JPH09114014A - Film carrier - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To process photographic film in a cartridge and also to process the photographic film in a strip state. SOLUTION: A film guiding member 310 formed to be capable of guiding negative film 12 in the strip state is turnably supported by a side plate 202. A pin 314 is implanted at the film guiding member 310, and a long hole 316 where the pin 314 is loosely fitted is provided at the side plate 202. A rocking lever 318 is attached rockingly at the side plate 202. One end of a coil spring 322 whose other end is locked at the side plate 202 is locked on the lower end side of the rocking lever 318, and the rocking lever 318 is pressed in the direction of an arrow H. The upper end of the rocking lever 318 is opposed to a part close to the upper part of the long hole 316, and a recessed part 318A is formed at the part of the lever 318 opposed to a part close to the lower part of the long hole 316.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a film carrier for printing an image recorded on a photographic film provided in a photographic printer or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a negative film, which is a kind of photographic film, is brought into a developing station in a state of being wound into a case such as a cartridge after the end of photographing. Then, at the developing station, the negative film wound on the cartridge is pulled out and processed for development.After that, the negative film is mounted on a film carrier installed in a photographic printer such as a printer processor and recorded on the negative film. The printed image was printed on photographic paper to make a photographic print.

The negative film that has undergone the developing process is cut into a predetermined number of image frames (for example, every six frames), put in a negative sheet, and returned to the customer together with a photographic print.

In recent years, for the purpose of facilitating the processing at the time of printing again, the negative film which has undergone the development processing is not cut but returned in a state of being wound up on a cartridge (hereinafter referred to as "cartridge"). Methods are being considered. Along with this, it is conceivable that a cartridge containing a negative film can be loaded into the film carrier, and the negative film is directly taken out from the cartridge to be used as a film carrier in a print processing structure.

However, even in the case of the film carrier having such a structure, the negative film in the strips state in which the film is pulled out from the cartridge and detached from the cartridge is designed to be printed just in case. There was a need.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above facts, and enables the cartridge to be loaded so that the photographic film in the cartridge can be processed and also the photographic film in the strips state can be processed. The first object is to provide a film carrier. A second object of the present invention is to provide a film carrier having a structure capable of positioning a guide member for guiding a strip-shaped photographic film.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a film carrier which conveys a photographic film on which an image is recorded along a conveying path and which is printed on the image at a printing position in the conveying path. It is a carrier that can be inserted with a carrier body that has a transport path and a cartridge that contains photographic film, and that can be moved to the carrier body so that the cartridge can be placed at a position where the photographic film can be sent to the transport path. It is formed so that it can guide the photographic film in the strips state and the holder supported by the carrier, and moves to the carrier body so that the photographic film in the strips state can be selectively arranged with the holder at a position where it can be fed into the transport path. And a guide member that is supported so that the guide member can be supported.

A film carrier according to a second aspect is a film carrier which conveys a photographic film on which an image is recorded along a conveying path and at the same time the image is printed at a printing position in the conveying path. A carrier body having a path and a strip-shaped photographic film are formed so that they can be guided, and the carrier body is rotated so that the strip-shaped photographic film can be rotated to a position where it can be fed into the transport path. Installed so that the guide member supported so that it can be supported, the engaging projection formed so as to project to the guide material side or the carrier body side, and the engaging projection portion engaged to the carrier body side or the guide material side And the engaging concave portion is formed to have a movable length with the engaging convex portion engaged, and both ends in a direction in which the engaging convex portion is in contact with the engaging convex portion and the engaging convex portion is movable. In position By making each of the convex portions lockable, a selection member capable of selectively stopping the guide material between a transport position where the photographic film can be sent to the transport path and a non-transport position where the photographic film cannot be sent to the transport path. And are included.

The operation of the film carrier according to claim 1 will be described below. The carrier body has a transport path for transporting a photographic film on which an image is recorded. Further, a holder formed so that a cartridge containing a photographic film can be inserted therein is movably supported by a carrier body, and the holder is moved so that the cartridge is arranged at a position where the photographic film can be fed into a transport path.

Further, a guide member formed so as to be able to guide the photographic film in the strips state is movably supported by the carrier body, and is arranged at a position where the photographic film in the strips state can be fed into the conveying path. The guide material moves. That is, the holder and the guide member are selectively arranged at the position where the photographic film can be sent to the conveying path.

Therefore, since the holder and the guide material are selectively arranged at the position where the photographic film can be fed into the transport path, the holder can be loaded with the cartridge to process the photographic film and the guide material can be stripped. The photographic film in the strip state can be processed by feeding the photographic film in the strip state into the transport path.

The operation of the film carrier according to claim 2 will be described below. The carrier body has a transport path for transporting a photographic film on which an image is recorded. Further, the guide member is rotatably supported by the carrier body, and is rotated so that it can be arranged at a position where it can guide the photographic film in the strips state and send it into the conveying path.

Further, the engaging concave portion is formed in a length that allows the engaging convex portion to move while the engaging convex portion formed to project is engaged with the engaging concave portion. Then, the selection member is brought into contact with the engaging convex portion, and the engaging convex portion can be locked at the positions of both ends of the engaging concave portion in the direction in which the engaging convex portion is movable, so that the photographic film is formed. The guide member may be selectively stopped between a transport position where the photographic film cannot be fed to the transport path and a non-transport position where the photographic film cannot be transported to the transport path.

