JPH09288810A - Photographic processing equipment and cleaning method for the photographic processing equipment and cartridge for cleaning - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To preform a dirt elimination by a wet type by supplying cleaning liquid in front of a cleaning member after attaching the cleaning member to the mounting part provided in a photographic processing equipment and performing the cleaning of a transportation route. SOLUTION: An opening 95 is formed on the cover member 94 of a cartridge 90. This opening is provided in order to drop cleaning liquid with respect to the cleaning leader 80 housed in the cartridge 90. Cleaning liquid is consisting essentially of isopropyl alcohol and is preserved in a container 200. The opening 95 is formed at such a position that cleaning liquid is dropped in the roughly central area of the width direction of the cleaning leader 80. Moreover. the position of the opening 95 may be even any place where cleaning liquid can be dropped.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to cleaning of a conveyance path of a photographic light-sensitive material in a photographic processing apparatus, and more particularly to cleaning using a wet cleaning member.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a transport path for transporting a photographic light-sensitive material such as a film in a photographic processing apparatus, dust peeled off from the film accumulates in the transport path while the film is repeatedly transported many times. , It adversely affects the transportation of the photographic light-sensitive material. In particular, in a film having a magnetic recording portion represented by an advanced photographic system, when the magnetic layer or a protective layer for protecting the magnetic layer is peeled off, the film adheres to the magnetic head and the reading accuracy by the magnetic head is deteriorated. There is also the problem of doing so. For this reason, the film transport path and the magnetic heads and sensors arranged on the transport path are regularly cleaned.

In the field of video and audio, as a method for cleaning the magnetic head, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-22
As disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 92615 and Japanese Patent Publication No. 6-19817, both wet type and dry type are known.
It is generally known that the dry type may be used when the magnetic head is less contaminated, but the wet type should be used when the magnetic head is contaminated to a certain extent or more. In the field of photographic processing, the techniques disclosed regarding magnetic head cleaning include:
There is one disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-225532. This is one in which a step portion is provided on a photographic film, and the step portion is pressed against the magnetic head to travel to remove the deposits on the magnetic head.

[0004]

However, since the above-mentioned known technique uses the photographic film, only the stepped portion, which is a part thereof, can be used as the cleaning member. Therefore, it is not suitable for cleaning the entire transportation path including the transportation rollers other than the magnetic head. Further, although dry cleaning can be performed on this special photographic film, wet cleaning cannot be naturally performed. Therefore,
There was a problem that it was not possible to remove dirt above a certain level.

An object of the present invention is to provide a technique for performing wet cleaning suitable for photographic processing equipment. Another object of the present invention is to provide a photographic processor that can perform wet cleaning. Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a cleaning cartridge suitable for wet cleaning.

[0006]

The feature of the present invention for achieving the above object is to provide a cleaning member in a photographic processing apparatus for carrying a predetermined process by carrying a photographic light-sensitive material along a carrying path. The cleaning liquid is supplied to the cleaning member after the mounting of the mounting portion provided in the photographic processing device or before the mounting, and the cleaning member is transported along the transport path to clean the transport path. By supplying (dripping, applying, etc.) the cleaning liquid to the cleaning member, wet cleaning can be performed. This makes it possible to remove even dirt that cannot be completely removed by dry cleaning.

The timing of supplying the cleaning liquid to the cleaning member is after the cleaning member is attached to the attachment portion provided in the photoprocessing device, or
It may be either before being attached to the attaching portion.

When the cleaning is performed before the mounting, it is preferable that the cleaning member is housed in the cleaning cartridge. This simplifies the handling of the cleaning member. Particularly, it is preferable to store the photographic light-sensitive material in a cartridge having the same or similar shape as the cartridge for storing the photographic light-sensitive material. In this case, the cleaning member is formed in the same or similar elongated shape as the photographic photosensitive material. The photographic processing equipment is provided with a mounting portion for mounting such a cartridge, and it becomes possible to mount both the cartridge containing the photographic photosensitive material and the cartridge containing the cleaning member in the mounting portion. . Therefore, the cleaning member can be handled in the same manner as the photographic light-sensitive material, which is simpler. Then, the cleaning member can be transported along the transport path by using the driving unit that transports the photographic photosensitive material.

