JPH01242357A - Image recording device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent jamming caused by the expose portion of a photo-sensitive material at its tip by arranging a photo-sensitive material supply part in an image recording device in such a way as capable of being drawn out, exhausting the tip of the photo-sensitive material to outside the transport path by a divergence guide, and by cutting 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 photo-sensitive material supply part 14 is drawn out to outside the image recording device. Then a new sensitive material magazine 52 is loaded, and the exposed portion at the tip of the photo-sensitive material A is set to No.1 roller couple 54a, and the transport roller couples 54a, 54b are rotated in linkage by a transport knob 210, and the exposed portion at the tip is led out from an opening 485 through the divergence guide 230 and severed with a manual cut knob 563, and the cut-off part is exhausted. The photo-sensitive material supply part 14 is set in the device. This prevents jamming to be caused by the exposed portion at the tip of the photo-sensitive material effectively.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Field of Industrial Application> 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 records an image by pressure transfer onto 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, rupture the unhardened microcapsules by applying pressure, and form a color image from the released colorant precursor. It has the characteristic of being able to obtain high quality images 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. (See Publication No. 61-275742). In this light-sensitive material, at least a photosensitive silver halide, a reducing agent, a polymerizable compound, and a color image-forming substance are coated on a support, and at least the polymerizable compound and the color image-forming substance are coated on a support. It is enclosed in a capsule.

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, the image-receiving material on which the image has been recorded is discharged to the outside of 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. Furthermore, 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 in the imaging optical system, the conjugate length cannot be long, so each component within the device is arranged compactly, resulting in extremely poor workability, and improvements are desired. ing.

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 arises in an image recording apparatus in which a magazine is 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, and is an image recording apparatus that records an image by imagewise exposing a photosensitive material. It has a photosensitive material supply section that integrates a photosensitive material magazine to be stored, a cutter, and a branching guide placed behind the cutter in the conveying direction of the photosensitive material, and this photosensitive material supply section is pulled out to the outside of the image recording apparatus. Further, the distal end portion of the photosensitive material can be discharged out of the conveying path by the branch guide and cut by the cutter.

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 photosensitive material supply section 14 shown in FIG. 1 is for supplying the photosensitive material A, cutting it into a predetermined length, transporting it to the exposure position 53, and further transporting it to the thermal development section. Basically, The photosensitive material magazine 52, the 10th roller pair 54a, the cutter 56, the 20th roller pair 54b, the branch guide 230, and the 1st roller as an exposure roller for supporting the photosensitive material A at the exposure position 53. It is constructed by integrating the 30-th L pair 54c and the 40-th L pair 54d, and is held light-tight by the partition wall 48.

In the present invention, the photosensitive material supply section 14 is arranged so as to be able to be pulled out outside the image recording apparatus.

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 481 that can be opened and closed is provided for convenience when replacing the battery 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 the conveyance knob 210 used when manually conveying the photosensitive material A when the photosensitive material magazine 52 is attached is a member for conveying the photosensitive material A fed out from the photosensitive material magazine 52. connected. In addition, No. 10-
The la pair 54a is synchronized and interlocked with the 20th la pair 54b to the 40th la pair 54d, which will be described later.
When rotated, at least the 10th-ra pair 54a
and the 20th-ra 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.
- A member for cutting the photosensitive material A conveyed by the pair 54a into a predetermined length, and any member 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-ra pair 54.
b is arranged.

The upper rollers 54a-1 and 54b-1 of the 10th roller pair 54a and the 20th roller pair 54b are both supported by a lid portion 483 that can be opened and closed, and as shown by the broken line in FIG. When the portion 483 is opened, the tenth-ra pair 54a
The upper rollers 54a-1 and 54b-1 of the 20th roller pair 54b work eight times together with the lid portion 483.

A branch guide 230, which is one of the features of the present invention, is arranged behind the 20th pair 54b.

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 photosensitive material magazine 52 is loaded, and the exposed end portion of the photosensitive material A as shown in FIG. 2 is conveyed. Note that the transportation at this time is carried out using the transportation knob 210.
This is done manually.

Here, since the branching guide 230 has moved υ to the position indicated by the solid line, the photosensitive material A is conveyed along the path indicated by the dotted chain line in FIG.
The photosensitive material is transported to the outside of the photosensitive material supply section 14 through the opening 485.

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 485 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.

Behind the branching guide 230, the photosensitive material A is placed at the exposure position 5.
A 30th roller pair 54c and a 40th roller pair 54d are arranged as exposure rollers for supporting at 3.