Therefore, the selection member comes into contact with the engaging convex portion to selectively stop the guide member, so that the photographic film can be fed into the conveying path and the non-conveying position where the photographic film cannot be conveyed into the conveying path. At the position, it is possible to position the guide member for guiding the stripped photographic film.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 4 schematically show a film carrier 10 applied to this embodiment. The film carrier 10 is attached to a printer processor or the like that prints an image recorded on a photographic film (hereinafter referred to as "negative film 12" as an example) on photographic paper or the like to produce a photographic print. In this printer processor, after printing the image recorded on the negative film 12 on photographic paper, the photographic paper is subjected to a series of processes such as color development, bleach-fixing, rinsing (washing) and drying to make a photographic print. It is supposed to do.

As shown in FIG. 8A, the negative film 12 mounted on the film carrier 10 has perforations 14 formed at predetermined intervals at the ends in the width direction, and the perforations 14 are defined by these perforations 14. An image frame 12A having an image recorded at the position is formed.

Magnetic tracks 16 on which magnetic information is recorded are provided at both ends of the negative film 12 in the width direction and adjacent to the image frame 12A. In addition to the information about the negative film 12, various information such as information at the time of photographing the image of each image frame 12A, print size at the time of printing processing, and exposure conditions are recorded on the magnetic track 16. There is.

As shown in FIG. 8B, the negative film 12 is wound around a spool shaft 18 and accommodated in a cartridge 20 for storage. 8 (A) and 8
As shown in (B), the cartridge 20 is provided with an insertion opening 22 through which the negative film 12 passes.
The insertion opening 22 of the cartridge 20 is closed by a door 24 to shield the inside of the cartridge 20 from light, and the door shaft 24 of the door 24 arranged in parallel with the spool shaft 18 is closed.
By rotating A and rotating the door 24 to open the insertion port 22, the negative film 12 can be fed and drawn.

As shown in FIG. 8B, on one side surface of the cartridge 20, a development display section 28 for displaying whether or not the negative film 12 accommodated in the cartridge 20 has been developed. Is provided. The development display portion 28 is formed, for example, on the side surface of the cartridge 20 at the peripheral portion on the side opposite to the insertion port 22 with the spool shaft 18 interposed therebetween, and the claw 28B provided in the rectangular hole 28A has a rectangular hole by the base 28C. By connecting to 28A,
The development display unit 28 is configured.

While the negative film 12 accommodated in the cartridge 20 is undeveloped, the development display section 28 is displayed.
Whether the rectangular hole 28A is closed by the tab 28B and the negative film 12 in the cartridge 20 is developed, the tab 28B is pushed into the rectangular hole 28A and bent at the base 28C toward the inside of the cartridge 20. , The claw 28B of the development display unit 28 is formed into a rectangular hole 28A.
I try to remove it from inside.

The cartridge 20 is provided with a plurality of display holes 26A to 26D for displaying the processing state of the negative film 12 housed therein together with the development display section 28 at predetermined intervals around the spool shaft 18. The white display plate 18A provided inside the cartridge 20 is located in one of the display holes 26A to 26D, that is, the inside of the display hole 26A to 26D is white. The processing state of the negative film 12 housed inside can be clearly indicated. For example, the display hole 26A having a round hole indicates that the negative film 12 in the cartridge 20 is in an unexposed (unphotographed) state, the display hole 26B having a semicircular hole indicates that it has been partially exposed and exposed, x The circular display hole 26C indicates that it has been exposed and has not been developed, and the rectangular display hole 26D indicates that it has been developed. This makes it possible to determine which exposure state or processing state the negative film 12 accommodated in the cartridge 20 is in.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the film carrier 10 on which the negative film 12 is mounted has a base 30, a cartridge loading section 32, and a film accommodating section 34.
And a cover 36. The cover 36 is openably and closably supported with respect to the pedestal 30, which is a carrier body, and covers the upper surface of the pedestal 30 when closed. Also,
A transport path 38 that connects the cartridge loading section 32 and the film accommodating section 34 is formed on the upper surface of the pedestal 30, and the transport path 38 covers the cover 3 when the cover 36 is closed.
Covered by 6.

A drive shaft 102 is provided so as to project in the cartridge loading section 32, and when the cartridge 20 containing the developed negative film 12 is loaded in the holder 33 of the cartridge loading section 32, the cartridge 20 is loaded. The tip end side of the drive shaft 102 engages with the inner spool shaft 18.

As shown in FIG. 9, a gear 106 is installed on the base end side of the drive shaft 102 via a torque limiter 104, and the gear 106 is provided on the drive shaft 40A of the motor 40. By engaging with the gear 108, the driving force of the motor 40 is applied to the spool shaft 18
It is designed to be transmitted to. Note that FIG. 9 shows a schematic configuration of a transport mechanism 100 for the negative film 12 provided on the film carrier 10.

