JPH06175295A - Method for disassembling and inspecting film unit with lens - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a film unit whose quality is stable by executing inspection for sorting parts to the reusable parts and the non-reusable parts just before or just after the respective parts are disassembled. CONSTITUTION:24 pieces of assembling pallets are provided on an index rotating table 142 at fixed pitches. The film unit 2 is moved and mounted on the assembling pallets after it is positioned one by one at a station A. After the unit 2 is carried to an inspecting position and positioned by a fixed posture, the shape, the electrical characteristic, the external appearance, the action or the like of the parts which are removed among the respective parts are inspected. Thereafter, the parts to be removed are removed after the unit 2 is carried to a disassembling position and positioned by the fixed posture. As for a front cover, for example, the reusable front cover is sorted to a conveyer 147 and the non-reusable front cover is sorted to a conveyer 148 by a sliding system by a sorting device 146 according to the information of the inspected result of the front cover.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for disassembling and inspecting a film unit with a lens to be recycled.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a film unit with a lens (hereinafter referred to as "film unit") has been proposed in Japanese Examined Patent Publication (Kokoku) No. 2-332615 and the like. The specified 135 type film with patrone is preloaded at the factory. This film unit is composed of a main body in which a film with a cartridge is loaded, a front cover attached to the front of the main body, and a rear cover attached to the back of the main body. The mechanism, lens, strobe device, etc. are incorporated. Such a film unit is submitted to the photofinishing laboratory as it is after all the frames of the negative film of the film with the cartridge have been photographed. At the photo lab, the film cartridge containing the exposed film is taken out, processed and developed using the current development system, and the print photograph and the film negative are returned to the user.

By the way, industrial products are recycled for the purpose of environmental protection and reduction of industrial waste. Generally, this recycling includes making the parts into raw materials and reusing the parts as they are as new industrial parts. Regarding the film unit, the empty film unit was discarded at the beginning of its sale, but recently, the main body, the front cover and the rear cover are melted to form resin pellets. Further, the strobe device unitized by mounting the circuit elements, the flash discharge tube, the synchro switch and the like on the printed circuit board is reused by loading a new battery.

In order to increase the number of reusable parts, a film unit in which a counter mechanism and a shutter mechanism are separated from the main body as an exposure unit is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 3-20.
No. 0050 is proposed. In this film unit, the exposure unit (counter mechanism, shutter mechanism), lens, strobe device can be easily removed without damage or damage, and thus these can be reused. In order to easily take out such reusable parts, it is desirable to connect the parts of the film unit to each other by a detachable locking means. As the locking means, Japanese Patent Application No. 3-167741 and Japanese Patent Application No. 3-3
No. 32152, etc., an elastic locking claw provided on one part and a locking part, locking hole or locking provided on the other part and locked by the locking claw It is joined by the engagement with the claw.

[0005]

At present, it is proposed to reduce the cost for recycling. Therefore, when we investigated the breakdown of costs, we found that most of them were personnel costs. The most difficult work in recycling is the work of uncoupling the locking means, and this work was done manually in order not to damage or damage the reusable parts. . Also, in order to allow the reusable parts to be taken out safely without damaging or damaging the reusable parts by inserting a dedicated jig or the like, the ones in which the shapes of the locking claws and the like are changed are Japanese Patent Application Nos. 4-89
029, Japanese Patent Application No. 4-95488, Japanese Patent Application No. 4-107.
No. 034, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-110225, etc., but the cost of personnel has not been reduced even if such a jig is used.

An automatic disassembling and sorting apparatus for film units is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-75827. In this apparatus, parts are simply disassembled,
It is only a device that sorts disassembled parts by type, not a device that disassembles and sorts them on the premise of recycling. Therefore, if recycling is premised, performance inspection of disassembled parts is desired in order to improve the quality of the film unit composed of reused parts. Furthermore, the service life of the parts is determined in advance, and the parts that have passed the service life are used, which may lead to deterioration of the quality of the film unit.