The transported photosensitive material A is held between the 30th pair 54c and the 40th pair 54d, and is imagewise exposed at the exposure position 53 with the exposure light that has advanced through the opening 489. transported into the device.

The photosensitive material supply section 14 of the image recording apparatus of the present invention as described above
All of the above members are integrally constructed within the partition wall 48, and are further disposed so as to be drawn out from the image recording apparatus.

There are no particular restrictions on the method of arranging the photosensitive material supply section 14 so that it can be pulled out in the image recording device or the method of locking it, and any known method can be applied, such as a method of arranging it with a guide. be.

By configuring the photosensitive material supply section 14 as described above, the image recording apparatus of the present invention has extremely good workability in exchanging the photosensitive material magazine 52 into which the photosensitive material A is inserted, and the second
The exposed end portion of the photosensitive material A as shown in the figure can be easily cut and removed. Further, since the exposure roll is also integrated within the partition wall 48, it is easy to keep the photosensitive material A light-tight before exposure.

Above, a preferred embodiment of the photosensitive material supply section of the image forming apparatus of the present invention has been shown and explained in detail. However, the present invention is not limited to the above, and the photosensitive material supply section is It is constructed by integrating a material magazine, a cutter, and a branching guide arranged behind the cutter in the conveying direction of the photosensitive material 1, and this photosensitive material supply section is disposed so as to be drawn out outside the image recording apparatus, and further, There are no other restrictions, and various configurations are applicable as long as the leading end of the photosensitive material can be discharged out of the conveying path by the branch guide and cut by the cutter.

In FIG. 3, the above-mentioned photosensitive material supply section 14 is arranged so as to be able to be drawn out from the apparatus, and the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 62-27574
A preferred embodiment of the image recording apparatus of the present invention using the photosensitive and pressure-sensitive photosensitive material A (hereinafter referred to as photosensitive material A) disclosed in Publication No. 2 is shown.

The image recording device 10 shown in FIG. 1 is basically arranged in a housing 12 and includes the above-mentioned photosensitive material supply section 14 that can be pulled out from the device, and reads image information carried on a document S. An exposure section 16 that exposes the photosensitive material A, a thermal development section 18 that heats and develops the exposed photosensitive material A, an overlapping section 20 that superposes the image receiving material C on the photosensitive material A, and a superposing section 20 that overlaps the photosensitive material A and the image receiving material. A pressure transfer section 22 press-bonds the material C and transfers the image under pressure; a peeling section 24 separates the photosensitive material A and the image-receiving material C after the pressure-transfer; and the image-receiving material C to which the image has been transferred. a post-heating section 26 that performs post-heating treatment;
Furthermore, a document table 29 having a document table cover 28 on which the document S is placed, which is placed on the upper part of the housing 12, and an image receiving material C which is placed so as to protrude from the inside of the housing 12 to the outside, and which supplies the image receiving material C. A material supply section 30, an image-receiving material discharge section 34 that discharges the image-receiving material C on which an image has been recorded to the outside of the machine, and an image-receiving material discharge section 34 that discharges the image-receiving material C on which an image has been recorded,
Photosensitive material A disposal section 32 that discards the photosensitive material A transferred to
It consists of

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. Furthermore, an exposure opening 57 is formed in the partition wall 46 at the bottom of the condensing optical system 44 .

In this embodiment, the document table 29 is provided with a moving means, but the optical system may be moved eight times to scan the entire surface of the document S.

The photosensitive material supply section 14 is disposed in the upper part of the housing 12 so as to be able to be drawn out from the apparatus.

The arrangement method is not particularly limited, and all known methods are applicable.

The photosensitive material supply section 14 has been described in detail previously, so its explanation will be omitted here.

Color correction filters 58a and 58b for color correction are arranged between the partition wall 46 and the photosensitive material supply section 14.

The color correction filters 58a, 58b are supported by a pair of rollers 59a, 59b, respectively.
It is configured to be movable in the same direction as the document table 29 in accordance with the rotation of the document table 59b.

Further, the rollers 59a and 59b are rotated by a step motor or the like (not shown).

In the example shown in FIG. 1, color correction is performed by combining two different color correction filters, but the image recording apparatus of the present invention is not limited to this, and any known color correction mechanism may be used. Both are applicable.

Furthermore, any known method for moving the filter may be used.

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 filters 58a and 58b,
The photosensitive material A is imagewise exposed at the exposure position 53.

