JPH0342434Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a recording material mounting device, and in particular, mounting a recording material having a positioning hole made in advance into a recording material mounting portion having a positioning pin corresponding to the positioning hole. The present invention relates to a recording material loading device.

Conventionally, when loading a recording material such as photographic film, photographic paper, printing plate material (lith film, PS plate, etc.) into a device that exposes the recording material with a laser beam, in order to ensure the accuracy of the exposure position, An operation was performed in which the reference side of the recording material was brought into contact with the reference surface of the recording material mounting section of the exposure device and fixed. In addition, when the recording material mounting portion is not a flat surface such as a drum surface, the recording material can be fixed by engaging a positioning hole formed in advance in the recording material with a positioning pin projected on the drum surface. An operation was being performed to load the recording material into the recording material loading section. In this case, the problem is that there is no suitable device for mounting the recording material with such positioning holes into the recording material mounting section.
This meant that manual operations had to be performed.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to be suitable for mounting a recording material having a positioning hole into a recording material mounting portion having a positioning pin corresponding to the positioning hole. It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording material loading device.

The above-mentioned object of the present invention is to transport a recording material from a recording material support part having a support pin that supports a plurality of recording materials by locking a positioning hole of the recording material, by means of a transport means, and to In a recording material mounting device that is mounted on a recording material mounting section having a positioning pin at a reference position corresponding to a hole for positioning the recording material, the transfer means is configured to take out the recording material one by one from the recording material supporting section. The suction and transfer means reciprocates between a first position and a second position for delivering the taken-out recording material to the positioning pin of the recording material loading section, and the suction and transfer means includes the recording material support. a pin alignment hole that aligns with the support pin when the recording material is taken out in the recording material mounting section and aligns with the positioning pin when the recording material is transferred to the recording material loading section; This is achieved by a recording material loading device characterized in that it is provided with suction holding/releasing means for sucking and holding the recording material and releasing the recording material when the recording material is delivered.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a lithographic film (hereinafter simply referred to as "film") as an example of a recording material to which the mounting device of the present invention is applied. In the figure,
1 is a film, and 2A and 2B are positioning holes formed in the film 1 in advance. It goes without saying that the shape and position of the positioning holes 2A and 2B correspond to the shape and position of the positioning pin provided on the drum of the film exposure section.

FIGS. 2 and 3 are side views showing essential parts of an embodiment of the present invention. In both figures, A is a film support section, B is an adsorption transfer section, C is a film exposure section, and D is a film transfer guide for subjecting the exposed film to development processing.

The film support section A consists of a substrate 3 provided on a pedestal (not shown), support pins 4A and 4B implanted in the substrate 3, and a scraping member 5 provided on the top of the substrate 3. . Support pin 4
Needless to say, holes A and 4B are provided corresponding to the positioning holes 2A and 2B made in the film 1 shown in FIG.

The suction transfer section B is configured to be able to reciprocate between a first position facing the film support section A and a second position opposite the film exposure section C, which will be described later, by a transport means (not shown). , a substrate 6, an auxiliary frame 7 supported in and out of the substrate 6, and pin alignment holes 8A and 8B drilled in the substrate 6.
and suction cups 9A to 9D which are secured to the auxiliary frame 7 and connected to vacuum generating means (not shown).

The film exposure section C consists of a rotatably supported film support drum 10, positioning pins 11A and 11B implanted in the drum 10, exposure means, drum rotation control means, etc. (not shown). It goes without saying that the positioning pins 11A and 11B are provided corresponding to the positioning holes 2A and 2B formed in the film 1 shown in FIG.

The film transport guide D includes a pair of guide members 12.
A, 12B and film transport roller pair 13
It consists of A and 13B. This may be a film receiving opening of a film processing apparatus.

The operation of the apparatus of this embodiment configured as described above will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. Figure 2 shows the first part where the suction transfer part B faces the film support part A
3 is a diagram showing a situation in which the suction transfer section B is in a second position facing the film exposure section C. FIG.

At the position shown in FIG. 2, the suction transfer section B fits the pin alignment holes 8A and 8B into the support pins 4A and 4B of the film support A, respectively, and the suction cups 9A to 9D
and the auxiliary frame 7 are driven to take out the uppermost one of the plurality of films 1 supported. At this time, even if two or more sheets of film are about to be removed,
The scraping member 5 makes it possible to reliably take out only the topmost sheet. The taken-out film 1 is supported so that its positioning holes 2A and 2B correspond to the pin alignment holes 8A and 8B of the suction and transfer section B, and is moved to the third position.
It is transported in the state shown in the figure.

