JPH04223975A - Method for classifying printed photograph - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To classify printed photographs by cutting per each order the print printed on a long size photographic paper, and giving perforations between frames within an order to separate each frame by these perforations at need. CONSTITUTION:Each frame F of the film ordered for development and printing is continuously printed on a long size photographic paper 10 for development. This long size photographic paper 10 is cut per each order, namely, per the number of frame corresponding to one film (corresponding to the dimension L, M). Perforations 58B are given between the frames within each order, and the film can be folded at these perforations. Cut per each order and perforations are decided by cutting depth of a comb-teeth shape cutter.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a method for sorting printed photographs that can be folded into orders by selectively applying perforations or cutting to long objects as necessary. .

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a photo printing service, printed photographs obtained by printing from already photographed negative film are separated into individual images and delivered to customers for each order.

[0003] On the other hand, when a large number of printed photographs are to be separately pasted on an album or the like at the same time, the printed photographs for one order are placed in a continuous state and can be easily separated as necessary. It is preferable to set it as a structure.

0004

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In consideration of the above facts, the present invention cuts prints printed on long photographic paper for each order, and provides perforations between images within each order. The object is to obtain a method for sorting printed photographs that allows each image to be separated from this perforation if necessary.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In the method for sorting printed photographs according to the present invention, a cutter device that can perform perforation processing by operating shallowly and perform cutting processing by operating deeply is used to continuously roll multiple orders. It is placed at the cutting work position for printed photos that have been finished in a shape, and is operated shallowly between the printed photo frames in each order to create perforations at the border between the frames, and deeply between the printed photo frames at the border between each order. It is characterized by being activated to cut and sort into a series of printed photographs that can be folded according to order.

[0006]

[Operation] Therefore, in the present invention, the depth of cut of the cutter is deepened to cut each long photographic paper printed from a series of negative films brought in by the customer, that is, one order of negative film. , perforations are provided between the images in each of these orders by decreasing the cutting depth.

[0007] The photographic paper for each order can be folded from the perforations in the post-process to create a meandering shape, allowing the customer to organize a bundle of photographic paper and make different orders when pasting it on an album or the like. It does not mix with photographic paper, and each image can be easily separated at the perforation and pasted anywhere.

[0008] If necessary, the photographic paper for each order can be folded into a meandering shape and then inserted into a case, etc., so that they will not be scattered.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows a photographic paper processing apparatus to which the present invention is applied. In this processing apparatus, a long photographic paper 10 is processed in a cutting section 12 and a folding section 14 and then taken out.

Images are successively printed on the photographic paper 10 fed to the cutting section 12 in a pre-process (not shown), and the paper is fed through a developing process and a drying process.

Inside the cutting section 12, a long photographic paper 10 is conveyed by a pair of guide rollers 16, 18, and sent out to a folding section 14 via guide rollers 20, 22.

Guide rollers 16, 18 and guide roller 2
A fixed cutter main body 24 is disposed on one side of the conveyance path for the photographic paper 10, and a movable cutter main body 26 is disposed on the other side between the conveyance path of the photographic paper 10 and the conveyance path of the photographic paper 10. The movable cutter main body 26 is fixed to an actuator 30 of a solenoid 28 (a motor may be used), and when the solenoid 28 is actuated, it traverses the movement locus of the photographic paper 10 and perforates and cuts the photographic paper 10. It is now possible to do this.

As shown in FIG. 2, the movable cutter body 26
The cutting edge 26A is arranged to be inclined, that is, it is inclined to a line perpendicular to the cutting operation direction (arrow S direction) of the movable cutter main body 26. This allows the cutting edge 26A to cut the photographic paper 10 from one end in the width direction of the photographic paper 10.

From the cutting edge 26A, a plurality of rectangular grooves 3 are formed at regular intervals in the width direction of the movable cutter body 26 (horizontal direction in FIG. 2).
2 is formed, and when the movable cutter main body 26 cuts the photographic paper 10, a cut portion is created at this rectangular groove 32 portion, thereby making it possible to provide perforations to the photographic paper 10.