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 heating and developing section 18 includes a preheating section consisting of nip rollers 61 and 62 and a preheating roller 63, a hollow cylindrical heating drum 64 containing a heat source 62 such as a halogen lamp, and a heating drum 64 that is slidable on the outer periphery of the heating drum 64. Endless belt 66 in contact with rollers 66a, 66b, 66c, 66d supporting the endless belt,
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 7-shaped guide plate 68, and this Y-shaped guide plate 68 is connected to a first carrying-in path 70a, which is a carrying-in path for the photosensitive material A that has been heat-developed, and to the image-receiving material supply section 30. a second carry-in path 70b, which is a carry-in path for the image-receiving material C; first and second carry-in paths 70a;
70b joins and is close to the 50th-ra pair 54e.
It consists of 2. Here, a tip detection sensor 74a for detecting the tip position of the photosensitive material A is provided in the first carry-in path 70a, and a tip detection sensor 74b for detecting the tip of the image-receiving material C is provided in the second carry-in path 70b.

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 this half-moon supply roller 8°, the leading edge 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. be done.

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 is transferred to the image-receiving material C by applying pressure of 0 to 600 kg/cm'.

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.

Further, behind the 60th pair 54f, there are first and second unloading paths 92a and 9 formed in a 7-shape by a guide plate.
2b is arranged. And these first and second
A peeling section 24 is formed between the unloading paths 92a and 92b, and a sixth
A peeling claw 96 facing the 0-ra pair 54f is rotatably supported on a support shaft 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.

Further, at the rear of the second unloading path 92b, a 90th-ra pair 54 is provided.
A fixing unit 2 having a pair of post-heating rollers 104 via i
6 is arranged, and further behind it is a take-out tray 10.
An image-receiving material ejector 34 having a number 6 is arranged.

In the example shown in FIG. 1, 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 10, the conveyance path of 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 device 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 photosensitive material supply section 14 has the above-mentioned 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.

The image recording device shown in FIG. 3! OL: I) In the photosensitive material supply unit 14 shown in FIG. 1, when the photosensitive material A in the photosensitive material magazine is finished, the photosensitive material sensor 105 detects this and notifies the operator by lighting a lamp (not shown) or the like. Ru. Furthermore, the solenoid 250 is opened, and the spring 270 moves the branch guide 230 from the position shown by the dotted line in FIGS. 1 and 3 to the position shown by the solid line.

Here, the operator opens the lid section 125 of the housing 12 and pulls out the photosensitive material supply section 14 to the outside of the image recording apparatus.

Next, the empty photosensitive material magazine 52 is discharged from the photosensitive material A supply product 14 through the lid portion 481 and discarded, and a new photosensitive material A magazine 52 is loaded.

Next, the lid 483 of the photosensitive material supply section 14 is opened, the exposed tip portion of a new photosensitive material A is set on the lower roller 54a-2 of the 10th roller pair 54a, and the lid 483 is closed.

Here, the 10th-La pair 54a and the 20th-La pair 54
The upper rollers 54a-1 and 54b-1 of the lid part 483
Since the upper rollers of the 10th roller pair 54a and the 20th roller pair 54b also move when the lid part 483 is opened, the leading end of the photosensitive material A is moved under the 10th roller pair 54a. It is very easy to set it on the rollers.

After setting the exposed tip portion of the photosensitive material A on the first conveyance roller 54a and closing the lid portion 483, the conveyance knob 210 is rotated, so that the photosensitive material A is conveyed along the conveyance path indicated by the dotted chain line in FIG. (The first fIl feed roller 54a and the second feed roller 54b are interlocked, and when the feed knob 210 is rotated, the second m2 feed roller 54b also rotates together with the first feed roller 54a).

Here, since the branch guide 230 has moved to the position shown by the solid line in FIG.
The photosensitive material is then transported to the outside of the photosensitive material supply section 14.

The leading end of the photosensitive material A is connected to the photosensitive material A supply section 1 through the opening 485.
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 485 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. Work 8 shifts in the position shown.

After loading the new photosensitive material magazine 52, the photosensitive material supply section 14 is set in the apparatus and the lid section 125 is closed.

Next, the document S carrying image information is placed on the document table 28, and the document S is conveyed in the sub-scanning direction along with the document table 28 by a moving means including a rack and a binion in the direction of the arrow. At this time, the light source 42 is turned on in the image reading section 16, and the illumination light emitted from the light source 42 is transmitted from the opening 40 to the document table 2.
The light is irradiated onto the document S via the light beam 8.

