JP3781521B2 - Film processing and packaging method and apparatus - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a film processing and packaging method and apparatus for obtaining a packaged product by winding a photographic photosensitive film cut at a predetermined length around a spool, inserting the film into a cartridge, and then storing the film in a case.
[0002]
[Prior art]
For example, when processing and packaging a photographic photosensitive film, processing of the film, winding of the processed fixed-size film, incorporation of the wound fixed-size film into the cartridge, and insertion of a fixed-size film cartridge Various processes such as loading into a case are performed.
[0003]
In this case, as a station for performing various processes, specifically, a film supply unit for rewinding the film roll and cutting it at a predetermined length to obtain a fixed-size film, and winding the fixed-size film on a spool. A film winding part that forms a wound body, a cartridge manufacturing part that manufactures a single-open cartridge by caulking a cap to one end of a rounded body plate, and after inserting the wound body into the single-open cartridge An assembly part for manufacturing a cartridge by caulking a cap to the other end of the open one of the cartridges, and a case in which a package is obtained by attaching a case cap to the opening end of the case after the wound cartridge is accommodated in the case And a stuffing section.
[0004]
By the way, in said station, in order to manufacture a packaged article from a film roll, many processes are provided, and the process of the defective article which generate | occur | produces at each process becomes a problem. For this reason, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-266059, a section necessary for making the photosensitive film magazine assembly substantially darkroom from the photosensitive film magazine assembly is light-shielding. The photosensitive film magazines are sequentially supplied through a predetermined route covered by the tunnel, and the photosensitive film magazines are inspected one by one in a non-dark room state, and the inspected photosensitive film magazines are transferred to the container storage unit. There is known a technique in which a photosensitive film magazine that is supplied in order through a predetermined route and only a photosensitive film magazine that is determined to be good as a result of the inspection is stored in a photosensitive film magazine container.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the above-described prior art, the inspection is performed in a non-dark room state, and in the step before manufacturing the wrapping cartridge, for example, in the step of forming the wound body in the film wrapping portion in the dark chamber, the winding is performed. Even if a winding defect occurs in the body, the winding defect of the wound body cannot be inspected.
[0006]
When this defective wound body is transferred to the cartridge manufacturing unit, it cannot be inserted into the single-open cartridge and the cartridge manufacturing process is interrupted, or it is inserted into the single-open cartridge to obtain a defective winding cartridge. Therefore, the problem that the incidence of defects in entrained cartridges increases has been pointed out. In particular, the patrone is a considerably expensive part, and there is a problem that a large number of entrained patrone is discarded as a defective product and is extremely uneconomical.
[0007]
The present invention solves this type of problem, and can appropriately discharge defective products generated during various operations for manufacturing a packaged product from a film roll, thereby efficiently and economically producing a high-quality packaged product. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and an apparatus for processing and packaging a film that can be manufactured in a simple manner.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the film processing and packaging method and apparatus according to the present invention, various defects occurred in each step from the step of rewinding the long photographic photosensitive film from the film roll to the obtaining of the packaged product. The product is discharged individually without being processed in the next process. As a result, various defective products are not transported to the next process and unnecessary processing is not performed, and high-quality packaged products can be efficiently obtained, effectively reducing the incidence of defects in the packaged products. It becomes possible.
[0009]
In particular, The defective product discharging step includes a defective film discharging step of cutting and discharging a defective portion of the photographic photosensitive film rewound from the film roll. , A wound body discharging step for discharging the wound body in which a winding failure has occurred; , An entrainment cartridge discharging process for discharging the entrainment cartridge in which an assembly failure has occurred in the assembly section; , An accommodated case discharging step for discharging the cartridge accommodated case in which the insertion failure of the entraining cartridge has occurred; have. Further, the invention of the apparatus has a defective product discharge means, a defective film discharge means, a wound body discharge means, an entrained cartridge discharge means, and a accommodated case discharge means corresponding to the above steps. Therefore, it is possible to prevent defective products generated in each process from being reliably discharged and to manufacture defective packaging products as much as possible. In particular, it is very economical because it avoids inserting the wound body in which the winding failure has occurred into the single-open cartridge and discards the expensive cartridge as a defective product.
[0010]
In addition, a step of periodically extracting a predetermined number of sample products, a step of arbitrarily extracting another sample product according to an instruction from the control unit, and a step of optionally extracting another sample product by an operator's operation have. For this reason, it becomes possible to take out a desired packaged product as a sample product. For example, the degree of a defective state of a film recognized as a defective film can be easily inspected.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view for explaining a packaged product 12 as a product by the processing and packaging apparatus 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration plan view of the processing and packaging apparatus 10. FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of the processing and packaging apparatus 10.
