JPH0725795Y2 - Film magazine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention is constructed so that the film can be prevented from engaging with the groove for guiding the shutter when the films stacked in the magazine are taken out one by one. The magazine for the film.

[Prior Art] In recent years, a series of operations in which a cassette is loaded with a film, a radiation image of a subject such as a human body is photographed on the film, and the film is developed is performed in a bright room.

In practice, in order to perform this kind of work, in addition to the film loading device that supplies the film to the cassette from the magazine that stores a plurality of unexposed films, the photographed magazine is stored from the magazine that contains the film already photographed. A film transfer device or the like for transferring the film to the automatic developing device is used.

In this case, in the film loading device and the film transfer device, the magazine is arranged so as to be inclined with respect to the vertical direction, and the shutter provided in the magazine is driven to open the film lead-out opening. The film is taken out of the magazine by the single-wafer mechanism.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above-mentioned magazine, after the shutter is pulled out along the guide groove formed in the magazine main body, it is adjacent to the film directly taken out under the action of the single-wafer mechanism. In many cases, the film is dropped and locked in the groove. As a result, the film single-wafer work is interrupted, and it becomes difficult to achieve the efficiency of the film single-wafer work.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and has a simple structure that allows the shutter to be inserted into the groove for guiding the shutter and prevents the film from falling into the groove. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a magazine for films.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above problems, the present invention defines a magazine used for a film loading device, a film transfer device, or the like, in which a plurality of films are accommodated and a main body is formed in the main body. A shutter for opening and closing the opening for introducing the film and / or the opening for introducing the film, and a locking means formed in the main body and capable of being inserted into a shutter guide groove arranged on the lower side during use. The locking means is configured to insert the shutter into the groove portion against the elastic force of the elastic body, and to prevent the film from being inserted into the groove portion through the elastic body.

[Operation] In the film magazine according to the present invention configured as described above, when the magazine is tilted during use, the shutter is driven to open the film introduction and / or film extraction opening, The locking means is elastically displaced. Then, for example, when the films are taken out one by one from the opening of the magazine, even if another film adjacent to the film that is directly taken out is moved to the groove side, the film is repulsed by the locking means. It is not locked in the groove.

[Examples] Examples of the film magazine according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 indicates a film magazine according to this embodiment. The magazine 10 has a main body 12, a handle 14 is provided on a side portion of the main body 12, and a chamber 16 for accommodating a plurality of films F is defined in the main body 12. In the upper portion of the main body 12 in FIG. 1, an opening 18 for leading out a film and / or a film is provided in the chamber 16
Shutter guide grooves 20a, 20b and 20c are engraved on the inner wall surface of the main body 12 that defines the opening 18. In this case, a shutter insertion opening 21 is formed on the handle 14 side, and a groove portion 20b formed on a side portion opposite to the shutter insertion opening 21 is arranged on the lower side when the magazine 10 is used. The locking means 22 is configured to enter the 20b.

The locking means 22 has leaf springs 24a and 24b which are elastic bodies,
The leaf springs 24a and 24b are disposed in the recesses 26a and 26b provided on the inner wall surface of the main body 12 in which the groove portion 20b is formed. That is, one end side of the leaf springs 24a, 24b is fixed in the recesses 26a, 26b via the screws 28a, 28b, and the leaf springs 24a, 2b are
4b is provided with locking portions 30a, 30b which can be inserted into the rear groove portion 20b bent from the one end side to the chamber 16 side. The locking portions 30a and 30b are arranged on substantially the same plane as the inner wall surface of the main body 12 in which the groove portion 20b is formed.

A shutter 32 is inserted into the shutter insertion opening 21 of the main body 12 and the grooves 20a to 20c. The shutter 32 has a plate shape, and a bent grip portion 34 is formed in a groove portion on the handle 14 side.
Here, when the shutter 32 is closed to close the opening 18, the leaf spring 24 is pressed by the shutter 32.
The a and 24b are deformed so that the end of the shutter 32 has the groove 20b.
On the other hand, when the film F is placed on the leaf springs 24a, 24b after the shutter 32 is opened, the leaf springs 24a, 24b are not deformed. Therefore, the material and shape of the leaf springs 24a and 24b are selected.

The magazine 10 according to the present invention is basically constructed as described above. Next, FIG. 2 shows a film transfer device 50 to which the magazine 10 is mounted.

The film transfer device 50 is arranged substantially in parallel with the automatic developing device 52, and conveys the film F, which has been photographed and stored in the magazine 10 or a cassette (not shown), to the automatic developing device 52.