The object of the present invention was made in view of the above-mentioned background. With the lens having stable quality, it is possible to automatically release the joined parts and to inspect these parts. It is to provide a film unit.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the invention of claim 1, after the lens-fitted film unit is conveyed to an inspection position and positioned in a fixed posture, a part to be removed among the above-mentioned parts Shape, electrical characteristics,
After inspecting the appearance and operation, and then transporting the lens-fitted film unit to the disassembly position and positioning it in a certain posture, the removed parts are removed, and the removed parts are removed according to the inspection result information. Sorted into reusable and non-reusable.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the lens-fitted film unit is conveyed to the disassembled position and positioned in a fixed posture, then the parts are removed, and the detached parts are conveyed to the inspection position and fixed. After positioning in the posture, inspect the shape, electrical characteristics, appearance, operation, etc. of the detached parts, and sort them according to the information of the inspection result whether they can be reused or not. did.

Further, according to the third aspect of the invention, after the lens-fitted film unit is conveyed to the inspection position and positioned in a fixed posture, the display unit for displaying the manufacturing time, the number of reuses and the time. After reading the usage period of the parts, the lens-fitted film unit is conveyed to the disassembled position and positioned in a certain posture, and then the parts can be removed and reused according to the information of the usage period. It is designed so that it can be sorted according to what cannot be reused.

As shown in FIG. 2, the film unit is
It is composed of a unit main body 3 having a photographing mechanism and the like, and an outer case 4 for accommodating the unit main body 3, and a photograph is taken with the outer case 4 left in the case. The outer case 4 is for making the external appearance of the film unit 2 beautiful, and a paper box or a plastic sheet having a printed outer surface is used. The outer case 4 is provided with a hole for exposing the lens 5, the finder window 6, the release button 7, the number-of-shots display plate 8, the winding knob 9, and the light emitting unit 10. Further, the outer case 4 is used during flash photography. Notch 1
Photographing is performed while pressing 1.

In FIGS. 3 and 4, the unit body 3
Is a main body 1 on which a film 12 with a cartridge is loaded.
3, a rear cover 14 which is attached to the back surface of the main body 13 and stores the film in a light-tight manner between the main body 13 and the main body 13.
Front cover 15, an exposure unit 16, which is attached in front of
It is composed of a strobe device 17. The exposure unit 16 includes a counter mechanism, a shutter mechanism, a film winding mechanism, a lens 5, and the like. The lens 5 includes a front cover 15 and an aperture opening 16 of the exposure unit 16.
It is sandwiched between a and.

In the strobe device 17, a copper foil pattern or the like is printed on a printed circuit board 18, and a flash discharge tube, a synchro switch 19, a battery 20, an electrode plate 21 for the battery 20, and a required portion of the copper foil pattern. 22, the main capacitor 23, etc. are attached by soldering from the back side to form a unit. On the copper foil pattern, a display portion 18a for displaying the manufacturing time, the number of reuses and the time is provided. The electrode plate 21 is an electrode for an anode, and is provided with an opening 21a into which the convex portion 20a on the anode of the battery 20 is fitted. At the time of flash photography, the notch 2 of the front cover 15 is pressed by pressing the notch 11.
The contact piece 25 is pressed via 4 and the electric charge supplied from the battery 20 is accumulated in the main capacitor 23. This charge is synchronized with the shutter raise and is synchronized with the synchro switch 19
Is operated to discharge in the flash discharge tube. The contact piece 25 is sandwiched between the recess 26 of the main body 13 and the front cover 15.

The body 13 is provided with a cartridge chamber 27 in which a cartridge is loaded, and an unexposed film storage chamber 28 which is pulled out from the cartridge and accommodated in a roll. The bottom of these is an opening, and the rear cover 1
It is closed by the pull-top type bottom lids 29 and 30 provided in FIG. The bottom lid 30 of the unexposed film storage chamber 28 is a lid for inserting a jig or the like for winding the unexposed film into a roll from the cartridge when loading the film, and the bottom lid 29 of the cartridge chamber 27 is It serves as a lid for taking out the cartridge containing the photographed film after the photographing.