Further, the case member constituting the cleaning cartridge is provided with an opening (second portion) for supplying the cleaning liquid to the housed cleaning member.
It is preferable to provide the opening). By the way, a cartridge used in an advanced photographic system is known. When this cartridge is used as it is and the cleaning member is stored, the cleaning liquid cannot be supplied unless the cleaning member is pulled out from the cartridge. A special jig is required to pull out the cleaning member. Further, in order to wind the cleaning member that has been pulled out and to store the cleaning member, it is necessary to perform the cleaning with the tension applied to the cleaning member.
However, such work is very troublesome for the operator and reduces work efficiency. In the present invention, if the cartridge is provided with the opening and the cleaning member is supplied from this opening, there is an advantage that the above-mentioned troublesome work is eliminated. As a result, wet cleaning can be efficiently performed.

When the cartridge is provided with the opening, the opening is formed at a position where the cleaning liquid can be supplied to the central region in the width direction of the cleaning member. Thereby, the cleaning liquid can be efficiently permeated into the cleaning member.

A case will be described below in which the cleaning liquid is supplied to the cleaning member after the cleaning member is mounted on the mounting portion provided in the photographic processing apparatus. In this case, the photographic processing equipment for feeding the photographic light-sensitive material along the feeding path and executing the predetermined processing is attached to the mounting portion to which the cleaning member to be fed along the feeding path is attached, and to the mounting portion. And a liquid introduction part for supplying a cleaning liquid to the cleaning member. Since such a liquid introducing section is provided, the cleaning liquid can be supplied even when the cleaning member is attached to the photographic processing device. Thereby, wet cleaning can be easily realized.

One specific form of the liquid introducing section is to form an opening (first opening) in the cover member that covers the transport path or the mounting section of the photographic processing apparatus. By dropping the cleaning liquid from this opening, the cleaning liquid can be supplied to the cleaning member.

The position where the first opening is formed is, for example, a position where the cleaning liquid can be dropped on the tip of the cleaning member in a state where the cleaning member is pulled out from the cleaning cartridge. Usually, it is formed above the conveying path of the photographic light-sensitive material. In this case,
When the cleaning member is pulled out, the driving device for conveying the photographic photosensitive material can be used, and thus the work is not troublesome. Alternatively, the first opening may be located above the second opening formed in the cartridge with the cleaning cartridge attached to the attachment portion. As a result, the cleaning liquid can be supplied without pulling out the cleaning member from the cartridge. Further, the cleaning liquid can be supplied either before or after the cleaning member is attached to the photographic processing equipment. Therefore, there is more room for selection when performing wet cleaning.

The cleaning member in the present invention is preferably made of a material that can be used not only in the wet type but also in the dry type. If such a material is selected, the cleaning liquid is supplied to a part of the cleaning member, thereby forming a wet region where the cleaning liquid penetrates and a dry region where the cleaning liquid does not penetrate into the cleaning member,
It is possible to enable cleaning in the dry area after cleaning in the wet area. As a result, it is possible to perform cleaning that makes the most of the advantages of the wet type and the dry type.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. [First Embodiment] As shown in FIG. 1, a photographic printing apparatus 1 includes an exposure section 100 for projecting and exposing image information of a film 2 on a photographic printing paper 3, and a developing processing section 101 for developing the exposed photographic printing paper 3. And a controller 102 that controls the operation of each unit. An operation console 103 for inputting various control instructions and a monitor 104 for displaying image information read by a scanner unit (not shown) are connected to the controller 102.

When the film 2 to be printed is inserted into the exposure section 100, the image information of the film 2 is read for each frame and the image information is sent to the controller 102. The controller 102 reads the read film 2
The exposure condition for each frame is determined based on the image information of.
Then, an image that would be obtained by projection exposure on the photographic printing paper 3 according to the determined exposure condition is simulated and displayed on the monitor 104. Also, the cleaning leader 8
When 0 is inserted, the path of the film 2 to be conveyed is cleaned.