[0012]
The processing and packaging apparatus 10 supplies a fixed-size film 16 by rewinding a film roll 14 around which a long photographic photosensitive film F (hereinafter referred to as a long film F) is wound and cutting it to a predetermined length. The film supply section 18 to be positioned, the spool 20 and the fixed-size film 16 are positioned relative to each other, the film winding section 22 for winding the fixed-size film 16 around the spool 20, the body plate 24 is rounded, and one end thereof A cartridge manufacturing unit 30 for manufacturing a single-open cartridge 28 by caulking a cap 26a, and a winding in which the fixed-size film 16 is wound on the spool 20 in the single-open cartridge 28 manufactured by the cartridge manufacturing unit 30. After the body 32 is inserted, the cap 26b is caulked to the other end of the one-open cartridge 28 and the cartridge 3 is wound. An assembly part 36 for forming the package, the case cartridge 42 for storing the entrained cartridge 34 in the case 38, and attaching the case cap 40 to the open end of the case 38 to obtain the packaged product 12, and the packaged product 12 And a defective product discharge unit 43 for individually discharging various defective products (to be described later) that have been generated until the product is obtained. The film supply unit 18, the film winding unit 22, and the assembly unit 36 are integrally accommodated in the dark room 44, while other equipment, that is, the case filling unit 42 and the like are accommodated in the bright room 45.
[0013]
As shown in FIG. 2, the defective product discharge section 43 includes a defective film discharge means 43a that cuts and discharges a defective portion of the long film F that is rewound from the film roll 14, and a wound body 32a in which a winding failure has occurred. The wound body discharge means 43b for discharging the cartridge, the winding cartridge discharge means 43c for discharging the cartridge cartridge 34a in which the assembly failure has occurred in the assembly section 36, and the case 38a in which the insertion failure of the winding cartridge 34 has occurred are discharged. Case discharging means 43d.
[0014]
As shown in FIG. 2, the film supply unit 18, the film winding unit 22, the assembly unit 36, and the case filling unit 42 are linearly arranged along the film processing and packaging process (in the direction of arrow A), and the cartridge manufacturing process is performed. A linear first conveyance path 46 that conveys the single-open cartridge 28 from the section 30 to the assembly section 36, and a linear second conveyance path 48 that conveys the cartridge 34 from the assembly section 36 to the case filling section 42. And are provided.
[0015]
On the downstream side of the film processing and packaging process, the spool supply unit 50 for supplying the spool 20 to the film winding unit 22, the cap supply unit 52 for supplying the cap 26b to the assembly unit 36, and the case cap 40 are provided in the case. A case cap supply unit 54 for supplying the stuffing unit 42 and a case supply unit 56 for supplying the case 38 to the case stuffing unit 42 are intensively arranged so that the component supply unit 58 is integrated. Constructed.
[0016]
As shown in FIG. 1, in the cartridge manufacturing unit 30, a cap supply unit 59 for supplying the cap 26 a and a body plate supply unit 60 for supplying the body plate 24 are disposed close to each other.
[0017]
In the vicinity of the component supply unit 58, package product accumulation units 61a to 61c, which are product accumulation units, are arranged. The packaged product stacking units 61 a to 61 c and the case filling unit 42 are connected via a transport conveyor 62, and a semi-finished product stacking unit 64 is provided on the transport conveyor 62. An operation panel 66 is disposed in the vicinity of the transfer conveyor 62.
[0018]
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the film supply unit 18 includes a feeding unit 70 that holds the film roll 14 and rewinds the film roll 14, an end of the film roll 14, and a leading end of a new film roll 14. A perforation part 76 for forming perforations 74 (see FIG. 1) on both sides of the long film F unwound from the film roll 14, and a side print on one or both sides of the long film F. Are printed as a latent image, and a cut portion 80 is formed to cut the long film F into a predetermined length to form a fixed-size film 16.
[0019]
The joining portion 72 includes a joining base 82 that sucks and holds the end of the long film F, and a joining preparation base 84 that sucks and holds the tip of the new long film F. Above the joining table 82, there is provided a rotatable mounting section 88 having a square cross section that feeds the joining tape 86, which is a double-sided adhesive tape, every predetermined length. The tape cutter 92 can move up and down integrally.
[0020]
The punching unit 76 includes a fixed die block 93 and a punch block 94 that can be moved up and down by driving means (not shown) disposed below the die block 93. Suction chambers 96 and 98 are provided on the upstream side and the downstream side of the punch block 94, respectively. On the upper side of the suction chamber 96, a pass roller 100 and a feed roller 102 are disposed, and an upper portion of the suction chamber 98 is provided. On the side, the sprocket roller 104 and the pass roller 106 are arranged so as to be able to rotate intermittently.
