JPH08118866A - Holder for film cartridge - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide film cartridge holders which require only a small storing space when the film cartridge holders are stored together with an indexed printed sheet and which are convenient for storage. CONSTITUTION: Each of holders 10 comprises a holder main body 12 and a clip part 14. The holder main body 12 is formed into a substantially cylindrical shape by an elastic member such as a plastic or a rubber, etc., and a film cartridge 16 is pinchingly held in a cylindrical space 18 by an elastic force of the holder main body 12. The holder 10 is engaged with mounts 28 by utilizing the clip part 14. When a plurality of mounts 28 are stored in a superposed state, the engaging positions of the holders 10 are changed so that the holder 10 does not abut against the adjacent holder 10. Accordingly, by utilizing the holders 10, the mounts 28, 28... can be stored in a state that they are superposed on one another without leaving gaps among them. By this method, a storing space for the film catridges 16 and an indexed printed sheet 50 can be saved, and the retrieval of the indexed printed sheet 50 also becomes easy.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a film cartridge holder, and more particularly to a holder for storing a film cartridge containing a negative film.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of holder has been disclosed in US Pat.
No. 251744 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,251,747. Holders described in US Pat. No. 5,251,744 and US Pat. No. 5,251,747,
A container for storing a film cartridge and an index print sheet, particularly US Pat. No. 52.
Japanese Patent No. 51744 discloses a container in which a holder for a film cartridge is attached to a separate index print sheet mount, and in US Pat. No. 5,251,747, a holder for accommodating a film cartridge is attached to an index print sheet. A container formed integrally with the mount is described.

On the other hand, the applicant of the present application also filed Japanese Patent Application No. 6-30214.
The specification proposes a container for storing a film cartridge and an index print sheet.
In this container, a projecting piece is integrally formed on a mount that holds an index print sheet, and the projecting piece is bent and attached to the mount to form a holder that holds the body portion of the film cartridge.

[0004]

However, since the holder of the conventional film cartridge is made integrally with the mount of the index print sheet as described above, the film cartridge is not exclusively stored. Therefore, the conventional holder has a drawback that it occupies space because the holder collides with an adjacent holder when it is piled up and stored, and a gap between the mount and the mount is opened by one holder.

In order to solve such a problem, it is possible to arrange the mounts alternately on the front side and the back side so that the holders do not collide with each other, but since half of the mounts face the back side, The disadvantage is that the index print sheet cannot be seen from the front, which makes the search time consuming. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a holder for a film cartridge which is convenient for storage while reducing the storage space during storage with an index print sheet or the like.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises a holder main body for holding a film cartridge containing a negative film, and a locking portion formed on the holder main body. Is characterized by.

[0007]

According to the present invention, the film cartridge is held in the holder main body to serve as a dedicated holder, and the holder main body holds another member, for example, the index print sheet, by using the locking portion formed in the holder main body. It locks on the mounted mount. In this case, you can freely select the locking position of the holder body, so when you store the stacks, etc., stack them so that the holders do not hit each other. It can be stored at.

If the engaging portion is formed of a clip, for example, it can be easily attached to and detached from the mount, and if the engaging portion is a hole or a protrusion, it is formed in a storage case or the like. Just by inserting it into the protrusions or holes such as the pin,
The film cartridge can be aligned and stored in a storage case or the like. Further, the locking portion is formed by a concave portion and a convex portion that can be engaged with each other, and by using the concave portion and the convex portion to connect a plurality of holders in an arbitrary shape, it can be hung or rolled. It can also be stored.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of a holder of a film cartridge according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a holder of a film cartridge according to the present invention is attached to a mount which holds an index print sheet.

The holder 10 shown in FIG.
And a clip portion 14. The holder body 1
Reference numeral 2 is formed of an elastic member such as plastic or rubber into a substantially cylindrical shape, and the film cartridge 16 is clamped and held in the cylindrical space 18 by the elastic force of the holder body 12. The clip portion 14 is swingably supported by a first holding member 20 formed integrally with the holder body 12 and extending from the holder body 12, and a hinge portion 22 formed on the holder body 12 so as to be swingable. And a spring (not shown) that urges the second holding member 24 in the holding direction with the first holding member 20.