The operator of the photographic printing apparatus 1 operates the monitor 104.
If an appropriate image is not obtained by looking at the display of, the operator can input the correction instruction of the determined exposure condition from the console 103,
The controller 102 corrects the exposure condition based on the correction instruction and determines the final exposure condition. Then, based on the determined exposure condition, the operation of each part of the exposure unit 100 is controlled to project and expose the image information of the film 2 on the photographic printing paper 3 pulled out from the photographic printing paper magazine 4.

The film 2 will be described with reference to FIG. The film 2 described here is used in a so-called advanced photographic system, and includes an image area 2a on which an image is imprinted and a magnetic recording section 2 provided above and below the image area 2a.
b and perforations 2c. Film 2
Is a spool 73 provided inside the cartridge 70.
The drive shaft is inserted into the hole 71 and the spool 73 is rotated.
The film 2 is automatically pulled out from the.

The cleaning leader 80 (cleaning member) is housed in a cartridge 90 (cleaning cartridge) having substantially the same shape as the cartridge 70 in which the film 2 is wound and housed, as shown in FIGS. The cleaning leader 80 is accommodated in a state in which it is wound around a spool 93 provided inside the cartridge 90, and a drive shaft is inserted into a hole 91 to spool 93.
Rotating the cleaning leader 8 from the outlet 92
It is configured so that 0 is automatically drawn.

The outer shape of the cleaning leader 80 is a long shape similar to the film 2, and the width dimension thereof is the same as or smaller than that of the film 2. The length of the cleaning leader 80 does not have to be the same as the length of the film 2, and may be the length required for cleaning.

An opening 95 is formed in the cover member 94 of the cartridge 90. This is cartridge 9
It is provided in order to drop the cleaning liquid on the cleaning leader 80 housed in 0. The cleaning liquid contains isopropyl alcohol as a main component and is stored in the container 200. The opening 95 is formed at a position where the cleaning liquid is dropped in a substantially central region of the cleaning leader 80 in the width direction. Further, the position of the opening 95 is not limited to the position shown in FIG. 7, and may be anywhere as long as the cleaning liquid can be dropped.

To form this opening 95, the film 2
This can be done by cutting the cartridge 70 for use in cutting, but there is a possibility that cutting will generate cutting chips and enter the inside of the cartridge 90. Therefore, it is preferable to perform drilling by heat rather than cutting. Although not shown, a label for checking the number of times of cleaning is attached to the surface of the case of the cartridge 90.

The outer shapes of the film 2 and the cleaning leader 80 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 7. As shown in FIG. 5, the film 2 has an elongated shape, and an inclined end surface 2A is formed at the tip thereof. A cutout 2B is provided near the end surface 2A. As shown in FIG. 7, the cleaning leader 80 is also provided with an inclined end surface 80A and a cutout 80B similar to the film 2. further,
An end perforation 81 is provided at the rear end of the cleaning leader 80.

As a suitable material for the cleaning leader 80, a synthetic fiber impregnated with a resin can be used. An example of synthetic fiber is Wiping Cloth (trade name: Zavina Minimax) manufactured by Kanebo Co., Ltd. This material has an extremely small amount of self-generated dust and has excellent cleaning performance compared to non-woven fabric. Further, it is excellent in water absorption and water retention, and either "wet" or "dry" can be selected according to the degree of contamination of the magnetic head.
In addition, the amount of elution components such as residual ions is small, and since dirt is captured in the fiber, recontamination is extremely rare. Then, it is possible to wipe off even fine particles that cannot be completely cleaned by the conventional nonwoven fabric. Furthermore, since no abrasive material is used, wear of the magnetic head 32a can be suppressed when cleaning the magnetic head 32a. Further, since the ultrafine fibers are used, the cleaning liquid can be permeated in a wide range in a short time due to the capillary phenomenon.

