JPH0119139Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a stocker for film cartridges, and more specifically, a film cartridge of 110, 126 type, etc., having a supply chamber and a take-up chamber (hereinafter simply referred to as a cartridge or 110 cartridge). )
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Traditionally, when the large number of 110 cartridges collected in a processing laboratory (commonly called a laboratory) were transported to a darkroom for development, they were placed in a sorting box similar to the sorting box for 135mm film cartridges. It is extremely unstable to arrange 110 cartridges in a sorting box for 135mm film cartridges, and it is impossible to transport them in a stable and favorable condition.

Furthermore, when developing film in a darkroom, it is common to take out a plurality of cartridges from a sorting box, pull out the film from the plurality of cartridges, and splice the film into a long length. It is then necessary to indicate which customer each film belongs to. Conventionally, for this purpose, the customer's mark, which had been previously affixed to the back of the cartridge at a DP store or laboratory, was removed from the cartridge and reaffixed to the edge of the pulled-out film.

Therefore, in order to facilitate this operation, it is desirable that the back of the cartridge always face in a fixed direction when the cartridge is taken out from the stocker in which the cartridges are accumulated. This is because if the orientation of the cartridge is not consistent when taking it out, it will be difficult to determine the position of the customer mark on the cartridge in the darkroom, or it will be necessary to change the orientation of the cartridge. .

However, as described above, when the 110 cartridges were housed in a sorting box for 135 mm film cartridges, the cartridges were separated, making it difficult to carry out the above-mentioned work.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a film cartridge storage device that can hold a large number of 110 cartridges in a stable state and also allows the cartridges to be easily taken out in a fixed direction. It is something.

In order to hold a large number of film cartridges in a stable state, the stocker according to the present invention has a stacking section that stacks a large number of film cartridges in a layered manner in an aligned state, and when taking out the film cartridges from the stocker. When stacking film cartridges in the stacking section, the film cartridges are stacked in a fixed direction so that they can be taken out in a fixed direction. Therefore, the film cartridges can only be stacked when they are facing in a predetermined direction. A cartridge introduction section is provided in the upper part of the accumulation section to allow the cartridge to be introduced into the storage section. The stocker of the present invention further includes a cartridge take-out port provided at the bottom of the stacking section so that the cartridges can be taken out one by one by pulling out the cartridges from the stacking section in a direction that intersects with the direction in which the cartridges are aligned; a stopper capable of taking an active position for accumulating the cartridges in the accumulating section and an inactive position for opening the ejection opening and allowing the cartridges to be taken out from the ejection opening; A guide means is provided for removing the lowest cartridge from alignment with the other cartridges when the lowest cartridge is located at the outlet to facilitate removal of the cartridge from the outlet.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the film cartridge storage device of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 shows 110 units housed in the stocker of the present invention.
1 is a perspective view of a film cartridge 1. FIG.

This cartridge 1 consists of a film supply chamber 2, a film take-up chamber 3, and a connecting portion 4 for connecting these film supply chambers 2 and the film winding chamber 3, and a customer mark 5 is usually attached to this connecting portion 4.
It is pasted on the back side 4A of. The above film supply chamber 2
The diameter of the film winding chamber 3 is normally smaller than that of the film winding chamber 3.

Next, the film cartridge stocker 10 of the present invention will be explained with reference to FIGS.

As can be seen from FIG. 2, the stocker 10 has an approximately quadrangular shape as a whole, and has a peripheral wall 11 having a square cross-sectional shape. Four partition plates 13 are disposed inside the peripheral wall 11 to form four stacking sections 12 in which the cartridges 1 described above are stacked in a layered manner. As is clear from FIG. 4, this partition plate 13 extends further downward from the peripheral wall 11, and only the lower part of this partition plate 13 is fixed to the bottom plate 14. There is a space between the lower part of the peripheral wall 11 and the surface of the bottom plate 14 that is slightly larger than the height H of the cartridges 1, so that the cartridges 1 can be taken out one by one from the stacking section 12 in this area. A take-out port 15 is formed in the.

Utilizing the fact that the cartridges 1 have the above-mentioned directional shape, each stacking section 12 has two cartridges so that the cartridges 1 are stacked in the stacking section 12 facing a certain direction. Information board 16,
17 are arranged. The guide plates 16 and 17 have one side fixed to the partition wall 13. As is clear from FIG. 3, the guide plates 16 and 17 have a width such that there is a gap slightly larger than the thickness of the connecting portion 4 of the cartridge 1 between the other side portion and the peripheral wall 11. The length extends along the entire length of the peripheral wall 11 and beyond the upper part of the peripheral wall 11 by a certain length. Furthermore, information board 1
7 forms a space 12A between the peripheral wall 11 and the partition plate 13 in which the large diameter film winding chamber 3 of the cartridge 1 can be accommodated, while the guide plate 16 forms a space 12A between the peripheral wall 11 and the partition plate 13. A space 12B is formed between them, which can accommodate only the film supply chamber 2 having a small diameter of the cartridge 1.