The clip portion 14 includes a second holding member 2
The knob portion 26 formed at 4 is pinched with a finger, and the second holding member 24 is pushed against the urging force of the spring and spread, whereby the second holding member 24 is attached to the mount 28. The holder body 1
The film cartridge 16 held in 2 is a film cartridge of the type shown in FIG. 2, and all the members such as the body portion 30, the spool 32, and the light shielding member 34 that form the film cartridge 16 are made of plastic. . Then, the film cartridge 16 is
The negative film is wound up to the tip in the film cartridge 16, and when used, the negative film is sent out of the film cartridge 16 by rotation of the spool 32.

Further, the end surface 1 of the film cartridge 16
In 6A, openings 36, 38, 40 and 42 of four different shapes showing the history of the film cartridge 16 are formed concentrically at intervals of 90 °. These openings 3
A plate that blocks one of the openings 36 to 42 is rotatably provided around the spool 32 on the inner side of the openings 6 to 42. This plate is a film cartridge 16 that shields a circular opening 36, for example.
Is identified as a film cartridge loaded with an unexposed negative film, and the film cartridge 16 that shields the semicircular opening 38 is identified as a film cartridge that is being used midway, and shields the cross-shaped opening 40. The opened film cartridge 16 is identified as the exposed film cartridge, and the film cartridge 16 that shields the rectangular opening 42 is identified from the developed film cartridge from the outside at a glance.
The film cartridge 16 of this embodiment is loaded with a developed negative film.

A label 44 is adhered to the surface of the film cartridge 16. The label 44 has an IS of negative film loaded in the film cartridge 16.
O-range, number of negatives, and the film cartridge 16
ID number and the like are printed. On the other hand, the mount 28 shown in FIG. 1 is formed of a cardboard or a plastic into a rectangular sheet shape, and the slits 52, 52 ... For holding the index print sheet 50 are formed at the four corners thereof.
Is formed. The index print sheet 50 is held on the surface of the mount 28 by inserting the four corners into the slits 52, 52, ....

The index print sheet 50 has a plurality of positive images 5 photographed on one negative film.
4, 54 ... Are reduced to a predetermined size and printed on a recording sheet of plain paper or photographic paper. In the index print sheet 50 of the present embodiment, a positive image 5 of 40 scenes in total, that is, a vertical row of 5 scenes (images) 8 rows.
4, 54 ... Are printed in color. These positive images 54 are vertically arranged in the order in which they were taken on the negative film, and frame numbers 56 are attached to the lower right corner of each positive image 54 as 1, 2, 3 ,. . This index print sheet 50 is a film cartridge 16 containing a developed negative film.
Together with this, it is a sheet returned from the DPE dealer to the user.

Next, a method of using the holder of the film cartridge constructed as described above will be described. DPE
When the film cartridge 16 and the index print sheet 50 are returned from the dealer, the user first holds the index print sheet 50 on the mount 28. Then, the film cartridge 16 is fitted into the holder main body 12 of the holder 10, and the holder 10 is attached to the mount 28 using the clip portion 14. Then, when storing a plurality of mounts 28 to which the holder 10 is attached, the attaching position is changed so that the holder 10 does not contact the adjacent holder 10, as shown in FIG. .

Therefore, if the holder 10 of this embodiment is used, the engaging position of the holder 10 with respect to the mount 28 can be freely selected, so that the holders 10 can be engaged with each other at positions where the holders 10 do not collide with each other. , And the mounts 28, 28 ... Can be stored in a state of being stacked without a gap. As a result, in this embodiment, the storage space for the film cartridge 16 and the index print sheet 50 can be reduced. Further, in the present embodiment, it is not necessary to store the mounts on the front side and the back side alternately as in the conventional case, so that the index print sheet 50 can be easily searched.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a second method of using the holder 10 according to the first embodiment. In the usage pattern shown in the figure, the holder 10 is attached to an envelope-shaped container 60 that stores the index print sheet 50 and the print photograph together, and the index print sheet 50, the print photograph, and the film cartridge 16 are in a three-in-one state. It is in the form of being returned from the DPE dealer to the user side. A window 62 for exposing the index print sheet 50 is formed in the container 60.