The structure of the cleaning leader 80 will be briefly described with reference to FIG. FIG. 17 shows a cross section of the cleaning leader 80, which comprises a synthetic fiber 80a and a resin 80b impregnated in the synthetic fiber 80a.
A cleaning liquid is dropped on the surface 80c on the synthetic fiber 80a side and used as a cleaning surface. The surface 80d on the resin 80b side is not used for cleaning.

Now, returning to FIG. 1, the structure of each part of the photographic printing apparatus 1 will be described. The exposure unit 100 includes a film transport unit 5 for transporting and positioning the film 2.
The light balance for the exposure light source 6 and the light control filter 7, which adjusts the color balance of the light emitted from the exposure light source 6 by moving the yellow, magenta, and cyan filters in and out of the exposure light path. A mirror tunnel 8 for uniformly mixing the adjusted light, a printing lens 9 for forming image information of the film 2 on the photographic paper 3, a shutter 10, a conveyance roller 11 for conveying the photographic paper 3, and a conveyance roller 11 A motor 12 for driving the motor is provided. The light control filter 7 and the shutter 10 are controlled by the controller 102, and the light control filter 7 is controlled according to the exposure condition determined by the controller 102.
The position of each filter and the opening time of the shutter 10, that is, the exposure time are controlled.

The structure of the film transport unit 5 provided in the exposure section 100 will be described below. The film transport unit 5 is an example of a photographic processing device. The film transport unit 5 has a structure in which an upper unit 20 and a lower unit 21, which are a pair of frames, are pivotally connected to each other around a shaft 22, and are biased toward the open side by a spring 23.
FIG. 2 shows a state in which the upper unit 20 and the lower unit 21 are open. FIG. 3 is a plan view of the lower unit 21.

Drive rollers 24, 25 and 26 are provided to convey the film 2 and the cleaning leader 80. A lower guide 27 is formed by making a portion of the film 2 scheduled to pass through the image plane to guide and support the left and right ends of the film 2. The drive motor 28 includes drive rollers 24, 25,
26 is driven via the belt 29. The optical sensor 30 includes a light emitting portion 30a and a light receiving portion 30b, and detects optical data of the film 2. As shown in FIG. 3, a pair of optical sensors 30 are provided in the width direction of the transport path. The negative mask 31 has an opening 31 a that defines a region of the image portion of the film 2 to be printed on the photographic printing paper 3.

The magnetic head unit 32 includes a pair of magnetic heads 32a for reading information magnetically recorded on the magnetic recording portion 2b of the film 2. A pair of magnetic heads 32a is provided corresponding to the pair of upper and lower magnetic recording portions 2b shown in FIG. The lower cleaning belt 46, the upper cleaning belt 47, and the fan 48 constitute a dust removing device that removes dust on the film surface. The drive motor 28 drives the lower cleaning belt 46 via a transmission mechanism (not shown).

A guide member 35 is provided between the magnetic head unit 32 and the lower cleaning belt 46. The inclined portion 35a is provided so that the film 2 that has passed through the dust removing device is smoothly conveyed to the magnetic head unit 32.
Are formed. A movable head member 37 for cleaning the magnetic recording portion 2b of the film 2 is arranged near the lower cleaning belt 46.

The film 2 is attached to the cartridge mounting portion 40.
Alternatively, the cartridge 7 that houses the cleaning reader 80
0, 90 are attached. The longitudinal support of the cartridges 70 and 90 is performed by being sandwiched by the pair of wall surfaces 41. Further, the projections 42 provided on the wall surface 41 are inserted into the holes 71 and 91 of the cartridges 70 and 90, thereby positioning the cartridges 70 and 90. The lid 43 (cover member) is configured to be openable and closable around the rotation shaft 44, and in order to hold the cartridges 70 and 90, the lid 43 may be opened as shown in FIG. . The drive motor 28 conveys the film 2 and the cleaning leader 80 and drives the lower cleaning belt 46.