The exposure unit 16 is attached to the main body 13 as described above.
In the case of incorporating the above, the locking claws 3 provided on both sides of the exposure opening 32 of the main body portion 13 after being positioned by the positioning pins 33 and 34 provided on the diagonal line of the exposure opening 32.
5,36 are connected. Further, when the strobe device 17 is incorporated in the main body 13, the positioning pins 37 and 38 provided on the main body 13 and the exposure unit 16 are used for positioning, and thereafter, they are coupled by the locking claws 39 provided on the main body 13. . Further, when the front cover 15 is incorporated in the body portion 13, guide walls 40 provided on both side surfaces of the body portion 13 are provided.
And the main body 13 which is positioned by the positioning pin 41.
The engaging claws 42, 43, 44 and 45 provided on the above are connected. The assembling direction of the exposure unit 16, the strobe device 17, and the front cover 15 is as follows.
It is inserted from the front surface of the main body 13.

The front cover 15 has a guide wall 40 and a positioning hole 48 which are fitted to the guide wall 40 and the positioning pin 41 of the main body 13, and locking claws which are engaged with the locking claws 42 and 43 of the main body 13. 49, 50 and the locking claws 44 of the main body 13,
Locking holes 51 and 52 that engage with 45 are provided.
The locking claws 49, 50 are formed on the edges of the openings 53, 54 such that hook surfaces for hooking the locking claws 42, 43 are located at positions facing the openings 53, 54. .

The exposure unit 16 has positioning holes 55 and 56 which are fitted into the positioning pins 33 and 34 of the main body 13.
And locking portions 57 and 58 to which the locking claws 35 and 36 are locked. Further, the strobe device 17 has a locking hole 59 that engages with the locking claw 39, a positioning hole 60 into which the positioning pin 38 of the exposure unit 16 fits, and a positioning opening into which the positioning pin 37 of the main body 13 fits. 61
And are provided. The positioning opening 61 is also used as an opening for penetrating the locking claw 42 of the main body 13.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the exposure unit 16.
A shutter blade 123 is rotatably mounted around a shaft 124 between a shutter cover 121 having the lens holder 120 and a shutter base 122. Projection 13 of shutter drive lever 133
When 3b is disengaged from the locking portion 130a of the locking lever 130 and is rotated counterclockwise by the bias of the spring 131, the kicking arm 133a kicks the claw 123a provided at the end of the shutter blade 123 to open and close the shutter blade 123. To do. The time for which the shutter blades 123 open the photographing window 137 is about 1/125 sec.

An opening 139 is formed in the shutter cover 121 over a range in which a spring receiving projection 123b formed at one end of the shutter blade 123 rotates as the shutter blade 123 opens and closes.
Are formed. The opening 139 has a shape that conforms to the trajectory of the rotation of the spring receiving projection 123b so that the shutter blade 123 can be smoothly opened and closed.
It is for opening and closing 3.

Behind the shutter base 122, a driven sprocket 127 having eight teeth is provided so as to engage with a well-known perforation formed on the photographic film. One rotation of the driven sprocket 127 feeds just one frame of photographic film. Driven sprocket 12
A cam 128 having a notch formed on the outer periphery is fitted on the upper part of the shaft 7, and rotates coaxially with the driven sprocket 127. The cam 128 is engaged with teeth 8a provided on the outer periphery of the photographed number display plate 8, and one rotation of the cam 128 rotates the photographed number display plate 8 by one pitch of the tooth 8a. Further, the shutter drive lever 133 is moved toward the charge position in accordance with the rotation of the cam 128, and when it makes one rotation, the cam 128 locks the shutter drive lever 133 at the charge position to stop the winding.