By rotating the spool shaft 18 in the feeding direction of the negative film 12 by the driving force of the motor 40, the leading end of the negative film 12 is fed to the conveying path 38. Further, the motor 40 is rotated in the reverse direction to rotate the spool shaft 1
By rotating 8 in the winding direction of the negative film 12, the negative film 12 pulled out from the cartridge 20 can be wound around the spool shaft 18.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, the negative film 1 in the strips state in which it is pulled out from the cartridge 20 and removed from the cartridge 20.
The film guide member 310 formed so as to be capable of guiding the 2 is provided with the side plate 20 of the cartridge loading unit 32 via the support shaft 312.
2 rotatably supported. That is, the negative film 12 in the strips state, which is inserted from the film insertion opening 86 of the film guide member 310, is guided by the film guide member 310 and fed to the pedestal 30 side.

A pin 314, which is an engaging protrusion, is formed in the film guide member 310 so as to be projected and projected. The pin 314 is an engaging recess that is loosely fitted and engaged. A slot 316 is provided in the side plate 202. The elongated hole 316 is formed in the pin 314 around the support shaft 312.
The longitudinal direction is the direction in which the pin can rotate, and the pin 314 in the engaged state is formed long enough to move in the longitudinal direction.

Further, the side plate 202 has a structure shown in FIGS.
A swing lever 318 extending along the up and down directions is attached so as to be swingable around a swing shaft 320 about a central portion,
Supported. The other end of the coil spring 322 whose one end is locked to the side plate 202 is the swing lever 318.
Is locked to the lower end side of the
The coil spring 322 is constantly biased to rotate in the direction.

The upper end of the rocking lever 318 is arranged to face the elongated hole 316, and the upper end of the rocking lever 318 faces the upper portion of the elongated hole 316 and the lower portion of the elongated hole 316. A concave portion 318A is provided in the portion of the swing lever 318 facing the.

Then, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, when the film guide member 310 rotates to a non-conveying position where the negative film 12 in the strips state cannot be fed into the conveying path 38, the film guide member 310 is moved to the upper side of the slot 316. The pin 314 is located, and the pin 314 is sandwiched between the upper end of the swing lever 318 and the inner wall surface of the elongated hole 316 to prevent the film guide member 310 from being inadvertently moved.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, when the film guide member 310 is rotated to a transporting position where the stripped negative film 12 can be fed to the transporting path 38, the pin 314 is provided below the elongated hole 316. Is located on this pin 31
4 is sandwiched between the recess 318A of the rocking lever 318 and the inner wall surface of the elongated hole 316 to prevent the film guide member 310 from being inadvertently moved.

As described above, the swing lever 318 and the coil spring 322 constitute a selection member capable of selectively stopping the film guide member 310 between the transport position and the non-transport position.

By the way, in the cartridge loading section 32,
Loading mechanism 20 for loading the cartridge 20 in a predetermined position
0 is provided, and the outline of the loading mechanism 200 applied to the present embodiment is shown in FIGS. 6, 10, and 11.

As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, side plates 202 and 204 are arranged in pairs inside the cartridge loading portion 32 and outside the cartridge loading portion 32, and between the side plates 202 and 204. The shaft 206 is rotatably provided and the guide shaft 208 is provided in parallel with the shaft 206.

As shown in FIGS. 10 to 12, the gear 21 is attached to the tip of the shaft 206 protruding from the side plate 202.
0 is provided, and a long interlocking gear 212 is attached to an intermediate portion of the shaft 206. The gear 210 meshes with a gear 216 attached to a rotating shaft 214A of the opening / closing motor 214, and the shaft 206 and the interlocking gear 212 are rotated by driving the opening / closing motor 214.

A slide gear 22 is inserted through the guide shaft 208, rotatably supported by the guide shaft 208, and rotatably attached to the side plate 220.
2 meshes with the interlocking gear 212. And this side plate 2
20 is movably supported by the guide shaft 208. Therefore, the slide gear 2 provided on the side plate 220
22 is movable along the guide shaft 208 together with the side plate 220 in a state of meshing with the long interlocking gear 212.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 13 to 17, the coil is located at a position adjacent to the side plate 220 and close to the open end side 33A of the holder 33 into which the cartridge 20 can be mounted by inserting the coil 20 into the coil. Spring 32
One end side of 6 is locked. The slide piece 3 slidably arranged along the side wall portion 33B of the holder 33.
The other end of the coil spring 326 is locked to 28. Therefore, the slide piece 328 is attached to the coil spring 32.
6 always urges the holder 33 toward the open end side 33A.

One end of the slide piece 328 is bent to form an abutting portion 328A, and when the cartridge 20 inserted into the holder 33 hits the abutting portion 328A, the slide piece 328 is provided on the inner side of the holder 33. The structure is such that is pushed.

The side wall 33B of the holder 33 has a
Long guide hole 332 along the insertion direction of the cartridge 20
Is formed, and near one end of the guide hole 332,
An engaging portion 332A formed one step deeper is provided.
On the other hand, the slide piece 328 has the guide hole 33.
2 has a locking piece 328B which is loosely fitted and guided, and when the cartridge 20 is completely inserted into the holder 33, the locking piece 328B is inserted as shown in FIGS. The slide piece 328 is engaged with the engagement portion 332A and resists the biasing force of the coil spring 326 to be stopped.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, a lever 336 is positioned near the open end side 33A of the holder 33 while being supported rotatably around a shaft portion 338,
As shown in FIG. 14, the lever 336 is biased in the arrow J direction by the torsion coil spring 342 wound around the shaft portion 338.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 15 and FIG.
When the cartridge 20 is completely inserted into the holder 33, the lever 336 presses the end portion of the cartridge 20 with the urging force of the torsion coil spring 342, and the holder 33
It prevents the cartridge 20 from accidentally popping out.