The depth of the rectangular groove 32 (in the vertical direction in FIG. 2) differs in the width direction of the movable cutter body 26. That is, the depth of this rectangular groove 32 is the depth of cut from the tip of the cutting edge 26A, and one end in the width direction of the movable cutter main body 26 with a long cutting edge (the right end in FIG. 2) has the longest cutting depth, and the opposite end has the longest cutting depth. The sides are the shallowest. However, the bottom surface of this rectangular groove 32 has the same dimensions from the tip of the fixed cutter body 24.

Therefore, the movable cutter body 26 can cut the photographic paper 10 by changing its operating amount, that is, the cutting depth.
Perforation or cutting can be performed.

To explain this in detail, when the operating amount of the movable cutter body 26 is dimension A as shown in FIG. 2, that is, when the bottom of the rectangular groove 32 is
If the cutting depth does not reach the depth B, the photographic paper 10 will remain uncut between the rectangular grooves 32. Therefore, if the perforation process is performed and the operating depth is B, the photographic paper 10 will be cut in the width direction. The entire area is now cut off.

In the folding section 14 disposed downstream of the cut section 12, guide rollers 34, 36 and a guide roller 38
, 40 is sequentially folded through perforations by a pair of sorter belts 42, 44.

The sorter belts 42 and 44 are endless belts wound around a pair of winding rollers 46 and 48 in an oval shape, and arms 50 and 52 are respectively protruded at regular intervals.

The winding rollers 46 and 48 are each intermittently rotated in the direction of arrow C in FIG. controlled.

The winding roller 48 is moved in the vertical direction in FIG. 1 by a guide means (not shown) so that it can come into contact with and separate from the winding roller 46. Therefore, the arrangement can be made in accordance with the size of the image of the photographic paper 10 folded in an imaginary line onto the arms 50, 52.

As the sorter belts 42 and 44 rotate, the folded photographic paper 54 is dropped into a storage box 56 disposed downstream of the sorter belt 42.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

The photographic paper 10, on which an image has been printed by a printer (not shown) and has undergone a developing and drying process, is placed in a cut section 12.
The cutter body 24 passes through the guide rollers 16 and 18 and moves between the fixed cutter body 24 and the movable cutter body 26.

A sensor (not shown) that detects the movement of the photographic paper 10 drives the solenoid 28 based on the position and size of the image printed on the photographic paper 10. In this case, as shown in Figure 3(A), each order L from the customer
, M, the moving cutter main body 26 makes a large cut by the solenoid 28 and is cut at the cutting part 58A, and perforations 58B are created between the image frames F in each order by controlling the cutting depth to be shallow. be done.

The photographic paper 10 that has passed through the cutting section 12 reaches the folding section 14 and is sent out from between the guide rollers 38 and 40.

As shown in FIG. 4(A), the guide roller 3
When the leading edge of the photographic paper 10 is fed out from between the paper 10 and the paper 10, one of the many arms 50 and 52 is stopped facing each other and facing the guide rollers 38 and 40, as shown in FIG. are doing.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4A, the leading end of the photographic paper 10 sent out from the guide rollers 38 and 40 comes into contact with the arm 50. This arm 50 is inclined so that the tip approaches the guide rollers 38 and 40 by a slight amount, so that the tip of the photographic paper 10 slides on this arm 50 as shown in FIG. 4(B). arm 5
0 and the sorter belt 42.

When the photographic paper 10 is pushed out further, as shown in FIG. 4(C), since the rigidity of the intermediate perforation 58B of the photographic paper 10 is weak, the photographic paper 10 is bent at this perforation, and the perforation The eyes are pushed out in the direction of the arm 52.

As shown in FIG. 4(D), when the perforation reaches the connection point between the arm 52 and the sorter belt 44, the second perforation that is further pushed out connects the arm 52 and the sorter belt 42 in the opposite direction. Bend towards the connection part, Figure 4
The state shown in (E) and (F) is reached. When this second perforation leads to the connection between arm 50 and sorter belt 42, the third perforation again leads in the opposite direction, ie to the connection between arm 52 and sorter belt 44.

