JPH01242356A - Image recording device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent jamming caused by the expose portion of a photo-sensitive material at its tip when a new sensitive material magazine is loaded, by exhausting the tip of photo-sensitive material from sensitive material magazine to out of the transport path by a divergence guide, and by cutting it with a cutter. CONSTITUTION:When a sensor 105 senses that the photo-sensitive material A in a sensitive material magazine 52 has gone, a solenoid 250 is deenergized to incline a divergence guide 230 with a spring 270, and in this condition a new sensitive material magazine 52 is loaded. The exposed portion of the photo- sensitive material A at its tip is set on No.1 transport roller 54a, and transport rollers 54a, 54b are rotated in linkage by a transport knob 210, and the mentioned exposed portion is led to outside from an opening 487 through the divergence guide 230 and cut with a manual cut knob 563, and the severed portion is exhausted. Then the divergence guide 230 is restituted. This can prevent jamming to be caused by the exposed portion at the tip of the photo-sensitive material when new sensitive material magazine is to be loaded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Technical Field The present invention relates to an image recording device. More specifically, the present invention relates to an image recording apparatus that records an image by supplying a roll of photosensitive material from a photosensitive material magazine.

<Prior Art> As a photosensitive material that forms an image by pressurized transfer to an image-receiving material, there is an image recording material that uses microcapsules containing a photosensitive composition. For example, JP-A No. 57-179
A photosensitive material carrying a synthetic polymer resin wall capsule containing a vinyl compound, a photopolymerization initiator, and a colorant precursor is known as disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 863. The image recording method using this photosensitive material is to imagewise harden the microcapsules by exposure to light, rupture the unhardened microcapsules by applying pressure, and release the colorant precursor.
It forms a color image from the image, and has the characteristic of being able to obtain a high quality image through simple dry processing. However, it has been pointed out that the photosensitive material has a drawback that it has significantly lower photosensitivity than photosensitive materials using silver halide such as photographic emulsions.

Therefore, the present applicant has filed an application for a new photosensitive material that improves these drawbacks, has high photosensitivity, and makes it possible to obtain high-quality images through simple dry processing (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. (Refer to Publication No. 61-275742), this photosensitive material has at least a photosensitive silver halide, a reducing agent, a polymerizable compound, and a color image forming substance coated on a support, and among these, at least the polymerizable compound and the color image-forming substance are encapsulated in the same microcapsule.

Regarding an image recording device that records an image using such a photosensitive material, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-1 filed by the present applicant
This is disclosed in detail in Japanese Patent No. 47461. That is, in this image recording apparatus, first, imagewise exposure is performed to form a latent image on the photosensitive material. Next, this photosensitive material is subjected to a development process by heating, and the polymerizable compound in the area where the latent image is present is polymerized to produce a high molecular compound, thereby hardening the microcapsules. Next, this photosensitive material and an image-receiving material having an image-receiving layer to which a color image-forming substance can be transferred are stacked and pressurized to rupture at least a portion of the microcapsules in areas where no latent image exists;
A color image-forming material is transferred to the image-receiving material to form a visible image.

Thereafter, the photosensitive material and the image-receiving material are separated, and the image-receiving material with the image recorded thereon is discharged from the machine, and the photosensitive material is disposed of in a photosensitive material disposal section.

In such an image recording apparatus, the above-described photosensitive material A is normally wound into a roll and stored in a photosensitive material magazine 52, which is a light-shielding box, as shown in FIG. be done.

Normally, when the photosensitive material in the photosensitive material magazine 52 runs out, the entire photosensitive material magazine 52 is replaced with a new one.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> When such a photosensitive material magazine 52 is not in use, normally the leading end of the photosensitive material A is partially exposed outside the photosensitive material magazine 52, as shown in FIG. and is fixed to the photosensitive material magazine 52.

Normally, when loading the photosensitive material magazine 52 into the photosensitive material supply section, such exposed portions are cut off by a cutter or the like disposed in the photosensitive material supply section and removed from the machine before image recording is performed. .

If the photosensitive material magazine 52 is loaded into the photosensitive material supply section and an image is recorded without cutting the exposed portion, no image will be recorded on the exposed portion since it has already been exposed. In addition, since it is bent and has curls and has adhesive or the like attached to it, there is a high risk of jamming occurring.