An operating portion 336A extends on the other end side of the lever 336 with the shaft portion 338 interposed therebetween, and the slide piece 32
The operation portion 336A is located between the operation piece 328C and the operation piece 328D formed on the No. 8. Further, a guide hole 334 is formed in the side wall portion 33B of the holder 33 adjacent to the guide hole 332, and an operation piece 328E formed on the slide piece 328 is loosely fitted in the guide hole 334.

On the other hand, on the side wall portion 33C of the holder 33, the spring shaft 34 to which one end of the coil spring 340 is locked.
2 is planted, and the holder 33 is attached via the rotary shaft 348.
The other end of the coil spring 340 is locked to a spring shaft 344 that is planted in a wall member 346 that rotatably supports the coil spring.

A roller 356 which can contact the end of the side wall portion 33C is rotatably supported by the bracket 354 extending from the stopper member 352 fixed to the film guide member 310.

Therefore, the roller 356 comes into contact with the holder 33, which is about to rotate in the arrow K direction around the rotation shaft 348 by the urging force of the coil spring 340, and the posture of the holder 33 is maintained in the state shown in FIG. It

Further, as shown in FIGS. 14, 16 and 17, a lever 358 is rotatably supported at a position facing the guide hole 334 of the bracket 354, and the lever 358 is planted in the bracket 354 and the lever 358. Set pin 360
By the coil spring 362 that is bridged between
The lever 358 is stopped while the pin 360 of the lever 358 is locked to the bracket 354.

For this reason, as shown in FIG.
When the holder 33 passes the portion of the bracket 354 in the direction of the arrow L with the cartridge 20 inserted therein, the lever 3 resists the biasing force of the coil spring 362.
58 rotates and the operation piece 328E passes without any problem.

Further, the cartridge 20 is placed in the holder 33.
When the holder 33 passes through the portion of the bracket 354 in the direction of the arrow M in the state where is inserted, the operation piece 328E is pushed by the lever 358 and moves in the direction of the arrow N. Therefore, the slide piece 328 is moved along with the movement of the operation piece 328E.
Similarly, the locking piece 328B, the operation piece 328C, and the operation piece 328D formed in the same move in the arrow N direction. As a result,
The operation piece 328C pushes the operation portion 336A of the lever 336 to release the biasing of the end portion of the cartridge 20 by the lever 336, and the engagement piece 328B is released to push the cartridge 20 out by the coil spring 326. 20 is taken out from the holder 33, and the state shown in FIGS. 13 and 14 is obtained.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the wall member 346 for rotatably supporting the holder 33 is the side plate 2
The guide shaft 372 is fixed to the guide shaft 372 and is attached to the tip end of the detected piece 378. The guide shaft 372 is movably supported via a bush 374. The side plate 220 is connected to an operating lever 376 for loading the cartridge 20. .

Therefore, the wall member 346 and the holder 33 are
Although it has a predetermined amount of play, it can be moved along with the side plate 220 along the guide shaft 208 by operating the operating lever 376. Therefore, as the wall member 346 moves, the holder 33 moves while the roller 356 contacts the end portion of the side wall portion 33C, so that the open end side 33A of the holder 33 is pushed down by the roller 356, and the holder 33 and Cartridge 2 housed in holder 33
The axial direction of 0 is a posture along the horizontal direction.

As described above, the holder 33 is guided by the guide shaft 208 and slidable in the arrow E direction and the direction opposite to the arrow E direction. Therefore, by operating the operating lever 376, the holder 33 shown in FIG. 10 in which the cartridge 20 is mounted is moved to a predetermined position of the cartridge loading portion 32 along the arrow E direction, and the holder 33 and the cartridge are accompanied by this. The posture of 20 is changed by the roller 356, and the cartridge 20 is loaded in the cartridge loading section 32 as shown in FIG.

At the loading position where the cartridge 20 is loaded in the cartridge loading section 32, the insertion port 22 of the cartridge 20 faces the transport path 38, and the negative film 12 can be sent from the cartridge 20 to the transport path 38. Has become. Further, by operating the take-out lever 380 and sliding the holder 33 from the loading position in the direction opposite to the arrow E direction, the cartridge 20 can be taken out from the holder 33.

As shown in FIG. 12, the side plate 220 has an idle gear 224 meshed with the slide gear 222.
A fan-shaped drive gear 226 that meshes with the idle gear 224 is attached. Therefore, the interlocking gear 2
12 rotations are performed by the slide gear 222 and the idle gear 22.
4 is transmitted to the drive gear 226.