[0021]
As shown in FIG. 5, the side print unit 78 includes a first print unit 112 disposed corresponding to the constant speed conveyance pass roller 110 and a second print unit disposed corresponding to the fixed feed sprocket 114. 116. The first print unit 112 records a strip-shaped side print on one or both sides of the long film F as a latent image according to the film type, while the second print unit 116 records a DX barcode or a frame according to the film size. Number numbers, frame number barcodes, product names, etc. are recorded as latent images.
[0022]
The cutting unit 80 includes a movable blade 118 and a fixed blade 120 which are arranged to face each other in the vertical direction, and cut the long film F into predetermined lengths according to the film size to form the fixed-size film 16. Form. On the downstream side of the cutting portion 80, a terminal feed nip roller 122, an opening / closing guide 124, insert roller pairs 126, 128 and guide plates 130, 132 are disposed. The open / close guide 124 is retractable from the film transport path, and a defective film discharge means 43a is disposed on the lower side thereof.
[0023]
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the defective film discharge means 43 a includes a discharge port member 136 that can move forward and backward in a direction perpendicular to the drawing with respect to the film transport path, and one end of a discharge chute 138 is provided on the discharge port member 136. Is connected. The discharge port member 136 is formed of, for example, a resin pipe made of vinyl chloride, and the other end side extends from the dark room 44 to the bright room 45 and communicates with the accumulation chamber 142 in the discharge box 140 (see FIG. 6). . One end of a conduit 144 is connected to the upper portion of the discharge box 140, and this conduit 144 extends vertically downward and is connected to the air blowing means 146.
[0024]
As shown in FIG. 7, the film winding section 22 includes a turntable 152 fixed to a main shaft 150 that is rotationally driven in the direction of an arrow, and spools provided at, for example, six locations spaced apart from the turntable 152 by equal angular intervals. A chuck means 154; a spool positioning means 156 for positioning the spool 20 held by the spool chuck means 154; a nip roller 158 that presses the fixed-size film 16 having the tip 16a inserted into the spool 20; and the fixed-size film. A prewinding means 160 for prewinding 16 and a winding means 162 for winding the prewinded sizing film 16 in a desired state.
[0025]
As shown in FIG. 5, the turntable 152 is provided with a spool supply station ST1, a spool positioning station ST2, an insert station ST3, a prewind station ST4, a wind station ST5, and a delivery station ST6 in the clockwise direction. Although not shown, the turntable 152 is provided with a self-holding brake for preventing the spool 20 from rotating.
[0026]
The prewind station ST4 is provided with a film guide 164, and two pairs of first and second photosensors 166a, 166b are disposed on the film guide 164 at a predetermined interval. When the rear end 16c of the fixed-size film 16 prewinded on the spool 20 at the prewind station ST4 passes through the first photosensor 166a, the prewind means 160 is decelerated and further passes through the second photosensor 166b. Means 160 is stopped.
[0027]
A first transfer 168 and a second transfer 170 are arranged on the downstream side of the film winding portion 22 (see FIG. 7). When the first transfer 168 is turned 180 ° after receiving the wound body 32 around which the fixed-size film 16 is wound around the spool 20 from the spool chuck means 154, the first transfer body 168 is changed from the horizontal posture to the standing posture. Change posture. The first transfer 168 includes a rotating shaft 172 and a holder 174 that rotates in the direction of the arrow by the rotating shaft 172.
[0028]
The second transfer 170 includes a swivel base 178 that can swivel about a vertical axis via a vertical rotation shaft 176, and a plurality of gripping members 180 that can be raised and lowered are disposed on the swivel base 178. The second transfer 170 inserts the wound body 32 received from the first transfer 168 into the single-open cartridge 28 placed on the index table 182 of the assembly unit 36.
[0029]
As shown in FIG. 8, a discharge chute 184 that constitutes the wound body discharge means 43 b is disposed in the vicinity of the second transfer 170. On this discharge chute 184, the wound body 32a in which a winding failure has occurred is discharged through a discharge means (not shown).
[0030]
As shown in FIG. 7, the index table 182 is fixed to the vertical rotation shaft 186 and can be indexed, and a chuck 188 for positioning and holding the single-open cartridge 28 is attached to each station (described later). Is done.