[0021]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An apparatus for disassembling and inspecting such a film unit 2 will be described with reference to FIG. In the factory, as shown in FIG. 6, the film unit 2 collected from the developing station is transferred to the supply conveyor 140, where the outer case 4 is removed and then transferred to the index rotary table 142 by the transfer device 140a. To do.

The index rotary table 142 is provided with 24 assembly pallets at a constant pitch, and the film unit 2 is station A on this assembly pallet.
After being positioned one by one, they are transferred. The index rotary table 142 rotates intermittently and moves from A to X.
Each assembly pallet is positioned at each of the 24 stations A to X up to. In these assembly pallets, in addition to the table for fixing the film unit 2, a table for fixing the exposure unit 16 is also provided. When each of the stations A to X is configured linearly, for example, the assembly pallet may be conveyed to each of the stations A to X by a roller chain conveyor, a belt conveyor, or the like.

The assembly pallet is positioned with high precision by using two positioning holes provided on the back surface of the rear cover 14. In this positioning state, the front cover 15 of the film unit 2 faces upward. At the station B, the front cover 1 attached to the main body 13
The deformation and warpage of the surface of No. 5 are measured. An inspection device 144 is installed. The measurement is performed using a dial gauge, a cylinder gauge, or the like, the probe is pressed against the surface of the front cover 13 by a predetermined amount, and the probe is scanned within the surface of the front cover 13 while maintaining the pressing amount. . The information of the inspection result is used for the front cover sorting device 14 described later.
Send to 6.

At the station C, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a disassembling device 143 for releasing the connection between the main body 13 and the front cover 15 is installed. This disassembly device 143
Is a release holding mechanism 66 for releasing the connection between the locking claws 42, 43 of the main body 13 and the locking claws 49, 50 of the front cover, holding the front cover 15 as it is and lifting it slightly upward. Release mechanism 6 for releasing the connection between the locking claws 44, 45 of the portion 13 and the locking holes 51, 52 of the front cover.
7 and 68, which are synchronously operated.

The release holding mechanism 66 includes two release claws 69 and 70 arranged at the same intervals as the engaging portions between the locking claws 42 and 43 and the locking claws 49 and 50, and these release claws 69 and 70. 7
Two holders 71 and 7 for holding 0 along the vertical direction
2, holding members 75 and 76 having shafts 73 and 74 that rotatably hold these holders 71 and 72, and a cylinder (not shown) for moving these holding members 75 and 76 in the vertical direction And two holding members 7
It is composed of a rotation cylinder 77 for uniformly rotating 5, 5 and 76. Further, the release mechanisms 67 and 68 linearly move the release claws 79 and 80 by cylinders (not shown).

At the station D, a front cover take-out device 145 for taking out the front cover 15 and transferring it to the sorting device 146 is installed. The front cover removing device 145 holds the front cover 15 by a chuck method. The sorting device 146 determines that the reusable front cover 15 is the conveyor 14 according to the information of the inspection result of the front cover 15 described above.
7, and the front cover 15 which cannot be reused is provided on the conveyor 148.
Each is sorted by the slide method.

In the station E, the lens 5 is sucked by the lens take-out device 149 by the suction method, transferred to the collecting conveyor 150, and then collected in the collecting box 151. Further, in this station E, contact points are respectively brought into contact with the electrode plates 21 and 22 for the battery 20 of the strobe substrate 17, the remaining capacity of the battery 20 is measured, and it is possible to reuse the battery 20 according to the measured value. Inspection device 1 for making a judgment as impossible
53 is installed. The information on the inspection result is sent to the battery sorting device 159 described later. In the station F, the device 154 for taking out the contact piece 25 transfers the contact piece 25 to the recovery conveyor 155 and recovers it in the recovery box 156.

At the station H, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, a battery removing device 157 for automatically taking out the battery 20 of the strobe device 17 is installed. This device 157 includes a release claw 81 for releasing the engagement between the opening 21 a of the electrode plate 21 and the convex portion 20 a of the battery 20, and the battery 2
0 for taking out 0 from between the electrode plates 21 and 22 to the outside, a straight-moving cylinder 83 for moving these releasing claws 81 and the taking-out plate 82 in a straight line in the direction of arrow A shown in the drawing, It is composed of a rotating cylinder 85 for rotating the plate 82 about a shaft 84.