Therefore, only when the cartridge 1 is oriented so that the back side faces the peripheral wall 11, the film supply chamber 3 faces the space 12A, and the film take-up chamber 3 faces the space 12B, the cartridge 1 opens the stacking chamber 12. accumulated within. Thus, the cartridge 1 is in the accumulation chamber 1
2 facing the same direction, and the outlet 1
From 5 onwards, the cartridge 1 always faces in the same direction.
can be taken out. In addition, the information board 16,1
The upper part of the cartridge 7 has tapered parts 16A and 17A to make it easier to introduce the cartridge 1 into the stacking section 12.

A stopper 18 is pivotally attached to the lower part of the peripheral wall 11 so as to be pivotable in the direction of the arrow about the outlet 15 of each stacking section 12. This stopper 18
There is an operating position (shown in FIG. 2, etc.) in which the take-out port 15 is closed and the film cartridge 1 can be accumulated in the stacking section 12, and a working position in which the take-out port 15 is opened and the film cartridge 1 can be accumulated in the stacking section 12. It is possible to selectively take the cartridge 1 out of the opening 15 and into an inactive position.

When the cartridges 1 are aligned and stacked in layers in the stacking section 12, it is difficult for an operator to take out the cartridges 1 from the take-out port 15. The cartridge 1 has a concave portion on the top surface and a convex portion on the bottom surface for positioning within the camera, as shown in FIG. The concave portions and convex portions of adjacent cartridges 1 fit together, making it even more difficult to take out the cartridges 1. Therefore, when the lowest film cartridge of the stacked film cartridges is located at the take-out port 15, the stocker 10 removes this film cartridge from the alignment with the other film cartridges and takes out the film cartridge. Mouth 15
It has a guide member 19 that makes it easier to take it out. As shown in FIG. 4, this guide member 19 is achieved, for example, by bending the lower part of the guide plate 17 outward in the figure.

The stocker 10 explained above has four accumulation parts 1.
2, it can be used, for example, to accommodate cartridges 1 from different manufacturers in each stacking section. For this reason, the bottom plate 14 of the stocker 10 is provided with a cord 20 indicating each stacking section 12. Further, the stocker 10 is provided with a handle 21 for easy carrying.

In the above embodiment, the stocker is
Although the explanation has been made regarding the number having four 2's, the number may be any other number, for example, 1 to 3.

According to the film cartridge stocker of the present invention as described above, the stacking section stacks and holds the film cartridges in a layered manner while aligning them in a fixed direction, so that a large number of film cartridges can be kept in a stable state. Since the cartridge can be held in a fixed position, and the cartridge is always taken out facing in a fixed direction, later operations such as splicing are extremely easy.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a cartridge accommodated in the film cartridge stocker of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the film cartridge stocker of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the film cartridge stocker of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a front view of the stocker of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Film cartridge, 10... Stocker for film cartridge, 11... Surrounding wall, 12
... Accumulating section, 13 ... Partition plate, 14 ... Guide plate, 15 ... Outlet, 16, 17 ... Guide plate, 18 ... Stopper, 19 ... Guide member, 20
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Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] (1) Arranging a large number of film cartridges in a film cartridge stocker for accumulating directional film cartridges having a film supply chamber and a film winding chamber. a stacking section for stacking the film cartridges in a layered state; and a stacking section provided above the stacking section so that the film cartridges can be introduced into the stacking section only when the film cartridges are oriented in a predetermined direction. a cartridge introducing section; a cartridge take-out port provided at the bottom of the stacking section so that the cartridges can be taken out one by one by pulling out the cartridges from the stacking section in a direction intersecting the alignment direction; and closing the cartridge take-out port; a stopper that can selectively assume an active position for accumulating the film cartridges in the accumulating portion and an inactive position for opening the ejection opening and allowing the cartridges to be taken out from the ejection opening; When the lowest film cartridge of the stacked film cartridges is located at the take-out port, this film cartridge is removed from alignment with the other film cartridges to facilitate removal of the film cartridge from the take-out port. A stocker for film cartridges consisting of a guide means. (2) The above-mentioned accumulation section, cartridge introduction section, cartridge ejection port, stopper and guide member are
1. A stocker for film cartridges according to claim 1, characterized in that the film cartridge stocker comprises: (3) The film cartridge stocker according to claim 2, wherein each of the four stacking units has a code indicating which stacking unit it is.