Details of the upper unit 20 are shown in FIG. An upper guide 50 is provided by recessing a portion of the film 2 that is supposed to pass through the image plane, and supports the left and right ends of the film 2 together with the lower guide 27. Crimping roller 5
4, 55 and 56 are the upper unit 20 and the lower unit 2
1 and drive rollers 24, 2 respectively in a state where
It is installed at a position facing 5, 26. A light receiving unit 30b is provided at a position facing the light emitting unit 30a of the optical sensor 30. Further, an upper cleaning belt 47 is provided at a position facing the lower cleaning belt 46. The upper cleaning belt 46 is driven by a motor and a transmission mechanism (not shown). Further, a fixed head member 38 is provided at a position facing the movable head member 37.

The upper unit 20 and the lower unit 21 are engaged by the engaging portion 45. The engagement portion 45 is configured by a hook portion 45 a provided on the lower unit 21 and a claw portion 45 b provided on the upper unit 20.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the cleaning liquid dropped from the container 200 is supplied to the cleaning leader 80.
Liquid introducing parts 60 and 61 for guiding the liquid are provided. In this drawing, the liquid introducing parts 60 and 61 are drawn at two positions for convenience of description, but in practice, one position may be provided. One of the liquid introducing portions 60 has an opening 15 a formed in the cover member 15 of the upper unit 20 and an opening 15 a for the cleaning liquid.
And a guide member 52 for surely guiding the cleaning leader 80 to the surface of the cleaning leader 80. The guide member 52 also plays a role of preventing the cleaning liquid from adhering to the carrying roller and the detectors, but is not always a necessary member. In addition, the lid 43 is also attached to the other liquid introducing portion 61.
The opening 43a and the guide member 51 formed in the same are provided in the same manner.

Next, the state of the cleaning leader 80 when the cleaning liquid is dropped will be described. As shown in FIG. 9, when only the tip of the cleaning leader 80 is pulled out from the cartridge 90 and the cleaning liquid is dropped,
Dry region 82, wet region 83, dry region 8 in order from the beginning
2 is formed. Also, the opening 9 of the cartridge 90 of FIG.
When the cleaning liquid is dripped from 5, dry regions 82 and wet regions 83 are alternately formed as shown in FIG. This is because, when the cleaning liquid is dropped onto the spool 93 where the cleaning leader 80 is wound in layers, the cleaning liquid permeates into the inner layer.

Next, the operation of the film transport unit 5 described above will be briefly described. First, the operation when a predetermined process is performed on the film 2 will be described. Also,
FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing the transport path shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. The output signal of the optical sensor 30 is the controller 1
The operation of the spool of the cartridge 70, the drive rollers 24, 25, 26 and the magnetic head 32a is also controlled by the controller 102.

First, with the film transport unit 5 opened, the cartridge 70 containing the film 2 is set in the cartridge mounting portion 40. Cartridge 70
After setting, the film transport unit 5 is closed. Then, the spool 73 of the cartridge 70 is driven by a predetermined start signal to drive the cartridge 70.
The film 2 is pulled out from. The pulled-out film 2 is conveyed by the drive motor 28 in the direction of arrow A in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, and the normal processing for the film 2 is started.

That is, reading of information optically recorded on the film 2 by the optical sensor 30 and the magnetic head 32a.
The reading of information from the magnetic recording portion 2b of the film 2, the printing exposure of the image of the film 2 onto the photographic paper 3, and the like are executed. More specifically, the film 2 is conveyed in the direction of arrow A, the magnetically recorded information corresponding to all the frames 2a is read, and then the film 2 is conveyed in the direction of arrow B and rewound. Then, the film 2 is conveyed again in the direction of arrow A, and the frame 2a of the film 2 is printed and exposed in the exposure unit 100. When the film 2 is printed and exposed, the frame 2a of the film 2 is positioned and stopped at the opening 31a to perform the exposure. When the printing exposure of the film 2 is completed, the film 2 is rewound into the cartridge 70.