The taken-out battery 20 is discharged to a tray 110, from which a chuck type battery take-out device 1 is provided.
It is transferred to the battery sorting device 159 by 58. The battery sorting device 159 has a slide-type sorting mechanism. The reusable battery 20 is placed on the conveyor 160 and the non-reusable battery 2 is used according to the information of the inspection result.
0 is sorted into the conveyor 161.

The station I is provided with an inspection device 162 for inspecting the usage period of the strobe device 17.
The inspection device 162 includes the display unit 18 of the flash substrate 18.
After a is read by the CCD camera and the image is recognized, it is compared with the reference image to grasp the position and the number of marks provided on the display portion 18a. As a result, the usage period of the strobe device 17 is detected, and by detecting the usage period, a strobe device 17 of good quality within the service life is selected. Information on the inspection result is stored in the strobe device sorting device 16 described later.
Sent to 5.

Further, in the station I, as shown in FIG. 11, an automatic discharge device 163 for discharging the electric charge of the main capacitor 23 of the flash device 17 is installed.
In this device 163, the discharge resistor 89 connected to the two discharge terminals 87, 88 is vertically moved by a cylinder or the like (not shown) to move the two discharge terminals 87, 88.
Is brought into contact with both terminals 23a and 23b of the main capacitor 23 to discharge. Both terminals 23 of the main capacitor 23
The a and 23b are soldered to the circuit elements on the upper surface of the printed board 18. By this discharge, the strobe device 17, which will be described in detail later, is removed, and when it is conveyed by a conveyor or the like, it is prevented from coming into contact with a metal portion of the conveyor or the like and being electrically damaged.

At the station J, as shown in FIG. 12, a strobe device take-out device 164 for removing the strobe device 17 from the main body 13 is installed. This device 16
Reference numeral 4 denotes a release mechanism 92 for releasing the engagement between the engagement claw 39 of the main body portion 13 and the engagement hole 59 of the strobe device 17, and the printed circuit board while the engagement release operation of the release mechanism 92 is being performed. The holding mechanism 93 holds the 18 from both sides and lifts it up. The release mechanism 92 moves the release claw 94 in the direction of arrow B shown in the figure by the operation of a cylinder or the like (not shown) to bend the locking claw 39. The holding mechanism 93 includes a robot hand 95 and a cylinder 9 that holds the robot hand 95 so as to be vertically movable.
6 and 6.

The taken out strobe device 17 is transferred to the strobe device sorting device 165. The strobe device sorting device 165 sorts the reusable strobe device 17 into the conveyor 167 and the non-reusable strobe device 17 into the conveyor 168 according to the information of the above-mentioned inspection result. The strobe device 17 conveyed by the conveyor 167 is subjected to electrical characteristic inspection such as strobe light emission in the function inspection process. Only those that pass the inspection here will be reused. Further, the strobe device 17 that has passed the inspection is provided with a mark for displaying the number of reuses on the display portion 18a thereof.

In the station K, an inspection device 169 for inspecting the appearance of the number-of-photographed display plate 8 is installed. The inspection device 169 reads the external appearance of the number-of-photographed image display plate 8 with a CCD camera, recognizes the image, and then compares it with a reference image to select whether it is reusable or not reusable. The information on the inspection result is sent to the exposure unit sorting device 177 described later.

At the station L, as shown in FIG. 13, an exposure unit take-out device 170 for removing the exposure unit 16 from the main body 13 is installed. This device 17
0 is two releasing claws 98 and 99 arranged at the same intervals as the engaging part intervals between the engaging claws 35 and 36 and the engaging parts 57 and 58.
, Two holders 100, 101 for holding these release claws 98, 99 along the vertical direction, and two shafts 10 for rotatably holding these holders 100, 101.
Holding members 104 and 105 having 2, 103, a straight-moving cylinder 106 for moving these holding members 104 and 105 in a vertical direction, and two holders 100,
Two rotation cylinders 107, 1 for rotating 101
And the release holding mechanism 109.