[0031]
As shown in FIG. 8, the index table 182 is rotated in the direction of the arrow, so that a single-open cartridge supply station ST1a, a wound spool insert station ST2a, a tongue (rear end 16c of a fixed-size film) presence / absence detection station ST3a, a core Indexing is sequentially performed to the delivery station ST4a, the cap supply station ST5a, the cap caulking station ST6a, and the entrainment cartridge delivery station ST7a.
[0032]
The single-open cartridge supply station ST1a is provided with a loading means 190 for transferring the single-open cartridge 28 from the first transfer path 46 to the index table 182. The cap supply station ST5a is provided with a cap feeding means 192. The cap caulking station ST6a is provided with press-fitting means 194. An unloading means 196 for sending the winding cartridge 34 from the index table 182 to the second transport path 48 is disposed in the winding cartridge deriving station ST7a.
[0033]
An inspection station ST8a for the entrainment cartridge 34 is provided between the cap caulking station ST6a and the entrainment cartridge deriving station ST7a. In this inspection station ST8a, torque detecting means for detecting the torque when the rear end 16c of the fixed-size film 16 protruding from the entraining cartridge 34 is pulled out to a predetermined length is detected, and a torque detecting means for determining that a certain torque or more is a defective product. A height detecting means for detecting an increase in the height of the entraining cartridge 34 due to a caulking defect of the cap 26b, a tongue length detecting means for detecting the length of the rear end 16c, and a cap 26b Cap presence / absence detection means for detecting presence / absence is provided.
[0034]
As shown in FIG. 9, the rounding of the body plate 24 is always performed with the rounding index 200. The single-open cartridge 28 formed by the rounding index 200 is held by the skew conveyance path 202 and is changed in posture from a horizontal posture to a vertical posture, and then sent to the first conveyance path 46.
[0035]
An introduction position 206 for introducing a container 204 in which a plurality of barrel plates 24 are accommodated in a plurality of rows (for example, five rows) in a vertical posture is installed in the barrel plate supply portion 60 disposed in the vicinity of the cartridge manufacturing unit 30. A take-out position 208 for taking out the body plates 24 from the containers 204 one by one and a lead-out position 210 for discharging the empty containers 204 from which all the body plates 24 have been taken out are provided. Corresponding to the take-out position 208, a body plate taking-out mechanism 212 is provided, and this body plate taking-out mechanism 212 is configured to be movable between the container 204 and the inclined conveyor 214 for feeding the body plate 24 to the rounding index 200. Is done.
[0036]
The cap supply unit 59 includes a hopper 216 that stores a plurality of caps 26a. A component lifter 218 that holds a predetermined amount of the cap 26a from the hopper 216 and can be moved up and down is a feeder disposed above the hopper 216. Reciprocate between 220. The component lifter 218 accommodates a predetermined amount of cap 26 a from the hopper 216 at the lower end position thereof, and then rises to automatically supply the predetermined number of caps 26 a to the feeder 220.
[0037]
As shown in FIG. 10, the second transport path 48 extends from the dark room 44 toward the case filling portion 42 disposed in the bright room 45, and the second transport path 48 is formed by the light shielding cover 222. It is surrounded. At the end of the second transport path 48, the entrainment cartridge discharge for discharging the entrainment cartridge 34a determined as a defective product as a result of the inspection at the inspection station ST8a of the assembly section 36 without being transferred to the case filling section 42 is performed. A discharge chute 224 constituting the means 43c is provided.
[0038]
As shown in FIG. 10, the case stuffing unit 42 includes an index table 226 that rotates in the direction of the arrow, and the index table 226 can be indexed to eight positions. The index table 226 is indexed at a supply station ST1b for supplying the case 38, an insertion station ST2b for inserting the entrainment cartridge 34 into the case 38, a presence / absence detection station ST3b for detecting the presence or absence of the entrainment cartridge 34, A case cap insertion station ST4b for inserting the case cap 40 into the open end of the case 38, a package product discharge station ST5b for discharging the normal packaged product 12 and the sample product 12a, and a defective product discharge for discharging the defective packaged product 12. A station ST6b is provided.
[0039]
The insertion station ST2b is provided with a cartridge loading means 228 for inserting the cartridge 34 from the second transport path 48 into the case 38, and the package product discharge station ST5b indexes the normal package product 12 and the sample product 12a. Unloading means 230 for feeding out from the table 226 is provided.
[0040]
The unloading means 230 has an intermediate arrangement part 232 for taking out the packaged article 12 on the index table 226 and placing it once, and the packaged article 12 once placed in the intermediate arrangement part 232 is sent out to the transport conveyor 62. It is. On the other hand, when the sample product 12 a is placed in the intermediate placement site 232, the sample product 12 a is sent out from the intermediate placement site 232 to the sample product chute 236 connected to the sample product stacking unit 234.