Next, the operation for cleaning the transport path of the film transport unit 5 will be described. First, with the film transport unit 5 opened, the cartridge 90 containing the cleaning leader 80 is set in the cartridge mounting portion 40. Then, the cleaning liquid is dropped from the opening 43a of the lid 43. The dropped cleaning liquid permeates the cleaning leader 80 through the opening 95 formed in the cartridge. As a result, wet cleaning can be performed. The cleaning liquid may be supplied in advance through the opening 95 before the cartridge 90 is attached to the cartridge attaching portion 40. After setting the cartridge 90, the film transport unit 5 is closed.
Thereafter, the cartridge 90 is driven by a predetermined start signal.
The cleaning leader 80 is pulled out from the. The cleaning leader 80 that has been pulled out is conveyed by the drive motor 28 in the direction of arrow A in FIGS.

Then, the cleaning by the cleaning reader 80 is started. The cleaning leader 80 is controlled so as to be sent out by a predetermined amount. By transporting the cleaning leader 80 in the transport path, dirt on the magnetic head in the transport path is cleaned. Here, as shown in FIG. 9 or 10, the cleaning leader 80 has a dry area 82 and a wet area 83. Therefore, first, the dry cleaning by the dry area 82 at the tip portion is performed, then the wet cleaning by the wet area 83 is performed, and then the dry cleaning is performed again. As a result, the dirt on the magnetic head 32a can be wiped off on the dry area 83 while the dirt is melted on the wet area 82,
Effective cleaning can be performed.

When the cleaning leader 80 is sent out, the optical sensor 30 detects the end perforation 81 as shown in FIG. After the detection, the cleaning leader 80 is rewound into the cartridge 90.
This completes the cleaning.

The opening 15a formed in the cover member 15 may be used to supply the cleaning liquid. Specifically, the cleaning leader 80 is pulled out by a predetermined amount by a predetermined start signal, and the conveyance of the cleaning leader 80 is stopped. In this state, the cleaning liquid may be dropped through the opening 15a.

[Second Embodiment] Next, another embodiment of the film transport unit 5 will be described with reference to FIGS. The film transport unit 5 includes an exposure unit 100 that prints and exposes an image on the film 2 and a scanner unit 105 that reads image information on the film 2. The structure is such that two film transport units 5 shown in FIG. 2 are united. The structure of the exposure unit 100 is the same as that shown in FIG. 1, and the same components are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted. The scanner unit 105 includes a light source 1 for the scanner.
6, mirror tunnel 17, reflection mirror 18, CC
A D camera 19 is provided.

Each member of the film transport unit 5 is attached to and supported by a base 501, and a rotary table 502 whose rotation is controlled clockwise in FIG. 11 is attached to the central portion. The rotary base 502 is provided with a cartridge attachment portion 503 and a cartridge drive portion 504 at four locations in the circumferential direction. Further, the cartridge 7 is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the turntable 502.
A cartridge supply unit 505 for supplying 0 and 90 is provided. A cover member 506 is provided so as to cover almost the entire area of the base 501 (see FIG. 12). A motor 507 for driving the rotary base 502 is provided in the lower center of the rotary base 502.

As shown in detail in FIG. 13, the cartridge drive unit 504 is provided with a motor 508 for pulling out and winding up the film 2 and the cleaning leader 80 from the cartridges 70, 90, and a light lock for the cartridges 70, 90. A solenoid 509 for opening is provided. As shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the cartridge mounting portion 503 is provided with a rotatable lid 510, and this lid 510 has an opening 5 through which a cleaning liquid can be dropped.
11 is formed. The cartridge supply unit 505 is provided with a cylindrical case 512 in which the cartridges 70 and 90 are stored in a column. The cartridges 70 and 90 dropped from the case 512 are sent to the cartridge mounting portion 503 by the rack 513 and the pinion 514.

As shown in FIG. 12, the carrying paths of the scanner section 105 are provided with carrying rollers 63, 64, 65, an optical sensor 66, and a magnetic head 67 for reading. A winding portion 68 for temporarily winding the film 2 or the cleaning leader 80 is provided at the end of the transport path. Conveyance rollers 74, 75, 76, an optical sensor 77, a write magnetic head 78, and a winding unit 79 are also provided in the conveyance path of the exposure unit 100.