In this manner, the photographic paper 10 is sequentially folded in a meandering manner through its perforations, resulting in a folded photographic paper 10A as shown in FIG. 3(B). When this folding is completed, the winding rollers 46 and 48 rotate in the direction of arrow C by one pitch of the arms 50 and 52, and the next arms 50 and 52 stop corresponding to the guide rollers 38 and 40. Thereafter, the photographic paper 10 is sequentially sent out, folded for each order, and held between the arms 50 and 52.

As the folding process gradually progresses, the leading folded photographic paper 54 is passed between the arms 50 and 52 into the storage box 56.
be accommodated in.

Next, FIG. 5 shows a folding section according to a second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a pair of feed screws 60, 62 are arranged in place of the sorter belts 42, 44. These feed screws 60, 62 are connected to shafts 64, 6
6 are arranged parallel to each other and parallel to the traveling direction of the photographic paper 10 fed out between the guide rollers 38 and 40. The feed screws 60 and 62 are spiral plates wound around the outer peripheries of shafts 64 and 66, respectively, and their rotation allows the folded photographic paper 10A to be conveyed sequentially in the direction of arrow D.

Guide plates 68 and 70, which are movable in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the paper, are arranged between these feed screws 60 and 62, and have the same role as the arms 50 and 52 in the previous embodiment. There is.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the guide roller 38
, 40 is guided by guide plates 68, 70 and folded into a meandering shape, and both ends of the folded paper are held between feed screws 60, 62. Therefore, when the photographic paper 10 for each order becomes the folded photographic paper 10A, the guide plates 68 and 70 are retracted in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the paper, and the shafts 64 and 66 rotate once. As a result, the folded photographic paper 10A is moved to one of the feed screws 60 and 62.
It is sent to the left in Figure 5 by the pitch.

Thereafter, the guide plates 68 and 70 again enter between the feed screws 60 and 62 and serve to fold the photographic paper 10 to be fed next into a meandering shape.

A guide plate may be provided to restrict the movement of the folded photographic paper 10A in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the paper.

FIG. 6 also shows a folding section according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, a pair of feed screws 72, which can be retracted in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the paper, are provided downstream of the guide rollers 38, 40.
74 are arranged. These feed screws 72, 74 have shafts 76, 78 similar to the feed screws 60, 62 of the previous embodiment.
A spiral plate is provided around the circumference, but the shaft length is short, and the shaft 76,
It is wrapped around 78 about two turns. Further, the feed screws 72 and 74 are connected to a sorter belt 80 disposed downstream thereof.
Its radius increases as it approaches the arm 82 of.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the feed screws 72, 7
4 continuously rotates at the same time as the photographic paper 10 is sent out, the photographic paper 10 is sequentially folded into a meandering shape at the perforations 58B and delivered to the arm 82 of the sorter belt 80.

Note that the present invention is applicable not only to the folding portions shown in the above embodiments, but also to devices having various folding structures.

[0042]

As described above, the present invention has an excellent effect in that a series of printed photographs can be separated into orders, and within each order, the photographs can be folded and stored between these frames.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a first embodiment of a cutter device to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing the cutter.

FIG. 3A is a plan view of the photographic paper, and FIG. 3B is a perspective view of the photographic paper in a meander-folded state.

FIGS. 4A to 4F are operational diagrams showing the folded state.

FIG. 5 shows a second cutter device to which the present invention is applied.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing an example and a third example.

FIG. 6 shows a second cutter device to which the present invention is applied.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing an example and a third example.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Photographic paper 10A Folded photographic paper 12 Cut part 14 Folding section 26　　　　　　　　Moving cutter body 32 Rectangular groove 58A Cutting section 58B Perforation

Claims (1)

[Claims] [Claim 1] A cutter device that can perform perforation processing by operating shallowly and cutting processing by operating deeply is installed at a cutting work position for printed photographs that have been successively finished into rolls for multiple orders. Then, between the printed photo frames in each order, the perforation is made at the boundary between the printed photo frames by shallow operation, and the cut is made by deep operation between the printed photo frames at the boundary between each order. A method for sorting printed photographs characterized by sorting them as printed photographs.