JPH0527349A - Production of photographic additive and device thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enhance the operating rate in respective adjusting stages by dispensing liquids into containers of small capacities without physical distribution in an adjusting kiln unit and distributing the dispensed container and the container groups in the unit of the additives for one layer. CONSTITUTION:One kind or plural kinds of the photographic additives are adjusted to some quantities by adjusting kilns 2A, 2B and the adjusted liquids are dispensed into bottles 4, 4 of the small capacity. The dispensed bottles 4 and the other dispensed containers 4 or the container groups or the containers which are not subjected to the dispensing stage or the container groups thereof are distributed in the unit of the additives for the one layer to a tray 8. These containers are used for production in the unit of the additives for the one layer. The respective containers 4, 4 are preferably gathered to the one tray 8 at the time of the distribution in such a case. Then the correspondence in one to one of the distributed containers and the production stages for this layer is possible and physical distribution errors are surely prevented. The next adjustment is executed in the adjusting kilns 2A, 2B during the course of the transportation or preservation. The operating rate in the respective adjusting stages of the additives is enhanced in this way.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing an additive for a photographic light-sensitive material.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Additives in photographic light-sensitive materials are extremely diverse. In this case, the raw materials of the received additive are melted in the exclusive melting pot and stocked until the demand in the manufacturing process. Therefore, the melting pot is used not only for melting but also for stock. As a result, many melting pots are required.

Further, the photographic light-sensitive material has many layer constitutions, and when manufacturing the photographic light-sensitive material, additives for all layers are simultaneously and concurrently supplied to each adjusting (dissolving) kettle. However, the weigh-out taken out from each adjustment kettle is in the adjustment one batch unit, and the adjustment one batch unit was conveyed to the destination.

[0004]

However, in the case where the respective adjusting kettles are individually metered in batches for adjustment and supplied to the destination separately over time, the distribution becomes extremely complicated, and the measuring process is also difficult. It is easy to make mistakes in such cases. Further, this problem is more remarkable in the photographic light-sensitive material because it has a multilayer structure as described above.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to simply and accurately carry out the flow of additives in a photographic light-sensitive material having a multi-layer structure and to increase the operating rate in each adjusting step.

[0006]

According to the method of the present invention, which has solved the above-mentioned problems, one or more kinds of photographic additives are adjusted in an amount in an adjusting pot, and the adjusted liquid is put into a small volume container. Dispense and distribute this dispensed container and another dispensed container or its container group, or a container that does not undergo the dispensing process or its container group in units of additive for one layer It is characterized in that it is provided in the unit of additive. In this case, it is preferable to combine each container into one tray for serving. Further, the device of the present invention is one of photographic additives.
Adjusting pot group for adjusting seeds, dispensing machine group for dispensing this adjusted liquid into a small volume container, these dispensing container groups, or a container that does not undergo a dispensing process or its container group And a serving means for serving one tray in the unit of additive for one layer, and a storage means for temporarily storing each tray group served by this serving means until they are served in the order required for production. It is characterized by having.

[0007]

In the present invention, the physical distribution is not carried out in the adjusting hook unit,
While dispensing into a small volume container, this dispensed container,
Since another dispensed container or its container group, or a container or its container group that has not undergone the dispensing process is prepared in the unit of additive for one layer, this prepared one and the manufacturing stage of the layer One-to-one correspondence, it is possible to reliably prevent distribution mistakes, and the following adjustments can be made in the adjustment pot during transportation or storage, thus increasing the operating rate.

[0008]

The present invention will be described in more detail by way of examples with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an overall view of the equipment according to the present invention, and 1 is a raw material shelf or stocker for stocking incoming raw materials. On the other hand, the adjusting pots 2A, 2B ... Group for dissolving the additives are provided, and the adjusting pots 2A, 2B are provided.
Dispensing / sorting lines 3A, 3B ... Group are arranged in parallel to the ... Group. The dispensing and sorting lines 3A, 3B ...
The bottle 4 is provided with a supply conveyor 31, a dispenser 32, an automatic capping machine 33, a sorting conveyor 34, and a labeler 35 as main constituent elements. Furthermore, the dispensing and sorting line 3A,
A tray transfer conveyor 5 is provided orthogonally to the downstream of 3B ... And is connected to a temporary storage 6. Reference numeral 7 is a supply conveyor that supplies the tray 8 to the downstream layered adjustment liquid line. Reference numeral 9 is a quality assurance room for sampling the additives adjusted in the adjusting pots 2A, 2B ... Group and performing test analysis.

In such equipment, each raw material is put into the adjusting pots 2A, 2B ... Group from the raw material shelf 1. In this case, the input amount is confirmed by, for example, a load cell type weighing device 21 attached to the adjusting pots 2A, 2B ..., And a predetermined amount is input. The charged raw materials are dissolved in a predetermined amount of solvent or the like by means such as a stirrer 22.

The additive whose dissolution is completed is sampled by the sampling machine 10 by automatic suction or the like. This sampling machine 10 has a sampling end 10
It has A and means 10B for moving it up and down, and when the sampling end 10A is raised, it is carried into the quality assurance room 9 along the monorail 11 and a predetermined measurement or analysis is carried out. Only when the measurement is performed and the standard is satisfied, the dispensing described below is performed.