The cover member 50 in the scanner section 105
6, an opening 515 and a guide member 516 that form the same liquid introducing portion as in the first embodiment are formed.

Next, the operation of the film transport unit 5 will be described. The cartridge 70 containing the film 2 and the cartridge 90 containing the cleaning reader 80 are aligned and supplied from the cartridge supply unit 505 to the film transport unit 5. In order to perform cleaning regularly, one cleaning cartridge 90 may be supplied in a mixed state to a predetermined number of cartridges 70.

First, at the position shown in FIG. 11D, the cartridges 70 and 90 are installed in the cartridge supply section 5.
05 to the cartridge mounting portion 503. This transfer is performed by the pinion 513 and the rack 514. When the transfer to the cartridge mounting portion 503 is completed, the lid 51
0 is closed. After that, the turntable 502 is shown in FIG.
1 is moved to the position (E) rotated by 90 ° in the clockwise direction, that is, the scanner unit 105. After that, the image information of the film 2 and the magnetic information are read. Alternatively,
The conveyance path is cleaned by the cleaning reader 80. The transfer control is the same as that of the first embodiment, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

When the processing in the scanner section 105 is completed, the cartridges 70 and 90 are transferred by the turntable 502 to the position (G), that is, the exposure section 100 via the position (F) shown in FIG. Then, the image information of the film 2 is printed and the magnetic information is written. Alternatively,
The conveyance path is cleaned by the cleaning reader 80. The transfer control is the same as that of the first embodiment, and thus the description thereof is omitted. Then, when the processing in the exposure unit 100 is completed, the cartridges 70 and 90 are attached to the turntable 50.
2 returns to the cartridge supply unit 505 and is discharged.

Also in this embodiment, the timing of supplying the cleaning liquid is basically the same as that of the first embodiment. However, since the supply and discharge of the cartridges 70 and 90 can be automatically performed, it is preferable to send the cartridge 90 to which the cleaning liquid is supplied in advance from the viewpoint of work efficiency. Of course, the cleaning liquid may be supplied through the opening 511 or the opening 515 immediately before the cleaning operation in consideration of the evaporation of the cleaning liquid.

[Another Embodiment of Cartridge] FIGS.
6 shows another embodiment of the cleaning cartridge 90. In FIG. 15, openings 95 are formed at two positions in the width direction of the cleaning leader 80. The position of the opening 95 is provided at a position corresponding to the magnetic recording portion 2b of the film 2. This is because the magnetic head is particularly likely to be contaminated in the transport path, or it is the most important to remove the contamination of the magnetic head. FIG.
In addition, although there is one opening 95 at the center, it is an elongated hole along the width direction of the cleaning leader 80. As a result, the cleaning liquid can be uniformly supplied over the entire width of the cleaning leader 80.

[Another Embodiment of the Cleaning Leader] FIG. 1
FIG. 8 shows another embodiment of the cleaning reader 80. The difference from the embodiment of FIG. 7 is that the notch 8 is provided separately from the notch 80B.
0C is formed. That is, two notches 80B and 80C are formed at the tip of the cleaning leader 80. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, one notch 2B is formed at the tip of the film 2. Therefore,
By detecting the number of the notches with an optical sensor or the like, it is possible to recognize whether the film 2 or the cleaning leader 80. This makes it possible to achieve automation of the cleaning work.