As described above, the holder 1 is attached to the container 60.
If 0 is attached, the form returned from the DPE dealer to the user side can be simplified, and it is easy to carry and manage. Further, also in the present embodiment, since the engagement position of the holder 10 with respect to the container 60 can be freely selected,
As shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of containers 60, 60 ... Can be stored in the return case 64 at a DPE dealer without being bulky.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a third method of using the holder 10 according to the first embodiment. In the usage pattern shown in the figure, the holder 10 is attached to the reorder sheet 70 in which the number of additional copies has been entered, and the user submits this to a DPE dealer to request additional copies. As shown in FIG. 6, the reorder sheet 70 is formed to have substantially the same size as the index print sheet 50 (see FIGS. 1 and 3), and when the reorder sheet 70 is stacked on the index print sheet 50, the index print sheet 50 is formed. Fifty
The positive images 54, 54 are formed of a transparent sheet so that they can be seen through. Also, the index print sheet 5
On the surface of No. 0, the number of additional copies 72, 7
2 ... is printed. These additional copies number entry field 72,
72 ... When the reorder sheet 70 is stacked on the index print sheet 50, the index print sheet 5
It is formed in a size overlapping the 0 positive images 54, 54.
Frame numbers 74 are vertically arranged in the lower left corner of each of the additional print number entry fields 72, 72 as 1, 2, 3, ..., And 40, and frame numbers added to the positive image 54 in the lower right corner. A frame 76 for seeing through 56 is printed. Therefore, if this reorder sheet 70 is superposed on the index print sheet 50, the positive image 54 can be seen through the additional print number entry field 72, and the frame number 74 of the reorder sheet 70 and the index print sheet 50 can be seen. Since it is possible to collate with the frame number 56 of No. 2, it is possible to enter the print number to be printed in the print number input field 72 without making a mistake with the number of print pictures to be printed.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the user can request additional printing with the holder 10 attached to the reorder sheet 70, so that the film cartridge 16 can be reprinted.
The portability is better than the case where the user and the reorder form 70 are separately brought and requested, and the DPE dealer side manages them easily. If the same number as the ID number attached to the label 44 of the film cartridge 16 is entered in the memo field 78 of the reorder sheet 70, the film cartridge 16 and the reorder sheet 70 can be easily compared. be able to.

FIG. 7 shows a second embodiment of the holder of the film cartridge according to the present invention and the usage form of the holder. The holder main body 82 of the holder 80 shown in the figure is formed in a C-shaped cross section so that a part of the label 44 of the film cartridge 16 is exposed when the film cartridge 16 is held under pressure. Rectangular flat portion 84 extending from the holder main body 82
A pair of hole portions 86, 86, which are locking portions, are formed in this.

The holder 80 is stored in the storage case 88 using the holes 86, 86. A sheet 90 bent in an uneven shape is laid in the storage case 88, and pins 94, 94 into which the holes 86, 86 of the holder 10 are fitted are planted in the convex portion 92 of the sheet 90. In addition, the recess 96 is formed to have a size capable of accommodating the holder main body 82. Therefore, the holes 86, 8 of the holder 80
By inserting 6 into the pins 94, 94, the holder 80 can be stored in the storage case 88 in a vertically aligned state.

Further, in this embodiment, a label 98 is attached to the flat portion 84 of the holder 80, and the date of photography, the location of photography, etc. are entered on this label 98, and the film cartridge stored in the storage case 88 is then recorded. 16 searches can be easily performed. In this embodiment, the hole 86 is formed on the holder 80 side, but the present invention is not limited to this.
By providing a pin on the 0 side and forming a hole into which the pin is fitted in a boat for sale or the like, the film cartridge 16 can be sold on the board for sale.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a third embodiment of the holder of the film cartridge according to the present invention. The holder main body 102 of the holder 100 shown in the figure is formed in a U-shaped cross section, and projections 104, 104 ... For preventing the film cartridge 16 from falling off are provided on the inner side surface thereof. A first locking portion 106 having a C-shaped cross section is integrally formed on the right edge of the holder main body 102 in the drawing, and a second locking portion having a circular cross section is formed on the left edge of the holder main body 102. Part 1
08 is integrally formed. The first locking portion 106 and the second locking portion 108 are formed in a shape capable of engaging with each other, that is, the first locking portion 106 is adjacent to the holder 100 as shown in FIG. Is engaged with the second locking portion 108.

