JP3807365B2 - Photosensitive material magazine for photosensitive material processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a photosensitive material magazine of a photosensitive material processing apparatus.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As the photosensitive material processing apparatus, a printing processing unit and a development processing unit are integrally provided, and the photosensitive material is subjected to a printing process in which an image is printed in the exposure unit, and then the development processing is performed immediately. There are an apparatus, a printing processing apparatus (printer) having only a printing processing section, and a development processing apparatus having only a developing processing section.
In any of the processing apparatuses, a photosensitive material feed magazine in which a spool on which a long strip-shaped photosensitive material is wound is housed in a casing is set in the photosensitive material processing apparatus, and the photosensitive material fed out from the feed magazine Are to be processed continuously.
[0003]
In addition, in recent years, in order to reduce the frequency of magazine replacement when a large number of baking processes of the same size are continuously performed, a spool around which a thick photosensitive material having a large winding diameter is wound is stored in a casing, A large photosensitive wheel that is equipped with a running wheel so that it can be received from below, and can be gripped by the gripping part of an operation handle provided so that an operator can stand up from the casing. A material magazine is used (see Patent Document 1).
[0004]
By the way, when the printing processing device and the development processing device are separate, a photosensitive material magazine that is also used as a take-up and feeding unit and that contains an empty spool is set at the photosensitive material discharge port of the printing processing device, and the image is printed. The photosensitive material magazine is temporarily wound around the photosensitive material magazine. When the printed photosensitive material is full on the spool, the photosensitive material magazine is removed from the baking processing device, and the photosensitive material magazine is transported to the developing processing device for development processing. It is set at the set position provided on the entrance side of the device, and the baked photosensitive material is continuously sent from the photosensitive material magazine to the development processing device to perform the development processing. In some cases, the setting direction of the photosensitive material magazine is reversed.
[0005]
In the case of a small photosensitive material magazine, it is possible to set it even with a development processing device in which the setting direction is reversed. However, as described above, in the case of a large photosensitive material magazine, the operation handle protrudes from the casing. Depending on the processing apparatus, the operation handle portion may be in the way and cannot be mounted. That is, there is a problem that a large photosensitive material magazine cannot be shared by a plurality of models.
[0006]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-20447
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a photosensitive material magazine of a photosensitive material processing apparatus which can be operated to travel a casing with an operation handle and which can be mounted on different types of photosensitive material processing apparatuses having different mounting directions. .
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a photosensitive material magazine of a photosensitive material processing apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as "magazine of claim 1") is wound with a long strip of photosensitive material. The taken spool can be stored, the photosensitive material passage opening is provided on one wall surface, and the casing is detachable from the photosensitive material processing apparatus, and the casing is supported from below so as to run along the mounting surface. In a photosensitive material magazine of a photosensitive material processing apparatus including a traveling wheel and an operation handle for operating a casing in a traveling direction, the photosensitive material magazine can be mounted on a plurality of photosensitive material processing apparatuses having different casing mounting directions. It is characterized in that it is pivotally supported by the casing so that its posture can be changed at a position that does not impede mounting on the processing device.
[0009]
The photosensitive material magazine of the photosensitive material processing apparatus according to claim 2 of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as "magazine of claim 2") is the magazine according to claim 1, wherein the operation handle passes from the casing through the passage opening. A guide roller for the photosensitive material to be fed out is provided.
[0010]
The photosensitive material magazine of the photosensitive material processing apparatus according to claim 3 of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as "magazine of claim 3") is the magazine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the operation handle is a grip portion. A connecting arm portion having a connecting portion that is pivotally supported at one end on the upper surface of the casing and a connecting portion that is bent at a substantially right angle from the other end of the supporting portion and is connected to the grip portion at substantially the same length as the supporting portion; And the casing is provided with support means for supporting and fixing the pivot portion of the operation handle at least in a horizontal posture and a vertical posture.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings showing embodiments thereof.
FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a photosensitive material magazine of a photosensitive material processing apparatus according to the present invention.
[0012]
As shown in FIG. 1, the photosensitive material magazine 1 includes a casing 2, an operation handle 3, and traveling wheels 4, and a winding magazine of the digital printing processing apparatus 5 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, and These are used both for the feed magazine of the development processing apparatus 6 shown in FIG.
[0013]
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the casing 2 can be opened in two, and as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a detachable spool 21 is accommodated therein. Although not shown, a gear that meshes with the gear of the baking processing device 5 when it is set in the baking processing device 5 and rotates the spool 21 in the winding direction by the driving force transmitted by the gear of the baking processing device 5 is provided. Yes. In addition, a photosensitive material passage port (hereinafter, referred to as only “passage port”) 22 having a shutter serving as a winding port and a delivery port for the photosensitive material P is provided on one wall surface of the casing 2. A notch 23 is provided on the upper surface of the passage 22 and a horizontal bar 24 is provided in the notch 23. On the other hand, a locking groove 25 that is locked to a locking bar 51 of the baking processing device 5 to be described later is provided on the lower surface of the casing 2 on the passing port 22 side when the casing 2 is mounted.