In such a case, the operation of cutting the exposed end portion of the photosensitive material must be carried out in a light-shielded state.
In other words, the operator must prevent the photosensitive material A other than the exposed portion from being exposed to light, insert his/her hand into the image recording device to cut it, and then take the cut exposed portion out of the device.

However, inside the image recording apparatus, each member is closely arranged, and such work must be carried out by hand, resulting in very poor workability. In particular, in systems that use a multi-lens array for the imaging optical system, the conjugate length cannot be long, so each component within the device is arranged in a concentric manner, resulting in extremely poor workability and improvements that need to be made. desired.

In addition to image forming apparatuses using the above-mentioned photosensitive and pressure-sensitive photosensitive materials, such problems also occur in image recording apparatuses using silver halide photosensitive materials, heat-developable photosensitive materials, etc. when the photosensitive material is wound. A similar problem occurs in an image recording apparatus that is used in a magazine and loaded into a photosensitive material supply section.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and when loading a new photosensitive material magazine, there is no jamming due to the exposed portion of the leading end of the photosensitive material magazine, and the exposed portion of the leading end is cut off. An object of the present invention is to provide an image recording device that has good workability when removing images.

Means for Solving the Problems> In order to solve the above problems, the image recording apparatus of the present invention is an image recording apparatus that records an image by imagewise exposing a photosensitive material, in which the photosensitive material supply section It has a photosensitive material magazine, a cutter, and a branching guide arranged behind the cutter in the photosensitive material conveyance direction, and the leading end of the photosensitive material is ejected out of the conveying path by the branching guide and cut by the cutter. It has a configuration that makes it possible.

The present invention will be explained in more detail below.

FIG. 1 shows a preferred embodiment of the sensitive material supply section of the image recording apparatus of the present invention.

The sensitive material supply section 14 shown in FIG. 1 is for supplying the photosensitive material A, cutting it into a predetermined length, and transporting it to the exposure section. Le vs. 54
a, a cart 56, a 20th pair 54b, and a branch guide 230.

The photosensitive material magazine 52 is a roll of photosensitive material A that is inserted into a light-shielding box or the like, and the photosensitive material magazine 52 is replaced when the photosensitive material A is finished being wound. .

The photosensitive material A used in the present invention is not particularly limited as long as it can take the form described above, but it contains silver halide, a polymerizable compound, a color image forming substance, and a reducing agent; JP-A No. 6, in which at least this polymerizable compound and a color image-forming substance are encapsulated in microcapsules.
The photosensitive and pressure sensitive materials described in Japanese Patent No. 2-275742 are particularly preferably used.

This material first forms a latent image by exposure, then develops it by heating, and polymerizes the polymerizable compound in the latent image area.
Harden the microcapsules. This is then preferably overlapped with an image-receiving material and pressurized to rupture the microcapsules in unexposed areas and transfer the color image-forming substance to the image-receiving material.

Note that the upper part of the photosensitive material magazine 52 is
A lid portion 485 is provided for convenience when replacing with a new one.

The tenth pair 54a is a member for conveying the photosensitive material A fed out from the photosensitive material magazine 52, and is attached to the conveying knob 210 used when manually conveying the photosensitive material A when the photosensitive material magazine 52 is attached. Directly connected. Note that the 10th pair 54a is the 20th pair 54b to the 40th pair 5, which will be described later.
4d, and when the conveyance knob 210 is rotated, at least the 10th pair 54a and the 20th pair 54b are configured to rotate synchronously.

In addition, such a conveyance knob 210 is connected to the photosensitive material supply section 1.
4 is more preferable in terms of workability.

The cutter 56 is fed out from the photosensitive material magazine and the cutter 56 is fed out from the photosensitive material magazine.
- Any member for cutting the photosensitive material A conveyed by the pair of wheels 54a into a predetermined length and used in the photosensitive material supply section of such an image recording apparatus can be applied.

Note that the cutter 56 is provided with a manual cut knob 563 that is used when manually cutting the photosensitive material A. Further, like the transport knob 210, it is more preferable for the manual cut knob 563 to be disposed outside the photosensitive material supply section 14 in terms of workability.

Behind such a cutter 56 is a 20th pair of wheels 54.
Branch guide 2, which is the most characteristic member of the present invention, passes through b.
30 are placed.

In the example shown in FIG. 1, the branch guide 230 is supported at a branch guide fulcrum 235 and is actuated by a solenoid 250 and a spring 270.