The exposure unit 16 taken out by this take-out device is positioned and fixed on a stand arranged on an assembly pallet. The exposure unit 1 is installed in each of the stations M, N and O.
Inspection devices 172 for inspecting the winding stop mechanism and the counter mechanism of No. 7 are installed respectively.

At the stations P, Q, R and S, an inspection device 17 for inspecting the shutter mechanism of the exposure unit 17
4 are installed respectively. This inspection is performed multiple times in each process in order to improve reliability. The shutter speed is measured using a light source consisting of a lamp, pinhole mask, collimator lens, etc., parallel light for measurement is made incident from the front, and the transmitted light is received by the CCD sensor provided at the back, and the shutter opening / closing speed is expressed as an electrical signal. evaluate.

At the station T, a transfer device 1 for transferring the exposure unit 17 from the assembly pallet to the conveyor 176.
75 are installed. The conveyor 176 is provided with an exposure unit sorting device 177, and the exposure unit 17 that can be reused according to the information of the inspection result of the winding stopper, the counter, and the shutter mechanism described above is conveyed to the conveyor 1.
78 and the reusable exposure unit 17 in the collection box 1
Sort into 79. The reusable exposure unit 17 is sorted by the type sorting device 180 according to the type of the prescribed number of images on the number-of-photographs display plate 8, and the conveyors 181, 182, 18 are selected.
Each is divided into three.

At the station V, a main body removing device 184 for transferring the remaining main body portion 13 and the rear cover 14 to the sorting device 185 while keeping the combined state is installed. The sorting device 185 uses the conveyor 186 to sort the items that have been completely disassembled based on the information on the inspection results of each station so far.
In addition, those that have failed to be disassembled are sorted into the conveyor 187. The main body removing device 184 is adapted to be held by a chuck method, and the sorting device 1
85 is sorted by a slide system.

The reusable front cover 15, the battery 20, the strobe substrate 17, and the exposure unit 17 are transported to the reassembly process. Main body 1 to which the rear cover 14 is connected
In No. 3, since the cartridge containing the exposed film is taken out at the developing station, it is sent to the resin regenerating step as it is without any mixture of different materials. Further, the contact piece 25 and the lens 5 which have been removed previously are sent to the resin recycling process and the metal recycling process by material.

In the above embodiment, the method of disassembling and inspecting the lens-fitted photo film unit incorporating the strobe device 17 is explained. However, in the case of the lens-equipped photo film unit not incorporating the strobe device 17, the battery 20 is used.
It is possible to omit the inspection of the electric characteristics such as the remaining capacity and the electric check of the strobe device 20.

[0042]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, since the inspection for sorting the parts into those which can be reused and those which cannot be reused immediately before or after disassembling, the parts of good quality are obtained. Can be reused. This makes it possible to provide a lens-fitted film unit with stable quality.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a process drawing for performing disassembly inspection of a lens-fitted film unit of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the outer appearance of a lens-fitted film unit.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a unit main body.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a unit main body.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of an exposure unit.

FIG. 6 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a step of performing disassembly inspection.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an outline of an apparatus for removing the front cover from the main body.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing a device for removing the front cover from the main body.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing an outline of an apparatus for removing a battery.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of an apparatus for removing a battery.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing an outline of an apparatus for discharging a main capacitor of a strobe device.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing an outline of a device for removing the strobe device from the main body.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of an apparatus for removing the exposure unit from the main body section.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Film unit with lens 3 Main unit 13 Main unit 14 Rear cover 15 Front cover 16 Exposure unit 17 Strobe device 66,109 Release holding mechanism 67,68,92, Release mechanism 93 Holding mechanism

[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] June 7, 1993

[Procedure Amendment 1]

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[Procedure Amendment 2]

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[0003] By the way, in <br/> Me was a decrease of cutting environmental protection and industrial waste, recycling of industrial products have been made. Generally, this recycling includes making the parts into raw materials and reusing the parts as they are as new industrial parts. Regarding the film unit, at the beginning of its sale, the empty film unit was discarded, but recently,
The main body, front cover, and rear cover are melted into resin pellets. Further, the strobe device unitized by mounting the circuit elements, the flash discharge tube, the synchro switch and the like on the printed circuit board is reused by loading a new battery.