[0014]
On the upper surface of the casing 2, bearing portions 26 and 27 are provided that support a shaft 3 b of an operation handle 3 to be described later so as to be rotatable about its central axis and slidable in the direction of the central axis.
One bearing portion 26 has a shape in which both corners on the upper side of the rectangular parallelepiped are cut out, two in parallel to the vertical walls on both sides of the outer surface, and two in parallel to the upper surface, for a total of six locking projections Reference numerals 26 a are provided as support means for the operation handle 3 so as to project at substantially the same distance as the diameter of a pivot portion 33 of the operation handle 3 described later.
[0015]
The operation handle 3 includes a handle body 3a and a shaft 3b.
The handle body 3a is formed by bending a metal pipe, and includes a gripping portion 31, a connecting arm portion 32 formed to be bent at substantially right angles from both ends of the gripping portion 31, and a substantially right angle from the end of the connecting arm portion 32. And two pivotal support portions 33 are arranged so as to sandwich the bearing portions 26 and 27 from both sides.
[0016]
The pivot portion 33 and the connecting arm portion 32 are formed to have substantially the same length.
As described above, the shaft 3b is slidable in the direction of the central axis of the shaft 3b with a slide width that is rotatable around the central axis of both the bearing portions 26 and 27 and longer than the protruding length of the locking projection 26a from the bearing portion 26. While being supported, the end portions thereof are fixed to the two pivot portions 33.
[0017]
Further, two shaft-shaped guide rollers 34 are supported between the two connecting arm portions 32 so as to be rotatable about the central axis thereof.
The traveling wheels 4 are respectively provided at the four corners of the lower surface of the casing 2 and support the casing 2 along the floor surface F so as to be able to travel.
[0018]
That is, the photosensitive material magazine 1 is as described above. As shown by a one-dot chain line and a two-dot chain line in FIG. 5, the operation handle 3 is pivoted on the bearing portion 26 side where the locking projection 26a is provided. When the support portion 33 is slid so as to come outside the tip of the locking projection 26a, the handle main body 3a is rotatable about the shaft 3b, and the pivot support portion 33 is formed on the casing 2 as shown in FIG. As shown by the solid line in FIG. 5 in a state of being parallel to and perpendicular to the upper surface, when it is slid in the direction of the other bearing portion 26, the pivot portion 33 will be in any pair of locking projections 26a. 7 and the locking projection 26a so that the operation handle 3 is positioned so that its pivotal support portion 33 is flush with the upper surface of the casing 2 in the direction of the wall opposite to the passage port 22, as shown in FIG. Fall down The posture I is arranged at a position where the portion 31 protrudes slightly outward from the opposite wall surface, as shown in FIG. 7B, the pivot portion 33 rises perpendicularly to the upper surface of the casing 2, and the grip portion 31 is The posture II arranged almost immediately above the edge of the passage port 22 side, as shown in FIG. 7C, the pivotal support portion 33 is tilted so as to be horizontal with the upper surface of the casing 2 in the direction of the wall surface on the passage port 22 side. The grip portion 31 can be fixed in a posture III arranged below the passage port 22 and facing the wall surface on which the passage port 22 is provided.
[0019]
In the photosensitive material magazine 1, the spool 21 first places the operating handle 3 in the posture I shown in FIG. 7A, and the operator holds the grip portion 31 by hand. As shown in the drawing, the sheet is caused to travel to the front surface of the exit 53 of the printing-processed photosensitive material P of the printing processing device 5 with the passage port 22 side as the head. Then, as shown in FIG. 8B, the connecting arm portion 32 of the operation handle 3 is operated so as to fall to the operator side, the lower end of the casing 2 on the passing port 22 side is lifted, and the locking claw 25 is engaged. After being locked to the stop bar 51, the holding part 31 is held, the casing 2 is rotated around the lock bar 51 to the baking processing device 5 side, and the horizontal bar 24 is transferred to the baking processing device as shown in FIG. By engaging with the 5 locking pins 55, the passage port 22 and the outlet 53 coincide with each other and are set in the baking processing apparatus 5 while being lifted from the floor surface F.
[0020]
2 and 3, the unprocessed photosensitive material P continuously fed from the feed magazine 7 set on the entrance side of the printing processing device 5 is imaged by the exposure unit 56 in the printing processing device 5. , The photosensitive material P that has been subjected to the baking process is continuously wound around the spool 21 of the photosensitive material magazine 1.
When the printed photosensitive material P has been wound on the spool 21 for a predetermined length, the printing is stopped, and the lever (not shown) is operated to release the locking of the locking pin 55 to the horizontal bar 24. The photosensitive material magazine 1 is removed from the printing processing apparatus 5 by performing the reverse operation to the setting.
