the opening / closing cover. When assembling, a member for assembling is separately formed, and the assembling member is fixed to the opening / closing cover, and then the conveyor device and the like are assembled on the opening / closing cover via the assembling member. The assembly process increases.
[0005]
The present invention has been developed in view of the above circumstances, and the object is to assemble the components of a photographic processing apparatus without increasing the rigidity of the opening / closing cover and separately providing an assembling member. Another object of the present invention is to provide a reinforcement structure for an opening / closing cover in a photographic processing apparatus that can easily perform the above.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a photograph in which a stay is provided between an airframe and an openable / closable cover supported on the airframe so as to hold the open / close cover in an open position. In the processing apparatus, a reinforcing wall is integrally formed near the connecting portion of the stay in the opening / closing cover, and the components of the photographic processing apparatus are assembled to the reinforcing wall.
[0007]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the reinforcing wall is formed in a frame shape, and a housing space for the components of the photographic processing apparatus is provided in the reinforcing wall. A conveyor device is applied as a component of the device.
[0008]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
First, FIG. 1 shows an example of a photographic processing apparatus to which the present invention is applied.
The photographic processing apparatus 1 has a photographic printing machine 2 and an automatic developing machine 3 integrated with each other. Generally, an image of a negative film is exposed on photographic paper in a printing section of the photographic printing machine 2. Thereafter, the exposed photographic paper is sent to the automatic developing machine 3, while the exposed photographic paper sent from the photographic printing machine 2 is developed and dried by the developing processing section. The dried photographic print is discharged from a discharge port 31 provided at an upper portion of the machine body 30.
[0009]
On the upper wall 32 of the machine body 30 in the automatic developing machine 3 described above, the work of replacing, checking and maintaining the transport rack and the filter element set in the development processing section in the machine body 30 and the work of checking the water level of the processing liquid are performed. An opening 33 for opening and closing, and an opening / closing cover 34 that opens and closes the opening 33 and are substantially rectangular in plan view are provided.
The opening / closing cover 34 is formed of a synthetic resin material in a substantially flat plate shape, and as shown schematically in FIG. 4, a support portion provided on the body 30 with a pivot shaft 35 slidably provided at one end thereof. By pivotally attaching to the body 36, the body can be vertically swung with respect to the body 30, and can be detached from the body 30 by detaching from the support part 36 by sliding of the pivot shaft 35.
[0010]
A damper stay 4 is provided between the body 30 and the opening / closing cover 34 for holding the opening / closing cover 34 at a predetermined swing position with respect to the body 30. The length of the damper stay 4 One end in the direction is connected to the opening / closing cover 34 and the other end in the length direction is connected to the upper wall 32 of the machine body 30, while the connection between the damper stay 4 and the opening / closing cover 34 is detachable.
[0011]
Specifically, as the damper stay 4, an existing gas spring type in which a piston rod 42 is inserted into and supported by a cylindrical cylinder cylinder 41 so that the piston rod 42 can be extended and retracted, and the base of the cylinder cylinder 41 is 5 and 6, a connecting piece provided with a connecting shaft 5 at the tip of a piston rod 42 extending in a direction orthogonal to the piston rod 42, as shown in FIGS. 50 are fixed.
[0012]
On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a connection bracket 6 including a pair of opposed walls 61 facing each other at a predetermined interval and a connecting wall 62 connecting one end of the opposed walls 61 is formed. The connection bracket 62 is fixed to one side in the longitudinal direction of the cover 34 by bolting the connection wall 62 to the back surface of the cover 34, and the connection shaft 5 can be locked to the opposing wall 61. A locking portion 63 is formed.
[0013]
The locking portion 63 has an insertion hole 64 whose one end is opened at the edge of the facing wall 61 and extends substantially parallel to the lower surface of the opening / closing cover 34, and is bent from the other end of the insertion hole 64 toward the opening / closing cover 34. And a fitting hole 65 into which the connecting shaft 5 can be fitted. The connecting shaft 5 is inserted from the insertion hole 64 into the fitting hole 65 and locked, so that the damper stay 4 is connected via the connecting shaft 5. By connecting the piston rod 42 to the opening / closing cover 34 and disengaging the connecting shaft 5 from the fitting hole 65 through the insertion hole 64 and the locking portion 63, the connection between the piston rod 42 and the opening / closing cover 34 is established. Is to be removed.
[0014]
In the photo processing apparatus having the above configuration, in the embodiment shown in the drawing, as shown in FIG. 3, the connecting portion of the damper stay 4 is surrounded by the vicinity of the connecting portion of the damper stay 4 on the upper surface of the opening / closing cover 34. In addition, a frame-shaped reinforcing wall 7 having a rectangular shape in a plan view is integrally protruded upward, and a substantially plate-shaped receiving portion 70 is formed integrally on one side of the reinforcing wall 7 so as to be integrally formed. The reinforcing wall 7 and the tray portion 70 increase the rigidity of the opening / closing cover 34 in the vicinity of the connecting portion of the damper stay 4 to which a load is particularly concentrated, and also convey the internal space of the reinforcing wall 7 projecting in a frame shape to a conveyor described later. The conveyor device 8 is assembled to the reinforcing wall 7 as a storage space S for the components of the device 8.
[0015]
On the inner surface of the reinforcing wall 7 formed in a frame shape, column-shaped projections 71 extending up and down are protruded at four places, and the rigidity of the reinforcing wall 7 itself is increased by the projections 71. Is formed with a screw hole 72 which is opened at the upper end surface.
The above-mentioned conveyor device 8 is for transporting a photographic print discharged from the discharge port 31 of the machine body to the front side of the machine body 30. Basically, the conveyor device 8 basically includes a pair of rotating rollers 81 and both rotating rollers 81. An endless belt 82 stretched between rollers 81, a support frame 83 rotatably supporting both rotating rollers 81, and a driving device (not shown) for driving one of the rotating rollers 81 to rotate. The device is fixed to the upper surface of the opening / closing cover 34 in the accommodation space S, the support frame 83 is installed on the reinforcing wall 7, and the screws 84 are screwed from the through holes 85 formed in the support frame 83. The support frame 83 is fixed to the reinforcing wall 7 by being screwed into the hole 72, and the upper part of the accommodation space S is covered by the endless belt 82.