A cassette mounting portion (not shown) for mounting a cassette containing a photographed film is provided on one end side of the upper portion of the film transfer device 50, and a magazine mounting portion 54 is formed below the cassette mounting portion. To be done. A sheet body sheet-fed mechanism 56 is arranged near the magazine mounting portion 54.
The sheet body sheet-fed mechanism 56 includes a plurality of suction plates 58 connected to a vacuum suction device (not shown), and the suction plates 58 are moved along a predetermined locus so as to give a swinging action to the film F.

Guide plates 60a, 60b are arranged below the sheet body sheet-fed mechanism 56, and a conveying means 62 is provided near the ends of the guide plates 60a, 60b. The conveying means 62 substantially has a belt, a roller pair, and a guide plate, and once extends vertically upward in the film transfer device 50, then the film transfer device.
It faces a film outlet 64 formed on the other end side of the upper part of 50.
The film outlet 64 communicates with an opening 66 of an automatic developing device 52 arranged in parallel with the film transfer device 50, and a roller pair 68 is arranged near the opening 66.

The operation of transporting the film F, which has been photographed, to the automatic developing device 52 in the film transfer device 50 configured as described above will be described.

First, the chamber 16 of the magazine 10 accommodates a plurality of pre-photographed films F, and the opening 18 is closed by the shutter 32. This state is shown in FIG. 3, and the shutter 32 is securely inserted into the groove portion 20b of the main body 12 to hold the film F in the main body 12 in a light-tight manner. That is, when the shutter 32 is guided by the groove portions 20a and 20c and slid toward the groove portion 20b after the film F is substantially loaded into the magazine 10, the end portion of the shutter 32 constitutes the locking means 22. Locking portions 30a, 30b of the leaf springs 24a, 24b
Is pressed into the recesses 26a and 26b. As a result, the leaf springs 24a, 24b are deformed toward the recesses 26a, 26b against the resilience of the leaf springs, and the shutter 32 is inserted into the groove 20b.

Then, the magazine 10 is attached to the magazine mounting portion 54, the shutter 32 of the magazine 10 is pulled out, and then the sheet body single-wafer mechanism 56 is driven. Therefore, the suction plate 58 enters the chamber 16 through the opening 18 of the magazine 10, and the uppermost film F is sucked onto the suction plate 58 under the action of a vacuum suction device (not shown). Next, the suction plate 58 is displaced along a predetermined locus, the film F held on the suction plate 58 is given a stir operation, and the film F is taken out from the magazine 10.

At that time, as shown in FIG. 4, the other film F ₁ adjacent to the film F directly held by the suction disk 58 is easily moved integrally with the film F to the opening 18 side. here,
Engaging portions 30a, 30b of leaf springs 24a, 24b forming an engaging means 22 between the groove 20b arranged on the lower side and the opening 18.
And the film F ₁ is placed on the locking portions 30a and 30b. The leaf spring 24a, 24b is to hold the film F ₁ elastically, it prevents the film F ₁ is dropped into the groove 20b. As a result, there is no fear that the film F ₁ will be locked in the groove 20b and will not be separated from the magazine 10, and the reliable and efficient film separation operation can be achieved.

The film F taken out from the magazine 10 is a guide plate 60.
After being transferred to the conveying means 62 side via a and 60b, it is conveyed vertically upward under the action of the conveying means 62 and the film outlet port.
It is fed from 64 into the automatic developing device 52. Then, the film F is supplied to a predetermined conveying path (not shown) under the action of the roller pair 68, and is subjected to processing such as development, fixing, washing and drying.

[Effects of the Invention] The film magazine according to the present invention configured as described above has the following effects.

In use, when the magazine is tilted and the shutter is opened, the locking means is engaged with the shutter guide groove on the lower side, and the film is held under the elastic action of the locking means, and the film is It can be prevented from being inserted into the groove. As a result, it is possible to easily achieve the efficiency of the film single-wafer work with a simple configuration.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective explanatory view of a film magazine according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partial schematic configuration explanatory view of a film transfer device to which the magazine is mounted, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are one of the magazines. FIG. 10 ... Magazine, 12 ... Main body 16 ... Chamber, 18 ... Opening 22 ... Locking means, 24a, 24b ... Leaf springs 26a, 26b ... Recesses, 30a, 30b ... Locking part 32 ... Shutter, 50 ... Film transfer device 52 ... Automatic developing device

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A main body for accommodating a plurality of films, a shutter for opening and closing a film lead-out and / or film introducing opening defined in the main body, and a shutter formed in the main body and downward for use. Locking means that can be inserted into the shutter guide groove portion disposed on the side, the locking means allows the shutter to be inserted into the groove portion against the elastic force of the elastic body, while the film is inserted into the groove portion. A magazine for film, characterized in that it is configured so as to be prevented from being broken through the elastic body.