A door driver 228 is attached to the drive gear 226 so as to project through the side plate 220. The door driver 228 enters the door shaft 24A of the cartridge 20 and engages with the door shaft 24A integrally rotatably immediately after the cartridge 20 is mounted on the holder 33 and guided by the guide shaft 208 to be placed at the loading position. It is like this. As a result, when the drive gear 226 rotates in the direction of the arrow F according to the rotation of the interlocking gear 212, the door driver 228 inserts the door 24 into the insertion opening 2.
When the drive gear 226 is rotated in the direction of opening G and the drive gear 226 is rotated in the direction of arrow G (the direction opposite to the direction of arrow F), the door 24 is rotated in the direction of closing the insertion opening 22.

Further, the cartridge loading section 32 is provided with a stopper 230 so as to face the fan-shaped drive gear 226 when the cartridge 20 loaded in the holder 33 is loaded at a predetermined position of the cartridge loading section 32. Has been. The fan-shaped drive gear 226 is adapted to enter the recess 230A of the stopper 230 when the door 24 of the cartridge 20 is rotated in the opening direction of the insertion port 22. As a result, the stopper 230 prevents the holder 33 from moving in the cartridge removal direction (the direction opposite to the arrow E direction) with the insertion opening 22 of the cartridge 20 being opened.

Near the tip of the shaft 206 protruding from the side plate 204, a substantially L-shaped detected piece 234 is attached. Further, in the vicinity of the side plate 204, the detected piece 2
A sensor 232 is arranged so as to face 34. The tip portion of the detected piece 234 is connected to the detection portion 232 of the sensor 232.
The shaft 206 is in the cartridge 2
When the 0 door 24 is rotated in the opening direction (arrow D direction), the tip portion comes out of the detecting portion 232A of the sensor 232.

The opening / closing motor 214 and the sensor 232 are connected to a controller (not shown). The controller 232 drives the sensor 232 when the opening / closing motor 214 is driven.
The opening / closing motor 2 detects whether the insertion port 22 of the cartridge 20 is opened or closed by
I am trying to stop 14.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 10 to 12, the side plate 220 on which the holder 33 is supported abuts the spool shaft 18 of the cartridge 20 on the side opposite to the drive shaft 102 so that the side plate 220 and the drive shaft 102. A support shaft 238 for sandwiching the cartridge 20 is provided between the drive shaft 102 and the support shaft 238. With the spool shaft 18 sandwiched between the drive shaft 102 and the support shaft 238, the spool shaft 18 rotates to feed and rotate the negative film 12. To be done.

A detection pin 240 facing the development display portion 28 of the cartridge 20 is provided at a position adjacent to the drive shaft 102, and the detection pin 240 is provided.
The front end of the cartridge 20 faces the rectangular hole 28A of the cartridge 20 which is mounted on the holder 33 and mounted on the cartridge mounting portion 32. Further, the detection pin 240 has a stepped portion 240 </ b> A that abuts the side wall of the holder 33 in the middle portion.

The detection pin 240 is attached to one end of a bracket 242 having a substantially U shape. At the other end of the bracket 242, the compression coil spring 24
4, one end of which is locked, which allows the detection pin 240
2 with the cartridge loaded in the cartridge loading unit 32
It is urged in the direction of arrow D toward 0.

Sensors 246 and 248 are arranged near the middle portion of the bracket 242, and a detected piece 250 that can face the sensor 248 is provided at the middle portion of the bracket 242 so as to project therefrom.

The piece to be detected 250 is the cartridge 20.
Is located between the sensors 246 and 248 in the unloaded state.

When the cartridge 20 is mounted on the holder 33 and then mounted on the cartridge mounting section 32,
The stepped portion 240A of the detection pin 240 contacts the holder 33,
Although the bracket 242 moves in the direction opposite to the arrow D direction against the urging force of the compression coil spring 244, the detected piece 250 remains located between the sensors 246 and 248.

Further, when the cartridge 20 in which the claw 28B of the development display section 28 is not bent is loaded, the detection pin 240 abuts against the claw 28B and the bracket 242 is pushed back against the biasing force of the compression coil spring 244. As a result, the detected piece 250 becomes the sensor 24.
It is designed to face 8.

On the other hand, the detected piece 378 attached to the tip of the guide shaft 372 is adapted to be able to enter the sensor 246. When the cartridge 20 is loaded, the guide shaft 372 is moved in accordance with the movement of the holder 33. Then, the detected piece 378 moves into the sensor 246.

Therefore, the developed negative film 12 is accommodated by detecting that the detection pin 240 does not face the sensor 248 in the mounted state of the cartridge 20 in which the detected piece 378 has entered the sensor 246. It is determined that the negative film 12 can be conveyed after the cartridge 20 is loaded.

From the above, whether the cartridge 20 is loaded in the cartridge loading section 32, and
When the cartridge is loaded, it is possible to detect whether or not the development display portion 28 of the cartridge 20 indicates that the development is completed, and the negative film 12 accommodated in the cartridge 20 is already developed. It is then sent out to the conveyance path 38 to prevent the undeveloped negative film 12 from being carelessly drawn and exposed.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the conveying path 3
The feed rollers 42A to 42D, which are provided on the pedestal 30 and the cover 36 and are paired with each other, are arranged on the plate 8. The feed rollers 42A to 42D are driven by the motor 44 (see FIG. 3). The sheet is pinched and conveyed in the direction of pulling out from the cartridge 20 (direction of arrow A in the drawing) and the direction of feeding into the cartridge 20 (direction opposite to the direction of arrow A).