That is, during normal image recording, the branch guide 230 is placed at the position indicated by the dotted line in FIG. 1 by the solenoid 250, and the photosensitive material A is conveyed along the conveyance path indicated by the dotted line. Here, when the photosensitive material A in the photosensitive material magazine 52 is finished, it is detected by the photosensitive material sensor 105, the solenoid 250 is opened, and the branch guide 230 is moved to the first position by the spring 270.
It is moved to the position shown by the solid line in the figure.

In this state, a new sensitive material magazine 52 is loaded and the second
The exposed tip portion of the photosensitive material A as shown in the figure is conveyed. Note that the transport at this time is carried out using the transport knob 21.
0 manually.

However, since the branching guide 230 is positioned at the position shown by the solid line, the photosensitive material A is conveyed along the path shown by the dotted chain line in FIG.
The sensitive material supply unit 14 is
transported outside.

Thereafter, the photosensitive material A is cut to an appropriate length using the manual cut knob 563 of the cutter 56, and the photosensitive material A discharged from the opening 487 is pulled out by hand and discarded.

In the example shown in FIG. 1, the plate-shaped branch guide 23
0 is operated by a solenoid 250 and a spring 270 to change the conveyance route, but the present invention is not limited to this.

For example, the branch guide 230 may be moved by any method other than the method described above, such as a method using a cam or a method using a flancher.

Further, although the example shown in FIG. 1 shows a structure having a rotary blade 561 and a fixed blade 565 that are rotatable about a fulcrum 562, any other known cutter structure can be used.

That is, the photosensitive material supply section 14 of the image recording apparatus of the present invention includes a photosensitive material magazine 52, a cutter 56, and a branch guide 230 disposed behind the cutter 56 in the feeding direction of the photosensitive material Am. The leading end of the material A is discharged to the outside of the conveyance path by the branch guide 230, and the cutter 56
There are no other restrictions as long as the material can be cut at the same time, and various materials can be used.

FIG. 3 shows the above-mentioned photosensitive material supply unit 14, which uses the photosensitive and pressure-sensitive photosensitive material A (hereinafter referred to as photosensitive material A) disclosed in JP-A No. 62-275742 as the photosensitive material. A preferred embodiment of the image recording apparatus of the present invention is shown.

The image recording apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 1 basically has a photosensitive material magazine 52 that stores a photosensitive material A placed in a housing 12, cuts the photosensitive material A into a predetermined length, and cuts the photosensitive material A to the exposure position. The photosensitive material supply unit 14 conveys the photosensitive material to 53;
An exposure section 16 reads the image information carried on the document S and exposes the photosensitive material A, a thermal development section 18 heats and develops the exposed photosensitive material A, and an image receiving material C is applied to the photosensitive material A.
an overlapping section 20 for superimposing the photosensitive material A and the image-receiving material C; a pressure transfer section 22 for press-bonding and pressure-transferring the photosensitive material A and the image-receiving material C; and a peeling section for separating the photosensitive material A and the image-receiving material C after the pressure transfer is completed. 24, a post-heating section 26 that performs post-heating treatment on the image-receiving material C onto which the image has been transferred, and a housing 12.
A document table cover 28 on which the document S placed on the top of the document table is placed.
an image-receiving material supply section 30 for supplying an image-receiving material C arranged so as to protrude from the inside of the housing 12 to the outside, and an image-receiving material C on which an image is recorded.
It consists of an image-receiving material discharging section 34 that discharges the image information to the outside of the machine, and a photosensitive material A disposal section 32 that discards the photosensitive material A in which image information generated by imagewise exposure has been transferred to the image-receiving material C.

In the image recording apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 3, the image-receiving material supply section 30, the image-receiving material discharge section 34, and the photosensitive material waste section 32 are arranged on the same side, and the image-receiving material discharge section 34 does not contain the photosensitive material. It is arranged at the upper part of the waste section 32.

By arranging each part as described above, in the image recording apparatus 10 of the present invention, the photosensitive material A is distributed from the photosensitive material supply section 30 disposed on the upper left side of the housing 12 to the photosensitive material waste section disposed on the lower right side. 32, so compared to the conventional case where the photosensitive material disposal section 32 is provided below the photosensitive material supply section 30, the thermal development section 18 and the pressure transfer section 22 need to be folded back and conveyed. Therefore, the transport route becomes much shorter.