[0021]
The photosensitive material magazine 1 removed from the baking processing device 5 in this way is immediately or once stored in another place, and then is carried to the development processing device 6 as shown in FIG. However, as in the case of the development processing device 6 of FIG. 4, when the wall surface opposite to the passage port 22 is set toward the development processing device 6, the operation handle 3 is moved to the position shown in FIG. In the position II shown in b), the casing 2 is run with the grip portion 31 with the surface opposite to the passage port 22 as the head, and is carried to the development processing device 6. If the operation handle 3 interferes with the setting, the operation handle 3 is set to a posture III shown in FIG. 7C and set to a predetermined position, and then the terminal of the baked photosensitive material P is pulled out from the passage opening 22. The photosensitive material P that has been baked is continuously fed to the development processing device 6 via a guide roller 34 provided on the operation handle 3 so that development processing can be performed.
[0022]
Although not shown, in the case of a development processing apparatus in which the mounting structure of the photosensitive material magazine 1 is similar to the mounting structure to the printing processing apparatus 5, the operation handle 3 is shown in FIG. It is also possible to carry the photosensitive material magazine 1 to the position of the development processing apparatus in the posture I shown and mount it on the development processing apparatus in the same manner as the mounting method on the printing processing apparatus 5 described above.
[0023]
As described above, the photosensitive material magazine 1 can be shared by a plurality of models because the operation handle 3 can be changed in position to a position where the operation handle 3 is not hindered from being attached to each development processing apparatus 6. Manufacturing cost can be reduced.
Further, since the operation handle 3 includes the guide roller 34 for the photosensitive material P that is sent out from the casing 2 through the passage port 22, the operation handle 3 can be sent into the developing processing device 6 without damaging the photosensitive material P.
[0024]
Since the pivotal support portion 33 and the connecting arm portion 32 of the operation handle 3 are substantially the same length, and the pivotal support portion 33 and the connecting arm portion 32 are disposed at right angles, the operation handle 3 is in the posture I and the posture II. The height of the grip portion 31 does not change, and the casing 2 can be smoothly moved in both directions using the operation handle 3.
[0025]
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the above embodiment, the printing processing device 5 is a digital type, but an analog type may be used. In the above embodiment, the magazine is used as a take-up magazine for the printing processing apparatus 5 and a sending magazine for the development processing apparatus 6. However, it can also be used as a sending magazine for the printing processing apparatus 5.
In the above embodiment, the locking bar 51 is locked in the locking groove 25. However, instead of the locking groove 25, a locking claw may be attached to the lower surface of the casing. Absent.
[0026]
【The invention's effect】
Since the photosensitive material magazine of the photosensitive material processing apparatus according to the present invention is configured as described above, it can be shared by a plurality of models, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.
[0027]
In particular, according to the magazine of the second aspect, the photosensitive material drawn out from the magazine can be fed into the photosensitive material processing apparatus without being damaged.
Further, according to the magazine of claim 3, the operation position of the grip part can be changed in the front-rear direction of the casing without changing the height of the grip part, and the casing can be smoothly moved in both directions using the operation handle. Can be run.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of a photosensitive material magazine of a photosensitive material processing apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a front view showing a state where the photosensitive material magazine of FIG. 1 is set in a printing processing apparatus.
FIG. 3 is a front sectional view of the baking processing apparatus of FIG. 2;
4 is a front view of an essential part of the photosensitive material magazine shown in FIG. 1 set in a development processing apparatus.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a posture change state of an operation handle of the photosensitive material magazine shown in FIG. 1;
6 is a view in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 1 of the support fixing means for explaining a method of supporting the operation handle of the photosensitive material magazine in FIG. 1;
7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. 1 for explaining a method of supporting the operation handle.
8 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a method of mounting the photosensitive material magazine of FIG. 1 on a printing processing apparatus.
[Explanation of symbols]
P Photosensitive material 1 Photosensitive material magazine 2 Casing 21 Spool 22 Passing port 3 Operation handle 3a Handle body 3b Shaft 31 Gripping part 32 Linking arm part 33 Pivoting part 34 Guide roller 4 Traveling wheel 5 Baking process apparatus (photosensitive material processing apparatus)
6 Development processing equipment (photosensitive material processing equipment)

Claims (3)

A casing on which a long strip-shaped photosensitive material is wound can be stored, the photosensitive material passage opening is provided on one wall surface, and the photosensitive material processing apparatus is removable. A casing is mounted on the casing. A traveling wheel that is supported from below so as to freely travel along
In the photosensitive material magazine of the photosensitive material processing apparatus including an operation handle for operating the casing in the traveling direction,
The operation handle can be mounted on a plurality of photosensitive material processing apparatuses having different mounting directions of the casing, and the operation handle is pivotally supported by the casing so as to change its posture at a position that does not hinder the mounting on each photosensitive material processing apparatus. Photosensitive material magazine for photosensitive material processing equipment. The photosensitive material magazine of the photosensitive material processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the operation handle includes a photosensitive material guide roller fed from the casing through the passage opening. The operation handle is connected to the gripping part, the pivotal support part pivotally supported at one end on the upper surface of the casing, and bent at a substantially right angle from the other end of the pivotal support part and connected to the gripping part at substantially the same length as the pivotal support part. The photosensitive material processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the casing includes support means for supporting and fixing the pivot portion of the operation handle in at least a horizontal posture and a vertical posture. Material magazine.

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