That is, as shown in FIG. 9, pulleys 112 and 114 (the pulley 114 corresponds to the feed roller 42D) are attached to one end of the shaft 110 to which the feed rollers 42A to 42D are attached. And these pulleys 112, 114
The endless drive belt 118 is wound between the drive belt 118 and the pulley 116 mounted on the drive shaft 44A of the motor 44.
It is transmitted to the feed rollers 42A to 42D via 18.

As shown in FIG. 4, the film accommodating portion 3
4, a winding shaft 50 for winding the negative film 12 is provided in a state of being supported on the tip side of the cover portion 120,
The upper part of the winding shaft 50 is covered with a cover part 120. Further, at the bottom of the cover 120, the pedestal 30
The base portion 122 fixed to the base portion 122 is arranged, and the end portion on the base end side of the cover portion 120 is rotatable to the base portion 122 via the drive shaft 154 that is hung in parallel with the winding shaft 50. Is attached to.

The cover portion 1 and the base portion 122 are provided at portions of the cover portion 120 and the base portion 122 facing the winding shaft 50.
The guide portions 120A and 122A are provided by cutting out the base 20 and the base portion 122 in an arc shape, respectively.

On the other hand, the guide plate 1 is provided on the cover portion 120.
A base end of 28 is pivotally supported, and a guide roller 52A is rotatably attached to the tip of the guide plate 128. The urging force of the tension coil spring 130 engaged with the base end side of the guide plate 128 causes the guide roller 52A to move.
Is pressed against the winding shaft 50.

Below the winding shaft 50, a guide plate 140 whose base end is axially supported by the base portion 122 is provided. The guide roller 52 is attached to the tip of the guide plate 140.
B is rotatably attached, and the guide roller 52B is pressed against the winding shaft 50 by the urging force of the tension coil spring 142 engaged with the base end side of the guide plate 140.

As described above, the end of the negative film 12 fed into the film accommodating portion 34 from the conveying path 38 is guided along the lower surface of the guide plate 128 between the guide roller 52A and the winding shaft 50, and is guided. It is designed to enter between the roller 52A and the peripheral surface of the winding shaft 50. At this time, the winding shaft 50 is rotated in the winding direction of the negative film 12, so that the negative film 12 is guided by the guide portion 12.
It is wound around the winding shaft 50 while being guided by 0A and 122A. The leading end of the negative film 12 is further guided by the guide plate 140 to be fed between the guide roller 52B and the winding shaft 50, and is gradually wound around the winding shaft 50 in layers.

By the way, as shown in FIG. 9, a gear 150 is provided at the tip of the winding shaft 50 projecting laterally from the cover portion 120. In addition, the cover 12
0 supports a shaft 152 that extends in parallel with the winding shaft 50 and the drive shaft 154.
Gear 156 mounted at a position closer to one end side of 52
Mesh with the gear 150 of the winding shaft 50. further,
A torque limiter 158 is provided at one end of the shaft 152.
A gear 160 is provided via the gear 160, and the gear 160 meshes with a gear 162 installed on the drive shaft 154 via a one-way clutch 164.

The torque limiter 158 is used for the shaft 1
When a load larger than a predetermined value acts on 52, for example, slippage occurs, so that an undesired rotational force is not applied to the winding shaft 50.

A pulley 166 is attached to the other end of the drive shaft 154.
An endless drive belt 168 is wound around the feed roller 42D and the pulley 114 that rotates integrally with the feed roller 42D. Therefore, when the motor 44 is driven, the winding shaft 50 is also rotated together with the feed rollers 42A to 42D.

An opening 54 for printing the negative film 12 is formed in the portion of the film carrier 10 corresponding to the central portion of the conveying path 38 in the conveying direction.
The image frames 12A are sequentially positioned in the opening 54. This opening 54 allows a light beam emitted from a light source (not shown) located below the pedestal 30 to pass through the negative film 12 in which the light beam is positioned, and the image frame 1 is printed on a printing paper by an optical system (not shown).
The image recorded in 2A is imaged. From the above, the opening 5
In step 4, the image recorded on the negative film 12 is printed on the printing paper, so that the opening 54 becomes the printing position.

A negative pressure plate 56 having an opening 56A having a size corresponding to the image frame 12A is provided between the pedestal 30 and the cover 36, and the negative film 12 is positioned corresponding to the opening 54. Then, the periphery of the image frame 12A of the negative film 12 is uniformly pressed between the negative pressure plate 56 and the portion of the pedestal 30 around the opening 54 so that the image printed on the photographic paper is not distorted. I have to.

Then, the opening 54 and the negative pressure bonding plate 5
The openings 56 </ b> A of 6 are conventionally provided at the portions corresponding to the openings 54 and the negative pressure bonding plate 56 in order to match the areas of the openings with the sizes of several kinds of image frames having different aspect ratios of the negative film 12. There was a replaceable negative mask.