When the suction transfer section B reaches a position facing the film exposure section C as shown in FIG. The film 1 that has arrived is inserted and locked into the positioning pin of the drum 10, and the suction of the suction cups 9A to 9D is released to transfer the film 1 to the drum 10.
Thereafter, the film exposure section C rotates while bringing the film 1 into close contact with the drum 10 by, for example, a suction means (not shown), and exposes the film 1 with the exposure means.

After exposure, the film 1 is transferred to the drum 10 by the suction/take-out mechanism (suction cups 9A to 9D and auxiliary frame 7) of the suction transfer section B or other similar means.
The film is removed from the film transport guide D and sent to a developing processing device or the like.

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the transport means. The suction and transfer section B' shown in this embodiment has a flat box-shaped suction means 16 provided with the pin alignment holes 8A and 8B, thereby integrating the suction and transfer means and positioning means. FIG. 4A shows a situation in which the suction transfer section B' is located at a position facing the film support section A and adsorbs the uppermost film 1, and FIG. 4B shows a situation in which the film 1 is being adsorbed and transferred. It shows.

As shown only in FIG. 4B, it is desirable to provide a holding member 15 at least at the lower end of the suction surface of the suction and transfer section B' to prevent the film from shifting during transfer. The holding member 15
When taking out or transferring the film, it is necessary to release the film so that it can be moved downward in the case of FIG. 4B.

In the apparatus of the above embodiment, two positioning holes 2A and 2B are provided in the film 1, but as mentioned above, the number of positioning holes, their shape, arrangement, etc. can be freely determined throughout the system. It is. Also, the support pin 4 of the film support part A
A, 4B and the positioning pins 11A, 11B of the film exposure section C, and the pin alignment hole 8 of the suction transfer section B.
In order to facilitate fitting with A and 8B, it is preferable that the support pin and the positioning pin be tapered and the pin alignment hole should have a wide entrance.

It goes without saying that the present invention can be applied not only to lithographic film but also to other sheet-like recording materials, and can also be applied to installation in printing machines in addition to installation in the exposure section shown in the above embodiments.

As described above, according to the present invention, the recording material is transferred by the transfer means from the recording material support portion having the support pin that supports a plurality of recording materials by locking the positioning hole of the recording material. In the recording material mounting device that is mounted on a recording material mounting section having a positioning pin at a reference position corresponding to a hole for positioning the recording material, the transporting means:
A suction transfer means that reciprocates between a first position where the recording material is taken out one by one from the recording material supporting part and a second position where the taken out recording material is transferred to a positioning pin of the recording material mounting part. In addition, the suction and transfer means includes a pin alignment hole that aligns with the support pin when taking out the recording material from the recording material supporting section and aligns with the positioning pin when transferring the recording material to the recording material loading section. , and a suction holding/releasing means is provided which suction-holds the recording material from the time of taking out the recording material to the time of transferring the recording material, and releases the recording material when the recording material is delivered, so that positioning is achieved. This has the remarkable effect that it is possible to realize a recording material loading device suitable for loading a recording material having a positioning hole into a recording material loading section having a positioning pin corresponding to the positioning hole.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of the film, FIGS. 2 and 3 are side views showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 4A and 4B are partially sectional side views showing an embodiment of the present invention. 1...Film, 2A, 2B...Positioning hole, 3...Substrate, 4A, 4B...Support pin, 5...
...Scraping member, 6... Board, 7... Auxiliary frame, 8
A, 8B...Pin alignment hole, 9A-9D...Sucker,
10...Film support drum, 11A, 11B...
...Positioning pin, 15...Press member, 16...
Flat box-shaped adsorption means, A... film support section, B...
...Adsorption transfer section, C...Film exposure section, D...Film transfer guide.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A recording material is transferred by a transfer means from a recording material support part having a support pin that supports a plurality of recording materials by locking a positioning hole of the recording material, and the recording material is moved through a positioning hole of the recording material. In the recording material mounting device mounted on a recording material mounting section having a positioning pin at a reference position corresponding to The suction and transfer means reciprocates between a second position where the recording material is delivered to the positioning pin of the recording material mounting section, and the suction and transfer means includes a mechanism for removing the recording material from the recording material support section. A pin alignment hole that aligns with the support pin and aligns with the positioning pin when the recording material is transferred to the recording material loading section, and a pin alignment hole that attracts the recording material from the time of taking out the recording material to the time of transferring the recording material. 1. A recording material loading device characterized by comprising an adsorption holding/releasing means for holding the recording material and releasing the recording material when the recording material is transferred.