On the other hand, the photosensitive material A, which has been pulled out from the magazine 52 loaded in the photosensitive material supply section 14 and has its tip cut off, is placed in the first
The document is transported by the 40th to 40th pairs 54a to 54d, and moves along the exposure opening 58 of the image reading section 16 along the transport path shown by the dotted line in FIG. 1 at a speed synchronized with the document table 28.

and a third and fortieth roller pair 5 as an exposure roller.
At the exposure position 53 between 4c and 54d, reflected light from the image information carried on the original S passes through the condensing optical system 44 and color correction filters 58a and 58b to the exposure opening 57 and the photosensitive material supply section 14. The photosensitive material A is irradiated from the opening 487 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 carried into the overlapping section 20 through the first carry-in path 70a of the Y-shaped guide plate 68. At this time, the photosensitive material A is detected by the tip position detection sensor 7 installed in the 11i1 passage 70a of the guide plate 68.
The tip position is detected by 4a.

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-lunar opening roller 80 and conveyed by the registration roll 81.
At this time, the image receiving material C is deflected in front of the registration roller 81 to correct the skew. Thereafter, it is conveyed by the registration roll 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.

Then, when the leading edge position of the photosensitive material A is detected, the image receiving material C is timed by the registration rollers 81 and is carried into the overlapping section 20 from the second carry-in path 70b of the Y-shaped guide plate 68. As a result, in the overlapping section 20, the tip position of the image receiving material C is shifted to the photosensitive material A.
The image-receiving material C is aligned so that it protrudes a small predetermined amount ahead of the tip position of the photosensitive material A, and the image-receiving material C comes into contact with the lower surface of the photosensitive material A.

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 pressed in the pressure transfer section 22 are transferred to the 60th-ra pair 54f via the guide plate 90.
The film is carried into the peeling section 24 by the following steps. 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 leading end of the photosensitive material A is set to slightly protrude from the image receiving material C by the overlapping section 20, it is transported to the first carrying-out path 92a side by the sharp end 94 of the peeling claw 96. . On the other hand, image receiving material C
is separated from the photosensitive material A by the pointed end 94 of the peeling claw 96 and conveyed to the second carry-out path 92b side.

The image receiving material C conveyed to the second discharge path 92b is
The image is carried into 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 1st! 2nd exit 92a
The photosensitive material A transported to is carried out to the waste tray 101 of the photosensitive material disposal section 32 by the 70th la pair 549 and the 80th la 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.

Furthermore, since the transport path for the photosensitive material S and the image-receiving material C is short, image recording can be performed quickly.

In the image forming apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 3, the photosensitive material supply section 14 is pulled out in the opposite direction to the conveying direction of the photosensitive material A, but in the present invention, it is pulled out to the front or pulled out upward. etc. Any form is acceptable.

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 present 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... Lid section, 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, 485, 487, 489... Opening section, 42... Light source, 44... Condensing optics System, 481.483... Lid part, 52... Sensitive material magazine, 53... Exposure position, 54a, 54b, 54c, 54d, 54e. 54f, 54g, 54h, 54i... roller pair, 56
...Cutter, 561...Manual cut knob, 562...Cutter fulcrum, 61.62...Nip roller, 63...Preheating roller, 64...Heating source, 65...Heating drum, 66a, 66b, 66c, 66d, 66e...Roller, 67...Endless belt, 68...Guide plate, 70a, 70b...Carry-in path, 72...Carry-out path, 74...Tip detection sensor , 76... Cassette, 78... Receiving paper sensor, 80... Supply half-moon roller, 81... Registration roller, 82.84... Pressure roller, 86.88... Backup roller, 90... Guide plate, 92a, 92b...-Export path, 96... Peeling claw, 98... Support shaft, 100... Waste tray, 102... Sensitive material sensor, 104... Rear Heating roller, 105... Sensitive material sensor 106... Take-out tray, 210... Conveyance knob, 230... Branch guide, 235... Branch guide fulcrum, 250... Solenoid, 270... Spring Patent applicant: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. - Agent
Minoruji Watanabe, patent attorney. Same patent attorney Yo Ishii -5= miscellaneous,
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Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) An image recording device that records an image by imagewise exposing a photosensitive material, which comprises a photosensitive material magazine that stores a roll of photosensitive material, a cutter, and a cutter that is arranged behind the cutter in the conveying direction of the photosensitive material. It has a photosensitive material supply section that is integrated with a branch guide, and this photosensitive material supply section is disposed so as to be able to be pulled out outside the image recording apparatus, and further, the leading end of the photosensitive material is guided out of the conveyance path by the branch guide. An image recording device characterized in that the image recording device is capable of being discharged into a container and being cut by the cutter.