However, by including the aspect ratio of each image frame 12A in the magnetic information, it is possible to determine the difference in aspect ratio, and it is not necessary to install a negative mask on the film carrier 10 of the present embodiment, and a single mask is used. Pedestal 30 having openings 54 and 56A which are penetrating portions
It is now possible to use the negative pressure bonding plate 56.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the film carrier 10 is provided with a magnetic head portion 58 and a sensor portion 60.

The magnetic head section 58 includes a pair of recording heads 62 for writing magnetic information and a pair of reading heads 64 for reading the written magnetic information. That is, one recording head 62 and one reading head 64 are arranged in the portion of the cover 36 facing one end of the transport path 38 in the width direction, and the cover 36 facing the other end of the transport path 38 in the width direction. Similarly, one recording head 62 and one reading head 64 are arranged in the portion of FIG.

Further, the recording head 62 and the reading head 64
A backup roller 66 is provided at a portion of the pedestal 30 facing each of the recording head 62 and the reading head, and the magnetic tracks 16 at both ends in the width direction of the negative film 12 conveyed along the conveying path 38. It is made to adhere to each of 64.

As shown in FIG. 4, the sensor section 60 is
A plurality of (a pair in the present embodiment) sensors 72 and 74, which are arranged between the opening 54 and the magnetic head portion 58 and each of which is composed of a light projecting portion 68 and a light receiving portion 70, are provided. These sensors 72 and 74 are provided by the light projecting unit 68.
Alternatively, one of the light receiving units 70 is provided on the cover 36,
The other is provided on the pedestal 30.

As shown in FIG. 3, a pair of sensors 72
Are arranged corresponding to both ends of the transport path 38 in the width direction, and detect the perforations 14 formed on the negative film 12. In addition, negative film 1
When optical information such as a bar coded DX code is recorded in 2, the optical information can be read. Further, the pair of sensors 74 are arranged side by side along the width direction of the transport path 38, and the transport path 3
It is for image detection of the negative film 12 that passes through 8.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. A holder 33, which is formed so that the cartridge 20 containing the negative film 12 can be inserted therein, is movably supported.
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4, when the negative film 12 in the cartridge 20 is to be processed, the negative film 1
The cartridge 2 is placed in the holder 33 so that the cartridge 20 is arranged at the loading position where the cartridge 2 can be sent to the transport path 38.
0 is inserted and the operating lever 376 is operated to move the holder 33. At this time, the film guide member 310 is rotated to the non-conveying position. A film guide member 310 formed so as to guide the strip negative film 12 is rotatably supported on the side plate 202. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, when the strip negative film 12 is to be processed, the film guide material is arranged so that the strip negative film 12 can be fed to the transport path 38. Move 310. At this time, the stopper member 352 (shown in FIGS. 13 and 15) fixed to the film guide member 310 descends to the loading position of the cartridge 20 and prevents the cartridge 20 from being erroneously placed in the loading position. ing.

Therefore, the holder 33 and the film guide member 31
0 is selectively arranged at a position where the negative film 12 can be fed to the transport path 38, so that the holder 33 can load the cartridge 20 to process the negative film 12 and the film guide member 310 can be in the strips state. The negative film 12 of No. 2 is sent to the conveying path 38 so that the negative film 12 in the strips state can be processed.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, the elongated hole 316 is formed in such a length that the pin 314 can move while the protruding pin 314 is engaged with the elongated hole 316. . Then, the swing lever 318 urged by the coil spring 322 contacts the pin 314, and the pin 31
The pins 314 can be locked at the positions of both ends of the elongated hole 316 in the direction in which 4 can move. As a result, the film guide member 310 can be selectively stopped between the transport position where the negative film 12 can be sent to the transport path 38 and the non-transport position where the negative film 12 cannot be sent to the transport path 38.

Therefore, the swing lever 318 urged by the coil spring 322 comes into contact with the pin 314 to selectively stop the film guide member 310, so that the negative position in the strips state can be obtained at the transport position and the non-transport position. It is possible to position the film guide member 310 that guides the film 12.

When the film guide material 310 is rotated from the transport position to the non-transport position or when the film guide material 310 is rotated from the non-transport position to the transport position, an operator manually guides the film. By rotating the material 310, the position of the film guide material 310 is easily changed.

Next, the operation of printing the image recorded on the negative film 12 on the printing paper will be described.

A cartridge 20 having the negative film 12 accommodated in the cartridge loading section 32 of the film carrier 10.
When the drive shaft 102 is mounted, the drive shaft 102 is engaged with the spool shaft 18 of the cartridge 20 and the driving force of the motor 40 can be transmitted to the spool shaft 18. After this,
Negative film 12 accommodated in the cartridge 20
Is confirmed to have been developed, for example, by displaying the predetermined position of the cartridge 20 and the door 24 of the insertion opening 22 is opened by the motor 214.
The feeding of the negative film 12 from 0 and the feeding of the negative film 12 on the feeding path 38 are started.

That is, by driving the motors 40 and 44,
Send out the negative film 12 from the cartridge 20,
While pulling out the negative film 12 to the transport path 38, the negative film 12 is transported at a constant speed along the transport path 38 and fed into the film accommodating portion 34. Along with this, the read head 64 of the magnetic head unit 58 whose position is adjusted reads the magnetic information recorded on the magnetic track 16 of the negative film 12.