Further, since the image receiving material C is also routed from the image receiving material supply section on the upper right side of the housing, passing through only the pressure transfer section 22 and passing only on the same side of the housing, it reaches the image receiving material discharge section.
The transport distance is significantly shorter than when transporting from one side of the housing to the other.

Therefore, the occurrence of jamming between the photosensitive material A and the image receiving material C is significantly reduced.

Furthermore, the device can also be downsized.

A document table 29 having a document table cover 28 made of a transparent glass plate, transparent synthetic resin, or the like on which the document S is placed is arranged on the upper surface of the housing 12 .

The document table 29 is disposed on the upper surface of the exposure section 16, and is movable back and forth in the direction of the arrow above the opening 40 by a conveying means such as a rack and pinion. Note that the exposure section 16 includes a light source 42 that illuminates the original S through an opening 40 and a condensing optical system 44, which are surrounded by a partition wall 46.

Further, a lid portion 125 that can be opened and closed for replacing the photosensitive material magazine 52 is provided at the lower part of the document table 29.

In this embodiment, the document table 29 is provided with an 8-movement means, but the optical system may be moved to scan the entire surface of the document S.

The photosensitive material supply section 14 is provided in the upper part of the housing 12 and is held in a light-tight manner by a partition wall 48 . The photosensitive material supply section 14 is loaded with the photosensitive material magazine 52 in which the photosensitive material A is wound as described above. In addition, the photosensitive material supply section 1
A lid portion 125 that can be opened and closed for replacing the photosensitive material magazine 52 is formed on the top of the photosensitive material magazine 4 .

The photosensitive material supply section 14 has first to fortieth pairs 54a that transport the photosensitive material A from the magazine 52 to the exposure position 53.
to 54d.

In this case, a cutter 56 for cutting the photosensitive material A into predetermined lengths is disposed between the first and twentieth pairs 54a and 54b. Also, the third and 40th-ra pairs 54c, 54
An exposure opening 57 defined at the bottom of the partition wall 46 surrounding the image reading section 16 faces between d and the photosensitive material A is imagewise exposed at the exposure position 53.

Furthermore, the opening 58, the third and fortieth-ra 54c,
A color correction filter 59 for color correction is arranged between the filter 54d and the filter 54d.

In the example shown in FIG. 1, the color correction method is to manually insert the color correction filter 59, but the present invention is not limited to this, and all known color correction methods can be applied. It is.

The light emitted from the light source 42 reads the image of the original S, is focused by the condensing optical system 44, passes through the aperture 57, is color-corrected by the color correction filter 59, and images the photosensitive material A at the exposure position 53. exposure to light.

A heat developing section 18 surrounded by a heat insulating partition wall 60 is provided below the exposure section 16, and the photosensitive material A is carried into this heat developing section 18 via the exposure section 16. The developing section 18 includes a preheating section consisting of nip rollers 61, 62 and a preheating roller 63, and a hollow cylindrical heating drum 6 containing a heat source 62 such as a halogen lamp.
4, an endless belt 66 that slides on the outer periphery of the heating drum 64, and a roller 6 that supports the endless belt.
6 a, 66 b, 66 c, 66 d,
66e, and the photosensitive material A is held and conveyed in a heated state.

The photosensitive material A discharged from the heat developing section 18 is conveyed to the overlapping section 20 . The overlapping section 20 has a Y-shaped guide plate 68, and this Y-shaped guide plate 68 is connected to the first carry-in path 7, which is a pedestrian path for the photosensitive material A (7) 12 that has been heat-developed.
0a, a second carry-in path 70b which is a carry-in path for image-receiving material C from the image-receiving material supply section 30, and a carry-out path where the first and second W1 paths 70a and 70b merge and are close to the 50th-La pair 54e. 72. Here, the first loading path 70
A leading edge detection sensor 74a for detecting the leading edge position of the photosensitive material A is provided in the photosensitive material A, and a leading edge detection sensor 74b for detecting the leading edge of the image receiving material C is provided in the first carry-out path 92a.

The image-receiving material supply unit 30 includes a cassette 76 that stores the image-receiving material C loaded in an upper corner of the housing 12 so as to protrude to the outside, and a sensor 78 that detects the remaining amount of the image-receiving material C in the cassette 76. Further, a supply half-moon roller 80 is disposed at the upper part of the cassette 76, and a pair of registration rollers 81 are disposed at the rear thereof.