[0041]
At the defective product discharge station ST6b, a discharge chute 238 constituting the accommodated case discharge means 43d is disposed (see FIG. 10).
[0042]
As shown in FIG. 2, the processing and packaging apparatus 10 is controlled by an in-factory network that incorporates a computer 240. The computer 240 divides the processing and packaging apparatus 10 into a plurality of blocks, and each is individually processed by a dedicated computer. Control.
[0043]
The operation of the processing and packaging apparatus 10 configured as described above will be described below.
[0044]
First, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, in the film supply unit 18, the delivery unit 70 is driven to rotate the film roll 14 in the direction of the arrow, and the rewinding tip is conveyed to the joining unit 72. As shown in FIG. 4, in the joining portion 72, the rear end of the long film F is sucked and held on the joining base 82, and the leading end of the new long film F fed from the feeding portion 70 is the joining preparation base 84. Is adsorbed and retained.
[0045]
After the joining tape 86 is wound around the sticking table 88, the sticking table 88 and the tape cutter 92 are lowered under the driving action of the cylinder 90. As a result, the joining tape 86 is affixed to the rear end of the long film F on the joining base 82 with a predetermined width, and then the joining is made to the tip of the new long film F adsorbed by the joining preparation base 84. The rear end of the long film F is partially overlapped and pasted via the tape 86.
[0046]
After the joining process is performed, the long film F is conveyed to the punching unit 76. In the perforated portion 76, the suction chambers 96 and 98 are sucked, whereby the upstream side of the long film F is sucked between the feed roller 102 and the pass roller 100, and the downstream side of the long film F is the sprocket roller. Suction is performed between the roller 104 and the pass roller 106. Accordingly, the long film F is given a predetermined tension between the sprocket roller 104 and the feed roller 102, and the punch block 94 is moved up and down, so that the punch block 94 and the die block 93 act as described above. Perforations 74 are formed on both sides of the long film F.
[0047]
Next, the feed roller 102 and the sprocket roller 104 are intermittently rotated through an index device (not shown). After the long film F is intermittently fed at a predetermined feed amount, the punch block 94 is moved up and down, so that the perforations 74 are formed on both sides of the long film F via the punch block 94 and the die block 93. It is formed. By repeating the above operation, perforations 74 are continuously formed on the long film F at a constant pitch (see FIG. 1).
[0048]
The perforated long film F is conveyed to the side print unit 78, and a strip-shaped side print corresponding to the film type is recorded as a latent image on one side or both sides of the long film F via the first print unit 112. (See FIGS. 4 and 5). The side-printed long film F is provided with a free loop between the pass roller 110 and the sprocket 114, and then, according to the film size via the second print section 116 disposed corresponding to the sprocket 114. DX bar code, frame number number, frame number bar code, product name, and the like are recorded as latent images.
[0049]
The long film F that has passed through the side print unit 78 is sent to the cutting unit 80 and is cut into a predetermined length by the movable blade 118 and the fixed blade 120, whereby the fixed-size film 16 is obtained. At the time of this cutting, the rear end 16c of the separated fixed-size film 16 and the front end 16a of the next-created fixed-size film 16 are processed. Simultaneously with the processing of the tip 16a, a hole for spool locking is formed.
[0050]
In the film winding section 22, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, the spool 20 is sent to the spool chuck means 154 disposed at the spool supply station ST <b> 1 of the turntable 152. Next, when the main shaft 150 is intermittently rotated in the direction of the arrow and the spool chuck means 154 holding the spool 20 reaches the spool positioning station ST2, the spool positioning means 156 is pressed against the spool 20 to position the spool 20. Done.
[0051]
When the turntable 152 further rotates in the direction of the arrow and the spool 20 reaches the insert station ST3, the fixed-size film 16 is transferred to the turntable 152 side, and the leading end 16a of the fixed-size film 16 is inserted into the groove portion of the spool 20. Is done. Then, the guide plate 132 is opened, and the rear end 16c of the fixed-size film 16 hangs down to the film guide 164 side (see FIG. 5).
[0052]
Further, when the spool chuck means 154 holding the spool 20 by rotating the turntable 152 reaches the prewind station ST4, the prewind means 160 is driven as shown in FIG. The spool 20 is slidably contacted with the means 154 to rotate in the direction of the arrow. For this reason, the fixed-size film 16 whose tip 16a is locked to the spool 20 is prewinded to the spool 20 to a predetermined length. At this time, as shown in FIG. 5, when the rear end 16c of the sizing film 16 passes through the first photosensor 166a, the rotation speed of the touch roller is reduced, and the second photosensor 166b further reduces the rear end 16c. Is detected, the rotation of the spool 20 is stopped.