On the other hand, in the film accommodating portion 34, the driving force of the motor 44 in the direction of pulling out the negative film 12 from the cartridge 20 is transmitted, and the winding shaft 50 is moved to the conveying path 3
8 is driven at a peripheral speed higher than the conveying speed of the negative film 12 in FIG. Therefore, when the negative film 12 transported through the transport path 38 is fed into the film accommodating portion 34, it is wound around the winding shaft 50.

Further, after the negative film 12 pulled out from the cartridge 20 is once wound up and accommodated in the film accommodating portion 34, the motors 40 and 44 are reversely rotated to pull out the negative film 12 from the film accommodating portion 34, Frame feed transport. At this time, the negative film 12
The image recorded on each image frame 12A is printed on photographic paper. Further, when the negative film 12 is frame-fed and conveyed, the recording head 62 of the magnetic head unit 58 writes magnetic information to the magnetic track 16 of the negative film 12.

Then, the negative film 12 in which the magnetic information is written on the magnetic track 16 is placed in the cartridge loading section 32.
The spool film 18 is wound up and the negative film 12 is stored in the cartridge 20.

Note that this embodiment (one embodiment) is
It shows an example of a film carrier to which the present invention is applied, and does not limit the constitution of the present invention, and the present invention can have various constitutions.

For example, in the above embodiment, the elongated hole 316 which is the engaging concave portion is formed in the side plate 202 fixed to the pedestal 30, and the pin 314 which is the engaging convex portion is formed in the film guide member 31.
However, the slot 316 may be provided in the film guide member 310 and the pin 314 may be formed in the side plate 202. Further, instead of the long hole 316 and the pin 314, an engaging concave portion and an engaging convex portion having another structure capable of engaging with each other may be adopted.

On the other hand, the selection member is also the coil spring 32.
An elastic member such as a torsion coil spring may be employed instead of 2, and a solenoid or the like may be employed instead of the swing lever 318 to electrically stop the guide member.

[0102]

As described above, the present invention has an excellent effect that the cartridge can be loaded so that the photographic film in the cartridge can be processed and the photographic film in the strips state can be processed. .

Further, the present invention has an excellent effect that the guide member for guiding the strip-shaped photographic film can be positioned.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a film carrier applied to this embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view showing a state where the cover of the film carrier applied to the present embodiment is opened.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a pedestal of a film carrier.

FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the film carrier along the negative film transport direction, showing a state in which the film guide member is in the non-transport position.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a state in which the film guide member is in a non-conveying position.
5 is a view corresponding to a cross section taken along line 5-5 of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the film carrier along the negative film transport direction, showing a state in which the film guide member is in the transport position.

FIG. 7 is a view corresponding to a cross section taken along line 7-7 of FIG. 3 in a state where the film guide material is at the transport position.

8A is a schematic plan view showing a negative film and a cartridge mounted on a film carrier, and FIG. 8B is a schematic side view of the cartridge.

FIG. 9 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a transport mechanism according to one embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an enlarged plan view of the cartridge loading unit,
It is a figure which shows the state in which the cartridge is not loaded.

FIG. 11 is an enlarged plan view of the cartridge loading unit,
It is a figure which shows the state with which the cartridge is loaded.

FIG. 12 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part of a cartridge loading unit.

FIG. 13 is an enlarged perspective view of the holder with no cartridge installed.

FIG. 14 is an enlarged plan view of the holder with no cartridge installed.

FIG. 15 is an enlarged perspective view of the holder with a cartridge attached.

FIG. 16 is an enlarged plan view of the holder with a cartridge attached.

FIG. 17 is an enlarged perspective view of a loaded state of the holder.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 film carrier 12 negative film (photographic film) 20 cartridge 30 pedestal (carrier body) 33 holder 38 transport path 310 film guide material 314 pin 316 long hole 318 swing lever 322 coil spring

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A film carrier in which a photographic film on which an image is recorded is conveyed along a conveying path and an image is printed at a printing position in the conveying path, the carrier body having a conveying path. A cartridge for accommodating the photographic film is formed so that it can be inserted, and a holder that is movably supported by the carrier body so that the cartridge can be placed at a position where the photographic film can be fed into the transport path; And a guide member that is movably supported by the carrier body so as to be selectively arranged with the holder at a position where the photographic film in the strips state can be fed into the transport path. Characteristic film carrier. 2. A film carrier which conveys a photographic film on which an image has been recorded along a conveying path and at which the image is printed at a printing position in the conveying path, the carrier body having a conveying path, A guide member which is formed so as to be able to guide the strip-shaped photographic film and is rotatably supported by the carrier body so as to be rotatably arranged at a position where the strip-shaped photographic film can be fed into the transport path. An engaging projection formed so as to project toward the guide material side or the carrier body side, and an engaging projection portion installed so that the engaging projection portion engages with the carrier body side or the guide material side. The engaging concave portion formed to have a movable length in the engaged state, and the engaging convex portion at both ends in the movable direction of the engaging convex portion of the engaging concave portion in contact with the engaging convex portion. Each can be locked And a selection member capable of selectively stopping the guide material between a transport position where the photographic film can be sent to the transport path and a non-transport position where the photographic film cannot be sent to the transport path. Career.