As a result, the holder 100 of this embodiment is
It is possible to connect a plurality of holders 100 in a line, and as a storage form thereof, as shown in FIG. 10, an upper end 112 can be hooked on a hook 110 and stored in a suspended state, and as shown in FIG. It is also possible to roll the plurality of holders 100 in a connected state and store them in the storage box 114.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing a fourth embodiment of the holder of the film cartridge according to the present invention. The holder main body 122 of the holder 120 shown in the figure has a semicircular cross section, and projections 124, 124 on the inner surface thereof for preventing the film cartridge (not shown) from falling off.
Is protruding. Further, projecting pieces 126, 126 are formed on the left and right edges of the holder body 122. The holder 120 is attached to the plastic mount 128 holding the index print sheet 50 using the protrusions 126, 126.

The holder holding portion 130 of the mount 128 has an arc-shaped cross section so that the holder main body 122 and the film cartridge do not protrude from the surface of the mount 128 when the holder main body 122 is held. In addition, the holder main body 122 has protrusions 126, 126.
Slits 132, 1 formed in the holder holding portion 130
By being inserted into 32, it is held by the holder holding part 130.

By forming the holder 120 in this way,
Film cartridge and index print sheet 5
It is convenient to store with 0.

[0029]

As described above, according to the holder of the film cartridge of the present invention, the holder main body holds the film cartridge as a dedicated holder, and the locking portion formed on the holder main body is used. Since the holder body can be locked to another member, it is convenient to store the index print sheet and the like, and the storage space can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a holder of a film cartridge according to a first embodiment of the present invention is attached to a mount that holds an index print sheet.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a film cartridge.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the holder of the film cartridge according to the present invention is attached to the return container.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state where the return container shown in FIG. 3 is stored in a return case.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which the holder of the film cartridge according to the present invention is attached to the reorder sheet.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing an example of a reorder form.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state where the holder of the film cartridge according to the second embodiment of the present invention is housed in a storage case.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a holder of a film cartridge according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a side view showing a state in which the holders shown in FIG. 8 are connected.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a usage form of the holder shown in FIG.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory view showing another usage pattern of the holder shown in FIG.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing a usage form of a holder of a film cartridge according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10, 80, 100, 120 ... Holder 12, 82, 102, 122 ... Holder body 14 ... Clip portion 16 ... Film cartridge 28 ... Mount 50 ... Index print sheet 70 ... Reorder sheet 86 ... Hole 88 ... Storage case

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A holder for a film cartridge, wherein a holder body for holding a film cartridge containing a negative film is provided with an engaging portion. 2. A holder for a film cartridge according to claim 1, wherein the engaging portion is a clip. 3. A holder for a film cartridge according to claim 1, wherein the engaging portion is a hole or a protrusion. 4. The locking portion is formed of a concave portion and a convex portion that are engageable with each other, and the convex portions of one holder are fitted into the concave portions of one holder so that a plurality of holders can be arbitrarily attached. A holder for a film cartridge according to claim 1, wherein the holder is capable of being connected to each other. 5. A holder body for holding a film cartridge containing a negative film is provided with an engaging portion, and the engaging portion has a rectangular shape in which a plurality of positive images photographed on one negative film are reduced. A holder for a film cartridge, which is detachably engaged with a mount for holding index print sheets printed in a predetermined order on the recording sheets. 6. A holder body for holding a film cartridge containing a negative film is provided with an engaging portion, and the engaging portion has a rectangular shape in which a plurality of positive images photographed on one negative film are reduced. A holder for a film cartridge, which is detachably engaged with a container for storing an index print sheet printed on the recording sheet in a predetermined order and a print photograph printed with the negative film.