[0053]
Next, when the turntable 152 rotates and the spool chuck means 154 holding the prewind spool 20 reaches the wind station ST5, the wind means 162 is driven. As a result, the fixed-size film 16 is wound on the spool 20 and a wound body 32 is obtained.
[0054]
The winding body 32 is gripped by the holder 174 constituting the first transfer 168 and then rotated by 90 ° from the horizontal posture to the vertical posture when the holder 174 is turned by 180 °. It is gripped by the gripping member 180 constituting the two-transfer 170. In the second transfer 170, the swivel base 178 rotates integrally with the vertical rotation shaft 176, and the index table 182 constituting the assembling unit 36 remains in the standing posture while the wound body 32 held by the holding member 180 is in the standing posture. It waits above the chuck 188 arranged in the wound spool insert station ST2a. A single-open cartridge 28 is placed on the chuck 188.
[0055]
On the other hand, in the cartridge manufacturing unit 30, as shown in FIG. 9, the trunk plate 24 stored in the container 204 is sequentially taken out onto the inclined conveyor 214 via the trunk plate taking-out mechanism 212. The inclined conveyor 214 feeds the body plate 24 to the rounding index 200, and the body plate 24 is rounded. The cap 26a is sequentially supplied from the cap supply unit 59 to the rounding index 200, and the cap 26a is fitted to one end of the rounded body plate 24. Then, the single-open cartridge 28 is manufactured by caulking the cap 26a.
[0056]
The single-open cartridge 28 is sent from the rounding index 200 to the oblique conveyance path 202 and then conveyed to the assembly unit 36 side through the first conveyance path 46. Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the single-open cartridge 28 is delivered via the loading means 190 corresponding to the single-open cartridge supply station ST1a of the index table 182. The index table 182 is intermittently rotated in the direction of the arrow, and when the single-open cartridge 28 delivered by the single-open cartridge supply station ST1a is arranged in the wound spool insert station ST2a, the index table 182 is passed through the second transfer 170. The wound body 32 is inserted into the single-open cartridge 28.
[0057]
The single-open cartridge 28 in which the wound body 32 is inserted is conveyed to the centering station ST4a after the presence / absence of the rear end 16c of the fixed-size film 16 is detected at the tongue detection station ST3a. Further, the single-open cartridge 28 is transported to the cap supply station ST5a, and after the cap 26b fed through the cap feeding means 192 is disposed at the upper opening end, the cap is inserted into the cap crimping station ST6a via the press-fitting means 194. 26b is press-fitted into the opening side of the single-open cartridge 28 and caulked.
[0058]
After the cap 26b is caulked and the entrainment cartridge 34 is obtained, the entrainment cartridge 34 detects the pull-out torque of the rear end 16c of the fixed-size film 16 protruding from the entrainment cartridge 34 and the entrainment cartridge 34 at the inspection station ST8a. , The length of the rear end 16c, and the presence / absence of the cap 26b are detected. The detection result is stored in the computer 240 via the dedicated computer of the assembly unit 36. The entraining cartridge 34 is placed on the second conveyance path 48 via the unloading means 196.
[0059]
The second transport path 48 extends from the dark room 44 to the bright room 45 side. As shown in FIG. 10, the entrainment cartridge 34 is shielded by the light shielding cover 222 and ends in the second transport path 48. It is conveyed to the part side, that is, the case filling part 42 side.
[0060]
In the case filling unit 42, after the case 38 is fed into the index table 226 at the supply station ST1b, the index table 226 is intermittently rotated in the direction of the arrow and disposed at the insertion station ST2b. Accordingly, the cartridge loading means 228 is driven, and the entraining cartridge 34 supported by the second transport path 48 is inserted into the case 38 on the index table 226.
[0061]
The case 38 in which the entraining cartridge 34 is inserted is intermittently rotated in the direction of the arrow integrally with the index table 226. After the presence / absence detection station ST3b detects the presence / absence of the entraining cartridge 34, the case cap insertion station ST4b detects the case. The case cap 40 is inserted into the open end portion of 38, and the packaged product 12 is obtained. When the packaged product 12 is determined to be a non-defective product, the packaged product 12 is sent from the packaged product discharge station ST5b to the transport conveyor 62 and selectively sent to the packaged product accumulating units 61a to 61c arranged in the vicinity of the component supply unit 58. It is.
[0062]
In some cases, the entraining cartridge 34 is not inserted into the case 38 by the case filling unit 42 but is accumulated in the semi-finished product accumulation unit 64 via the transport conveyor 62.