Dispensing from the group of adjusting pots 2A, 2B ... Is carried out after the quality is guaranteed, to the corresponding dispensing and sorting lines 3A, 3B. In the dispensing and sorting line, for example, the line 3B, in the process of transporting the four types of bottles 4, 4, ... Having different sizes from the supply conveyor 31 by the two common conveyors, the dispensing machines 32 dispense from above. In this case, as shown in the figure, the dispenser 32 prepares the number of types of bottles 4, 4, ... Which should be sorted, and makes a one-to-one correspondence with each bottle 4, 4 ,. Although preferable in terms of accuracy and control, a flow meter may be provided in the dispenser 32 to dispense a corresponding amount of the different types of bottles 4 and 4.

Upon completion of this dispensing, the automatic cap machine 3
Caps are attached to the respective bottles 4, 4, ... By 3 to seal the bottles, and the bottles are sorted by the sorting machine to the corresponding sorting conveyors 34. Then, in the course of transportation by the sorting conveyor 34, a label having a bar code, for example, for identifying the kind of the additive is attached to the surface of the bottle 4 by the automatic labeler 35. The bottle 4 that has completed this process stands by at the downstream end of the corresponding sorting conveyor 34. This operation is performed in each of the dispensing and sorting lines 3A, 3
It is performed in B ...

On the other hand, trays 8 are supplied to the upstream end (not shown) of the tray transport conveyor 5 at appropriate intervals,
In each of the dispensing and sorting lines 3A, 3B ..., in the tray 8 thereof, the sorting conveyors 34, 34 of the dispensing and sorting lines 3A, 3B ... By transfer machines 36, 36 ... 4 and 4 are transferred and arranged in the unit of the additive for one layer of the photographic light-sensitive material.

The trays 8, 8 ... Having been completed are delivered to the temporary storage 6, and in the temporary storage 6, the trays 8, 8 ... Group are temporarily stored until they are delivered in the order required for manufacturing. To do. On the contrary, when there is a request from the downstream line, each tray 8, 8 ... Group is delivered through the supply conveyor 7 in the order required for manufacturing.

In the above example, adjustment is carried out in the adjusting pots 2A, 2B, ... Corresponding to each type of photographic additive. You may Further, in the above example, all the additives are adjusted by the adjusting pot, but if the adjustment is not necessary and the additive is already filled in a small volume bottle, it is applicable as it is. Sorting conveyor 34
Can lead to.

In any case, in the present invention, the bottles 4, 4, ... Are arranged in units of the additive for one layer.

As the serving tray 8, the one shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 can be preferably used. The tray 8 includes a box-shaped main body 81 and three types of bottles 4A,
When housing 4B and 4C, the same number of partition plates 82, 83, 84 of three stages are fixed in parallel in the height direction, and the bottles 4A are attached to the partition plates 82, 83, 84 of the upper, middle and lower stages. The fitting holes 82a, 83a, 84a are formed in order of the sizes of the cross sections 4B, 4C. In the tray 8, the bottles 4A, 4B, 4C are fitted into the fitting holes 82a, 83a, 84.
It is fitted to a and is supported on the partition plates 83, 84 and the bottom of the main body 81. As a result, bottles 4A, 4B, 4C
No matter where it is installed, the fitting hole 82
It is held by the inner circumference of a, 83a, 84a to prevent tipping and displacement, and the size of the bottles 4A, 4B, 4C can be discriminated by the level in which it is stored, and then the operator or automatic sorting It is convenient when sorting by machine.

The inventors of the present invention have found that the larger the number of bottles taken into the serving tray, the smaller the flow rate of the material as shown in FIG.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, in a photographic light-sensitive material having a multilayer structure, the flow of additives can be performed simply and accurately, and the operation rate in each adjusting step of additives can be increased. There are advantages such as being able to.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a layout perspective view of the entire equipment according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of an example of a serving tray.

FIG. 3 is a plan view thereof.

FIG. 4 is a correlation diagram between the number of bottles taken into the serving tray and the material flow rate.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Raw material shelf, 2A, 2B ... Adjusting pot, 3A, 3B ... Dispensing sorting line, 4 ... Bottle, 5 ... Tray transport conveyor 5,
6 ... Temporary storage, 7 ... Supply conveyor, 8 ... Serving tray,
9 ... Quality assurance room, 31 ... Supply conveyor 31, 32 ... Dispenser, 33 ... Automatic cap machine, 34 ... Sorting conveyor, 3
5 ... Labeler, 36 ... Transfer machine.

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Nakamasa Sato             Konica Stock, 1 Sakura-cho, Hino City, Tokyo             In the company (72) Inventor Yukihiro Sakai             Konica Stock, 1 Sakura-cho, Hino City, Tokyo             In the company

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An amount of one or more kinds of photographic additives is adjusted in an adjusting pot, and the adjusted liquid is dispensed into a small-volume container, and the dispensed container and other components are dispensed. A photograph characterized by arranging a pre-purchased container or its container group, or a container not undergoing the dispensing process or its container group in the unit of additive for one layer, and providing for production in the unit of additive for one layer Of manufacturing additives for cosmetics. 2. The method for producing a photographic additive according to claim 1, wherein each container is put in one tray for serving. 3. An adjusting kettle group for adjusting one kind of photographic additives, a dispensing machine group for dispensing the adjusted liquid into a small volume container, and these dispensing container groups, or A container or a group of containers that has not undergone the dispensing process is put together, and a serving means for serving one tray in the unit of additive for one layer, and each tray group served by this serving means in the order necessary for manufacturing. A method for producing a photographic additive, comprising a storage means for temporarily storing the product until it is set.