[0016]
In the illustrated embodiment, a handle 86 is provided on one side of the support frame 83.
Thus, in the above-described photographic processing apparatus, since the opening / closing cover 34 made of a synthetic resin material is reinforced by the reinforcing wall 7, its rigidity is sufficient without increasing the thickness of the entire opening / closing cover 34. Since the reinforcing wall 7 is formed at the connecting portion of the opening / closing cover 34 and the damper stay 4 where the load is particularly likely to be applied intensively, the deformation of the opening / closing cover 34 is effective. Is prevented.
[0017]
In addition, since the internal space of the reinforcing wall 7 formed in a frame shape can be used as an accommodation space S for accommodating the driving device of the conveyor device 8, there is no need to separately secure an accommodation space for such a driving device. Since the driving device is surrounded by the reinforcing wall 7, the driving device is not exposed to the outside, and since the conveyor device 8 is mounted on the reinforcing wall 7, an assembling member of the conveyor device is separately prepared as in the related art. It is not necessary.
[0018]
In the above embodiment, the reinforcing wall 7 projecting from the surface of the opening / closing cover 34 is formed in a rectangular shape in a plan view, but is not limited to this.
In the above embodiment, the conveyor device 8 is assembled to the reinforcing wall 7. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other components necessary for photo processing may be assembled in place of the conveyor device. Good.
[0019]
In the above-described embodiment, the connecting piece 50 having the connecting shaft 5 is fixed to the tip of the piston rod 42 so that the connection between the opening / closing cover 34 and the damper stay 4 can be detached. The rear surface is provided with the connection bracket 6 having the locking portion 63 which opens substantially in an L shape when viewed from the side. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the structure shown in FIGS. Is also good.
[0020]
That is, in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, an L-shaped support having a first support piece 92 provided with a pivot 91 and a second support piece 93 bent from one end of the first support piece 92. 9a, the support 9a is swingably attached to the plate 44 fixed to the tip of the piston rod 42 via the pivot 91, and the support 9a is inserted into a through hole 94 formed in the second support piece 93. The screw body 95 is attached.
[0021]
On the other hand, on the rear surface of the opening / closing cover 34, a pair of fitting grooves 96 into which both ends in the width direction of the second support piece 93 can be fitted, and a screw hole 97 into which the screw body 95 can be screwed are provided. After fixing the connecting plate 9b and inserting both ends of the second support piece 93 of the support 9a in the width direction into the fitting groove 96 of the connecting plate 9b, the screw body 95 is screwed into the screw hole 97. Thus, the piston rod 42 is connected to the opening / closing cover 34, the screw body 95 is detached from the screw hole 97, and the second support piece 93 is pulled out of the fitting groove 96. The connection with is released.
[0022]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a photographic processing apparatus in which a stay for holding an open / close cover at an open position is provided between a body and an open / close cover swingably supported by the body. A reinforcing wall is integrally protruded near the connecting portion of the stay in the opening / closing cover, and the components of the photographic processing device are assembled to the reinforcing wall. The rigidity of the connecting part with the easy damper stay is sufficiently increased, so that the deformation of the opening / closing cover can be sufficiently suppressed without increasing the thickness of the opening / closing cover. Since it can be used effectively for assembling equipment, it is easy to assemble the components of the photographic processing apparatus to the machine without separately preparing assembling members as in the past Rukoto can be.
[0023]
According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the reinforcing wall is formed in a frame shape, and the inside of the reinforcing wall is a space for accommodating a component for photo processing. In addition to the effects described, the internal space surrounded by the frame-shaped reinforcing wall can be effectively used, and there is no need to separately secure a space for accommodating the components of the photo processing apparatus, and Can be protected by reinforced walls.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a photographic processing apparatus to which the present invention is applied.
FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the photographic processing apparatus with the opening / closing cover opened.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an opening / closing cover.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the photographic processing apparatus with an opening / closing cover opened.
FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of the damper stay.
FIG. 6 is a schematic side view showing another embodiment of the connection portion between the damper stay and the cover.
FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of a main part showing another embodiment of the damper stay.
FIG. 8 is a schematic side view showing another embodiment of the connection portion between the damper stay and the cover.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Photo processing device 30 Body 34 Opening / closing cover 4 Damper stay (stay)
7 Reinforcement wall 8 Conveyor device (components for photo processing)
S accommodation space

Claims (3)

In a photographic processing apparatus, a stay for holding the open / close cover in an open position is provided between the body and the open / close cover swingably supported by the body,
A reinforcing structure for an opening / closing cover in a photographic processing apparatus, wherein a reinforcing wall is integrally protruded in the vicinity of a connection portion of the stay in the opening / closing cover, and components of the photographic processing apparatus are assembled to the reinforcing wall. 2. The reinforcing structure for an opening / closing cover in a photographic processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reinforced wall is formed in a frame shape, and the inside of the reinforced wall serves as a space for accommodating components of the photographic processing apparatus. The reinforcing structure for an openable / closable cover in a photoprocessing device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the constituent devices of the photoprocessing device are conveyor devices.

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