[Procedure 3]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0006

[Correction method] Change

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An automatic disassembling and sorting apparatus for film units is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-75827. In this apparatus, parts are simply disassembled,
Is decomposed components than just selecting every thereto these types, is not a device for decomposing sorting recycling assumption. Therefore, if recycling is premised, performance inspection of disassembled parts is desired in order to improve the quality of the film unit composed of reused parts. Furthermore, the components, previously useful life has been determined, the parts have passed this is used, the can lead to deterioration of the quality of the film unit.

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[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the invention of claim 1, after the lens-fitted film unit is conveyed to an inspection position and positioned in a fixed posture, a part to be removed among the above-mentioned parts Shape, electrical characteristics,
After inspecting the appearance and operation, and then transporting the lens-fitted film unit to the disassembly position and positioning it in a certain posture, the removed parts are removed, and the removed parts are removed according to the inspection result information. It was to sort and those that can not be the re-use things that can be re-used.

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[0009] In the second aspect of the present invention, after conveying the film unit to the decomposition position positioned at a fixed position, with removing the parts, fixed and transported the removed parts to the inspection position after positioning in the position, the removed parts of the shape, electrical properties, appearance, and inspect the operation or the like, which can not be reused and it can reuse the removed parts in accordance with the information of the inspection result <br / I tried to sort into> and.

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Further, according to the third aspect of the invention, after the lens-fitted film unit is conveyed to the inspection position and positioned in a fixed posture, the display unit for displaying the manufacturing time, the number of reuses and the time. After reading the usage period of the parts, the lens-fitted film unit is conveyed to the disassembled position and positioned in a certain posture, and then the parts can be removed and reused according to the information of the usage period. It is designed to be sorted into those that cannot be reused <br />.

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The index rotary table 142 is provided with 24 assembly pallets at a constant pitch, and the film unit 2 is station A on this assembly pallet.
In it is transferred after being positioned One not a one. The index rotary table 142 rotates intermittently and moves from A to X.
Each assembly pallet is positioned at each of the 24 stations A to X up to. In these assembly pallets, in addition to the table for fixing the film unit 2, a table for fixing the exposure unit 16 is also provided. When each of the stations A to X is configured linearly, for example, the assembly pallet may be conveyed to each of the stations A to X by a roller chain conveyor, a belt conveyor, or the like.

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The assembly pallet is positioned with high precision by using two positioning holes provided on the back surface of the rear cover 14. In this positioning state, the front cover 15 of the film unit 2 faces upward. The front cover 1 is attached to the station B while being attached to the main body 13.
Inspection apparatus 144 measure the deformation and warping of the surface of the 5 is installed. The measurement is performed using a dial gauge, a cylinder gauge, or the like, the probe is pressed against the surface of the front cover 13 by a predetermined amount, and the probe is scanned within the surface of the front cover 13 while maintaining the pressing amount. . The information of this inspection result is used for the front cover sorting device 146 described later.
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The exposure unit 16 taken out by this take-out device is positioned and fixed on a stand arranged on an assembly pallet. The exposure unit 1 is installed in each of the stations M, N and O.
Inspection devices 172 for inspecting the winding stop mechanism and the counter mechanism of No. 6 are respectively installed.