The image-receiving material C is conveyed to the registration roller 81 by the supply half-moon roller 80, the leading end thereof is detected by the leading edge detection sensor 74b, the timing is matched with the photosensitive material A by the registration roller 81, and the material is supplied to the second carry-in path 70b. Ru.

A pressure transfer section 22 and a peeling section 24 are provided behind the 50th pair 54e.

When the photosensitive material A is transported to the carry-in path 70a and the leading edge position is detected by the leading edge detection sensor 74a, the leading edge position is detected by the leading edge detection sensor 74b, and the resist roller 81 waits at a predetermined position. The image-receiving materials C are conveyed from the carry-in path 70b, and are stacked so that their tip positions are aligned in the carry-out path 72, and the 50th-ra pair 54
It is held and conveyed by e.

A pressure transfer section 22 is disposed behind the 50th pair 54e, and transfers the superposed photosensitive material A and image receiving material C by about 200 ms.
The image information carried on the photosensitive material A is transferred to the image receiving material C by applying a pressure of 0 to 600 kg/cm2.

The pressure transfer unit 22 includes a pair of pressure rollers 82 and 84,
4 backup rollers 86 and 88 for equalizing the pressure applied by pressure rollers 82 and 84 in the axial direction;
It has two rollers.

A 60th la pair 54f is arranged behind the pressure transfer section 22. In this case, a guide plate 90 is provided between the pressure rollers 82 and 84 of the pressure transfer section 22 and the 60th roller pair 54f.
is provided. Furthermore, first and second ejection paths 92a and 92b configured in a Y-shape are provided by guide plates behind the 60th pair 54f.

These first and second discharge paths 92a, 92b
In between, a peeling claw 96, which constitutes the peeling part 24 and is oriented toward the 60th pair 54f, is rotatably supported by a support @98.

At the rear of the first discharge path 92a, the photosensitive material waste section 32 is arranged via the 70th pair 54g and the 80th pair 54h.

The photosensitive material disposal unit 32 includes a waste tray 101 into which the waste photosensitive material A that has been peeled off after transfer is carried in, and a photosensitive material A sensor 102 that detects the amount of waste photosensitive material A to be discarded.

In addition, behind the second m2 exit path 92b, there is a 90th-ra pair 5
A fixing unit 26 having a pair of post-heating rollers 104 is disposed via the fixing unit 4i, and a take-out tray 1 is disposed behind the fixing unit 26.
An image receiving material discharge section 34 having a diameter of 0.06 is arranged.

In the example shown in FIG. 3, the post-heating section 26 is post-heated by the post-heating roller 104, but the present invention is not limited to this, and known methods such as post-heating using an infrared lamp may be used. Both are applicable.

As explained above, the image recording apparatus 10 shown in FIG. It has a configuration arranged above the material waste section 32. Therefore, in this image recording apparatus 1o, the conveyance path for the photosensitive material A and the image receiving material C can be made extremely short.

Therefore, jamming is less likely to occur, and the entire lid can be made smaller.

Note that in the example shown in FIG. 3, the image recording device 1
0 has a heat development section 18, but the present invention is not limited to this, and if the photosensitive material A used does not require heat development, the heat development section 18 is not necessary.

Further, the image recording apparatus of the present invention is not limited to any other type as long as the sensitive material supply section 14 has the above-described configuration, and all known image recording apparatuses are applicable.

<Operation of the Invention> The image recording apparatus of this embodiment basically has the above-mentioned configuration, and its operation will be explained in detail below.

In the photosensitive material supply unit 14 shown in FIG. 1 of the image recording apparatus 1o shown in FIG. is released and the spring 270
Accordingly, the branch guide 230 moves from the position shown by the dotted line in FIGS. 1 and 3 to the position shown by the solid line.

Here, the empty photosensitive material magazine 52 is ejected from the machine through the lids 125 and 485 and discarded.

Next, a new sensitive material magazine 52 is inserted into the M section 125 and 4.
Loaded from 85.