[Still Another Embodiment of the Present Invention] (1) The film transport unit 5 has been described as an example of the photographic processing equipment, but the equipment is not necessarily unitized. Further, it can be used for cleaning not only the film 2 but also the conveyance path of the printing paper 3. (2) In the present embodiment, the cleaning leader 80 is attached to the film transport unit 5 in the state of being housed in the cartridge 90, but it may be attached in a state of not being housed in the cartridge 90. (3) In the present embodiment, the cleaning liquid is directly dropped on the cleaning member, but it may be supplied by applying the cleaning liquid via a felt. Alternatively, the cartridge 9 is provided with a liquid reservoir for storing the cleaning liquid.
0 or the film transport unit 5 may be provided. (4) In the present embodiment, the case where the cleaning liquid is supplied in the state of the film transport unit 5 has been described, but a component having the same function as the film transport unit 5 is incorporated in the photo printing apparatus 1 and fixed. In such a case, a liquid introducing section may be provided on the main body cover of the photoprinting apparatus 1 so that the cleaning liquid can be supplied from the outside of the main body cover.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a photo printing apparatus.

FIG. 2 is an overall perspective view of the film transport unit according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the film transport unit according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a transport path according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a state in which the film is pulled out from the cartridge.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the cartridge.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a state in which the cleaning leader is pulled out from the cartridge.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view of a cleaning cartridge.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a permeation state of a cleaning liquid.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a permeation state of a cleaning liquid.

FIG. 11 is a plan view of the film transport unit according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG.

FIG. 13 is an enlarged perspective view of the cartridge supply unit according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a sectional view of a cartridge supply unit according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 15 is another embodiment 1 of the cleaning cartridge.

FIG. 16 is another embodiment 2 of the cleaning cartridge.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a structure of a cleaning leader.

FIG. 18 is another embodiment of the cleaning leader.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 Film 5 Film transport unit 15,506 Cover member 15a, 43a, 511, 515 Opening (first opening) 32a, 67, 78 Magnetic head 40, 503 Cartridge mounting part 43 Lid (cover member) 60, 61 Liquid introducing part 70, 90 Cartridge 80 Cleaning leader 82 Dry area 83 Wet area 95 Opening (second opening)

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A photographic processing apparatus for carrying a predetermined process by carrying a photographic light-sensitive material along a carrying path,
It is characterized by comprising a mounting portion for mounting a cleaning member transported along the transport path, and a liquid introducing portion for supplying a cleaning liquid to the cleaning member mounted on the mounting portion. Photo processing equipment. 2. The photographic processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the liquid introducing section is provided with a first opening formed in a cover member that covers the transport path or the mounting section. . 3. The cleaning member is attached to the mounting portion while being housed in a cleaning cartridge having the same or similar shape as the cartridge for housing the photographic light-sensitive material. The photographic processing device according to claim 1 or 2. 4. The first opening is formed at a position where the cleaning liquid can be supplied to a front end portion of the cleaning member in a state where the cleaning member is pulled out from the cleaning cartridge. The photographic processing device according to claim 3. 5. A second opening for supplying the cleaning liquid to the cleaning cartridge is formed, and an upper portion of the second opening in a state where the cleaning cartridge is attached to the attachment portion. 4. The photographic processing device according to claim 3, wherein the first opening is formed so as to be located at. 6. A method of cleaning a photographic processing device for carrying a predetermined process by carrying a photographic light-sensitive material along a carrying path, comprising: attaching a cleaning member to a mounting portion provided in the photographic processing device; or Before mounting, supply the cleaning liquid to the cleaning member,
A method for cleaning a photographic processing apparatus, comprising: transporting the cleaning member through the transport path to clean the transport path. 7. The dripping of the cleaning liquid is performed on a part of the cleaning member, thereby forming a wet region where the cleaning liquid penetrates and a dry region where the cleaning liquid does not penetrate into the cleaning member. 7. The method for cleaning a photographic processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the cleaning by the dry area is enabled after the cleaning by the wet area. 8. A cleaning cartridge for accommodating a cleaning member for cleaning a photographic processing apparatus, wherein an opening for supplying a cleaning liquid to the cleaning member in the accommodated state is provided. And a cleaning cartridge. 9. The cleaning member is formed in the same or similar elongated shape as the photographic photosensitive material, and the opening is formed at a position where the cleaning liquid can be supplied to a central region in the width direction of the cleaning member. The cleaning cartridge according to claim 8, wherein the cleaning cartridge is a cleaning cartridge.