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The station P, Q, R, in S, the inspection apparatus for inspecting the shutter mechanism of the exposure unit 1 6 17
4 are installed respectively. This inspection is performed multiple times in each process in order to improve reliability. The shutter speed is measured using a light source consisting of a lamp, pinhole mask, collimator lens, etc., parallel light for measurement is made incident from the front, and the transmitted light is received by the CCD sensor provided at the back, and the shutter opening / closing speed is expressed as an electrical signal. evaluate.

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At the station T, a transfer device 1 for transferring the exposure unit 16 from the assembly pallet to the conveyor 176.
75 are installed. An exposure unit sorting device 177 is provided on the conveyor 176, and the exposure unit 16 that can be reused according to the information of the inspection result of the winding stopper, the counter, and the shutter mechanism described above is provided on the conveyor 1.
In addition, the reusable exposure unit 16 is put in the collection box 1
Sort into 79. The reusable exposure unit 16 is sorted by the type sorting device 180 according to the type of the prescribed number of the number-of-photographs display plate 8, and the conveyors 181, 182, 18 are selected.
Each is divided into three.

[Procedure Amendment 12]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0040

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

The reusable front cover 15, the battery 20, the strobe device 17, and the exposure unit 16 are transported to the reassembly process. Main body 1 to which the rear cover 14 is connected
In No. 3, since the cartridge containing the exposed film is taken out at the developing station, it is sent to the resin regenerating step as it is without any mixture of different materials. Further, the lens 5 and the contact piece 25, which have been previously removed, are sent to the resin recycling process and the metal recycling process by material.

[Procedure Amendment 13]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0041

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

In the above embodiment, the method of disassembling and inspecting the lens-fitted photo film unit incorporating the strobe device 17 is explained. However, in the case of the lens-equipped photo film unit not incorporating the strobe device 17, the battery 20 is used.
It is possible to omit the inspection of the electrical characteristics such as the remaining capacity of the flash device and the electrical check of the flash device 17 .

[Procedure Amendment 14]

[Document name to be corrected] Drawing

[Name of item to be corrected] Figure 1

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

[Figure 1]

[Procedure Amendment 15]

[Document name to be corrected] Drawing

[Correction target item name] Figure 8

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

[Figure 8]

[Procedure Amendment 16]

[Document name to be corrected] Drawing

[Name of item to be corrected] Figure 11

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

FIG. 11

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. In a method for disassembling and inspecting a lens-fitted film unit in which parts such as a front cover, a battery, a strobe, a counter, and a shutter are combined, the lens-fitted film unit is conveyed to an inspection position and positioned in a fixed posture. After that, the shape, electrical characteristics, appearance, operation, etc. of the removed parts among the above-mentioned parts are inspected, and then the lens-fitted film unit is conveyed to the disassembled position and positioned in a certain posture, and then the removed parts are removed. At the same time, the disassembled inspection method for the lens-fitted photo film unit is characterized in that the removed parts are sorted according to the information of the inspection result based on whether they can be reused or not. 2. In a method for disassembling and inspecting a lens-fitted photo film unit to which components such as a front cover, a battery, a strobe, a counter, and a shutter are combined, the lens-equipped photo film unit is conveyed to a disassembled position and positioned in a fixed posture. After that, the parts are removed, the removed parts are transported to the inspection position and positioned in a certain posture, and then the shape, electrical characteristics, appearance, operation, etc. of the removed parts are inspected, and the information of this inspection result is used. According to the method of disassembling and inspecting a film unit with a lens, the parts to be removed are sorted according to whether they can be reused or not. 3. A method for disassembling and inspecting a lens-fitted photo film unit, to which a component provided with a display section for displaying the manufacturing time, the number of reuses and the time so that the usage period can be known is connected. After transporting the lens-fitted film unit to the inspection position and positioning it in a fixed posture, the usage period of the component was read from the display section, and then the lens-fitted film unit was transported to the disassembled position and positioned in a fixed posture. After that, the disassembled inspection method for the lens-fitted film unit is characterized in that the parts are removed, and the removed parts are sorted according to the information of the usage period based on whether they can be reused or not.