After setting the exposed tip portion of the photosensitive material A on the first conveyance roller 54a and closing the lid portion 485, the photosensitive material A is conveyed along the conveyance path indicated by the dotted chain line in FIG. 1 by rotating the conveyance knob 210. (The first conveyance roller 54a and the second conveyance roller 54b are interlocked, and when the conveyance knob 210 is rotated, the second @feed roller 54b also rotates together with the first conveyance roller 54a).

Here, since the branching guide 230 has moved to the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 1, the photosensitive material A is conveyed to the outside of the photosensitive material supply section 14 through the opening 487.

The leading end of the photosensitive material A is connected to the photosensitive material A supply section 1 through the opening 487.
4, manually cut knob 563
The photosensitive material A is cut by operating the , and the cut photosensitive material A is pulled out from the opening 487 and discarded, and the photosensitive material magazine 52
Complete loading. In the branch guide 230, when the lid 125 is closed after loading the photosensitive material magazine 52, a switch (not shown) disposed there is turned on, and the solenoid 250 is closed, as indicated by the dotted line in FIGS. Place 8 in the indicated position.

After loading the new photosensitive material magazine 52,
A document S carrying image information is placed on top of the document S.
is conveyed along with the document table 28 in a sub-scanning direction in the direction of the arrow by means of a rack and pinion moving means. At this time, image reading section 1
6, the light source 42 is turned on, and the illumination light emitted from the light source 42 passes through the opening 40 and the document table 28 to the document S.
is irradiated.

On the other hand, the photosensitive material 11A, which has been pulled out from the magazine 52 loaded in the photosensitive material supply section 14 and has its tip cut off, is
The document is conveyed by the first to fortieth pairs 54a to 54d, and moves along the exposure opening 58 of the image reading section 16 along the conveyance path shown by the dotted line in FIG. 1 at a speed synchronous with the document table 28.

At the exposure position 53 between the third and fortieth pairs 54C and 54d, the reflected light from the image information carried on the document S is transmitted through the exposure opening through the condensing optical system 44 and the color correction filter 59. The photosensitive material A is irradiated from the section 57 in the main scanning direction, and a latent image is formed on the photosensitive material A. Note that the photosensitive material A pulled out by a predetermined amount from the magazine 52 is appropriately cut by a cutter 56.

Next, the photosensitive material A that has undergone the exposure process is transferred to a heat developing section 18.
will be transported to. In the heat developing section 18, the photosensitive material A is transferred to nip rollers 61 and 62 and a preheating roller 63.
After that, the sheet is nipped between the drums 64 and the endless belt 67 and conveyed, and during this time, the sheet is subjected to a heat development process by the heat source 64. As a result, the polymerizable compound in the area where the latent image is present is polymerized, and the predetermined microcapsules in the photosensitive material A are hardened.

The photosensitive material A that has undergone the heat development process is then transferred to the overlapping portion 20 from the first WI entry path Oa of the Y-shaped guide plate 68.
will be transported to. At this time, the photosensitive material A is detected by the tip position detection sensor 74a installed in the first carry-in path 70a of the guide plate 68.
The position of the tip is detected.

On the other hand, the image receiving material C loaded in the cassette 76 of the image receiving material supply section 30 is sent out from the cassette by the supply half-moon roller 80 and conveyed by the registration roller 81. At this time, the image receiving material C is placed in front of the registration roller 81. Create deflection in material C and correct the skew. Thereafter, it is transported by the registration rolls 81 until the tip is detected, and when the tip is detected by the tip position detection sensor 74b,
The registration roll 81 stops and is kept on standby.

When the leading edge position of the photosensitive material A is detected, the image receiving material C is moved to the 211ii1 path 70 of the Y-shaped guide plate 68 at the same timing by the registration roller 81.
b to the stacking section 20. As a result,
In the overlapping section 20, the tip of the image-receiving material C is aligned so that it protrudes a small predetermined amount ahead of the tip of the photosensitive material, and the image-receiving material C comes into contact with the lower surface of the photosensitive material A. It turns out.

In the overlapping section 20, the photosensitive material A and the image-receiving material C are overlaid in the carry-out path 72 and conveyed to the pressure transfer section 22 by the 50th pair 54e.

When the photosensitive material A and the image-receiving material C thus superimposed are pressed together by pressure rollers 82 and 84, the microcapsules in the portions of the photosensitive material A where no latent image exists are ruptured, and the color image forming substance is released. The image is transferred to the image-receiving material C to form an image.