[0063]
By the way, in the processing and packaging apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment, various defective products generated in each process until the long film F is rewound from the film roll 14 to obtain the packaged product 12 are processed in the next process. Without being discharged individually. That is, as a pre-process of the processing and packaging apparatus 10, an operation of manufacturing a raw film by applying a photosensitive layer to a support (base) is performed, and defects on the raw film due to the photosensitive layer coating process are performed. Are stored in the computer 240 for each original film as film defect information.
[0064]
Therefore, when the defective part of the film roll 14 rewound from the delivery part 70 is conveyed to the cutting part 80 and the leading end of the defective part is cut, the open / close guide 124 is separated from the film conveying path and the defective film discharge means 43a. The discharge port member 136 that constitutes is moved onto the film transport path. Next, as shown in FIG. 6, when the air blowing means 146 is driven, the defective film Fa is continuously sucked by the whole length of the defective portion while being sucked by the discharge port member 136, and the rear end portion is cut. Since it is cut by the section 80, it is sucked into the accumulation chamber 142 in the discharge box 140 through the discharge chute 138.
[0065]
In addition, when the other defective part which generate | occur | produced in the long film F, for example, the joint part of the old and new long film F, is conveyed to the cutting part 80, this defective part is integrated in the discharge box 140 similarly to the above. Aspirated into the chamber 142.
[0066]
Moreover, in the film winding part 22, the fixed-size film 16 is not fully wound around the spool 20, and the winding body 32a in which the winding defect generate | occur | produced may be obtained. At that time, as shown in FIG. 8, the defective winding body 32 a is discharged to the discharge chute 184 constituting the winding body discharge means 43 b provided in the vicinity of the second transfer 170. Thereby, the defective winding body 32a is not conveyed to the index table 182 of the assembly part 36.
[0067]
Further, in the inspection station ST8a of the index table 182 constituting the assembling section 36, the detection of the pull-out torque of the rear end 16c of the fixed-size film 16 protruding from the winding cartridge 34, the detection of the height of the winding cartridge 34, and the rear The length detection of the end 16c and the presence / absence detection of the cap 26b are performed. When the entraining cartridge 34a determined to be defective based on the detection result is transported to the second transport path 48, the cartridge loading means 228 is not driven. Therefore, the unsatisfactory entraining cartridge 34a constitutes the entraining cartridge discharge means 43c. The discharge chute 224 is discharged. Accordingly, the defective entrainment cartridge 34 a is not sent to the case filling unit 42.
[0068]
Furthermore, the wrapping cartridge 34 may not be reliably loaded in the case 38 in the case stuffing portion 42. At that time, the defective case 38a is sent to the defective product discharge station ST6b without the case cap 40 being loaded at the open end of the case cap insertion station ST4b. Next, the defective case 38 a containing the entrained cartridge 34 is discharged to the discharge chute 238 constituting the stored case discharge means 43 d and is not transferred to the transport conveyor 62.
[0069]
As described above, in the present embodiment, various defective products are discharged individually without being processed in the next step, and thus the defective product is transported to the next step and unnecessary processing is performed. Can be prevented. Thereby, the high-quality packaging body 12 can be obtained efficiently, and the effect that it becomes possible to reduce effectively the incidence of the defect of the component of the packaging body 12 is acquired.
[0070]
In addition, the defective winding body 32 a is not conveyed to the index table 182 of the assembly unit 36. For this reason, there is an advantage that the probability that a defective entraining cartridge 34a is manufactured is greatly reduced, the amount of defective entraining cartridge 34a obtained from the relatively expensive body plate 24 is reduced, and it is extremely economical. .
[0071]
By the way, in the processing and packaging apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment, for example, an operation of periodically extracting a predetermined number of sample products 12a for each film roll 14 is performed. Furthermore, when the sample product 12a needs to be extracted due to a failure or maintenance of the processing and packaging apparatus 10, the sample product 12a is extracted according to an instruction from the computer 240 as a control unit.
[0072]
Furthermore, when the operator operates the operation panel 66, the sample product 12a is extracted every predetermined block. This block may be configured by the film supply unit 18, the film winding unit 22, and the assembly unit 36, and may be further divided into, for example, the turntable 152, the first transfer 168, and the second transfer 170. Good. The operator can take out the package 12 containing the fixed-size film 16 as the sample product 12a to the sample product stacking unit 234 by designating the fixed-size film 16 existing in any block.
[0073]
This makes it possible to easily and reliably take out an arbitrary package 12 as a sample product 12a, and for example, it is possible to easily inspect the degree of a defective state of the fixed-size film 16 recognized as a defective film. There is an effect.