The photosensitive material A and the image-receiving material C that have been pressurized in the pressure transfer section 22 are transferred to the 60th pair 54 via the guide plate 90.
It is exposed to the peeling part 24 by f. In the peeling section 24, a peeling claw 96 is rotated about a support shaft 98 in the direction of the arrow, thereby performing a peeling operation between the photosensitive material A and the image-receiving material C. That is, since the photosensitive material A is set so that its leading end protrudes slightly from the image receiving material C due to the overlapping portion 20, the photosensitive material A is removed by the pointed end 94 of the peeling claw 96 toward the first carrying-out path 92a. transported. On the other hand, the image-receiving material C is removed from the photosensitive material A by the pointed end 94 of the peeling claw 96.
It is further separated and transported to the second unloading path 92b side.

The image receiving material C conveyed to the second discharge path 92b is
The image is transferred to the fixing section 26 by the roller pair 54i, and the image transferred onto the surface thereof is heated and fixed by the post-heating roller 104.

Next, this image-receiving material C is carried out to the take-out tray 106 of the image-receiving material discharge section 34. On the other hand, the photosensitive material A conveyed to the first exit path 92a is transferred to the 70th pair 54g and the 8th
It is carried out to the waste tray 101 of the photosensitive material waste section 32 by the 0-ra pair 54h.

In the image recording apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 3, the image-receiving material discharge section 34 is disposed above the photosensitive material disposal section 32, so that the workability is very good.

Further, since the withdrawal path of the photosensitive material S and the image receiving material C is short, image recording can be performed quickly.

Although the present invention has been described above with reference to preferred embodiments, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments.
Of course, various improvements and changes in design are possible without departing from the gist of the invention.

<Effects of the Invention> As explained above, in the image recording apparatus of the present invention, the sensitive material supply section has the above configuration.

Therefore, in the image recording apparatus of the present invention, when loading a new photosensitive material magazine, there is no jamming caused by the exposed portion of the leading end of the photosensitive material from the photosensitive material magazine. Furthermore, when cutting and removing the exposed tip, there is no need to put one's hand into the narrow space inside the device, resulting in very good workability.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a partial schematic diagram of a photosensitive material supply section of an image recording apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a photosensitive material magazine used in the image recording apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of the image recording apparatus of the present invention. Explanation of symbols 10... Image recording device, 12... Housing, 125... Housing lid, 14... Photosensitive material supply section, 16... Exposure section, 18... Heat development section, 20 ...Overlapping section, 22...Pressure transfer section, 24...Peeling section, 26...Post-heating section, 28...Document stand cover, 29...Document stand, 30... Image receiving material supply section, 32... Photosensitive material disposal section, 34... Image receiving material discharge section, 40.57.487... Opening section, 42... Light source, 44... Condensing optical system, 485 ... Lid part, 52 ... Photosensitive material magazine, 53 ... Exposure position, 54 a, 54 b, 54 c, 54 d1
54 e. 54f, 54g, 54h, 54i. ... Roller pair, 56 ... Cutter, 561 ... Manual cut knob, 562 ... Cutter fulcrum, 59 ... Color correction filter, 61.62 ... Nip roller, 63 ... Preheating roller , 64... Heat source, 65... Heating drum, 66a, 66b, 66c, 66d, 66e... Roller, 67... Endless belt, 68... Guide plate, 70a, 70 b... Carrying in path, 72... Carrying out path, 74... Leading edge detection sensor, 76... Cassette, 78... Receiving paper sensor, 80... Half-moon roller for supply, 81... Registration roller, 82. 84...Pressure roller, 86.88...Backup roller, 90...Guide plate, 92a, 92b/"carryout path, 96...Peeling claw, 98...Spindle, 100... Waste tray, 102.105... Sensitive material sensor, 104... Post-pressure roller, 106... Take-out tray, 210... Conveyance knob, 230... Branch guide, 235... Branch guide fulcrum , 250... Solenoid, 270... Spring

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) An image recording device that records an image by imagewise exposing a photosensitive material supplied from a photosensitive material supply section, wherein the photosensitive material supply section includes a photosensitive material magazine, a cutter, and a cutter in the photosensitive material conveyance direction. 1. An image recording apparatus comprising: a branching guide disposed at the rear; the leading end of the photosensitive material is ejected to the outside of the conveying path by the branching guide, and can be cut by the cutter.