[0074]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, in the film processing and packaging method and apparatus according to the present invention, various defective products generated in each process from the rewinding of the long photographic photosensitive film from the film roll to obtaining a packaged product are Since it is discharged individually without being processed in this step, unnecessary processing is not performed on the various defective products in the next step. Thereby, a high quality package can be obtained efficiently, and it becomes possible to effectively reduce the incidence of defects in the components of the package.
[Brief description of the drawings]
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective explanatory view when a package is manufactured by a processing and packaging apparatus that performs a processing and packaging method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration plan view of the processing and packaging apparatus.
FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of the processing and packaging apparatus.
FIG. 4 is a side view of the configuration of a film supply unit constituting the packaging processing apparatus.
FIG. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram from the film supply unit to the assembly unit.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory perspective view of defective film discharge means constituting the film supply unit.
FIG. 7 is a configuration side view of a film winding unit and an assembly unit that constitute the processing and packaging apparatus.
FIG. 8 is a schematic plan view of the assembly part.
FIG. 9 is a schematic plan view of a cartridge production unit.
FIG. 10 is a schematic plan explanatory view of a case filling portion.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 ... Processing and packaging equipment 12 ... Packed products
14 ... Film roll 16 ... Fixed size film
18 ... Film supply unit 20 ... Spool
22 ... Film entrainment part 30 ... Patrone production department
32 ... Rolled body 34 ... Entrained cartridge
36 ... Assembly part 38 ... Case
42 ... case packing part 43 ... defective product discharge part
43a ... defective film discharging means 43b ... wound body discharging means
43c ... Entrainment cartridge discharge means
43d ... Housed case discharging means 58 ... Parts supply section
184, 224, 238 ... discharge chute

Claims (5)

A step of supplying a fixed-size film by rewinding a film roll around which a long photographic photosensitive film is wound and cutting the film roll every predetermined length;
Positioning the spool and the fixed-size film relative to each other and winding the fixed-size film on the spool;
A process of rolling a trunk plate and caulking a cap at one end thereof to produce a single-open cartridge.
A step of manufacturing a patrolling cartridge by inserting a wound body in which the fixed-size film is wound into the spool into the single-opening patrone, and then caulking a cap to the other end of the one-opening patrone.
Storing the entrained cartridge in a case, and attaching a case cap to the opening end of the cartridge-accommodated case to obtain a packaged product;
Said package various defective that occurred to obtain, have a, a step of discharging separately without treatment with next step,
The process of individually discharging the various defective products,
Cutting and discharging a defective portion of the photographic film unwound from the film roll; and
A step of discharging the wound body in which the winding failure has occurred;
Discharging the entrained cartridge in which an assembly failure has occurred in the assembly unit;
Discharging the cartridge housing case in which the insertion failure of the entraining cartridge has occurred;
A method for processing and packaging a film, comprising: 2. The processing and packaging method according to claim 1 , wherein the photographic photosensitive film having the defective portion is continuously discharged over the entire length of the defective portion without being cut every predetermined length. Film processing and packaging method.   3. The processing and packaging method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a predetermined number of sample products are periodically extracted from the package body, and further sample products can be arbitrarily selected by an operator as required. A method of processing and packaging the film, the method comprising: A film supply unit for supplying a fixed-size film by rewinding a film roll on which a long photographic photosensitive film is wound and cutting the film roll every predetermined length;
A film entrapping portion for positioning the spool and the fixed-size film relative to each other and winding the fixed-size film on the spool;
A patrone manufacturing department that rolls the body plate and squeezes a cap on one end thereof to manufacture a single-open patrone,
An assembly part for manufacturing a cartridge by inserting a wound body in which the fixed-size film is wound into the spool into the single-open cartridge and then crimping a cap on the other end of the single-open cartridge. ,
A case stuffing unit that accommodates the entraining cartridge in a case and attaches a case cap to the opening end of the case to obtain a packaged product;
A defective product discharge section for individually discharging various defective products generated until the packaged product is obtained ,
The defective product discharge section is a defective film discharge means for cutting and discharging a defective portion of the photographic photosensitive film rewound from the film roll;
A wound body discharging means for discharging the wound body in which a winding failure has occurred;
A patrol Ne discharging means rolling discharging the entrainment patrone defective assembly occurs in the assembly,
The accommodated case discharging means for discharging the cartridge accommodated case in which the insertion failure of the entraining cartridge has occurred,
A processing and packaging apparatus for a film, comprising: 5. The processing and packaging apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising a sample product accumulating unit for extracting a sample product from the packaged product.

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