JPH10142766A - Photographic processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify recovery operation for negative film and print whose collated result is noncoincident by providing a trouble detecting means detecting collation noncoincident trouble in a stage for processing the negative film and photographic paper and an informing means informing that a finished thing carried has the collation noncoincident trouble based on trouble information from the trouble detecting means. SOLUTION: The trouble detecting means 5i forcibly ejects the negative film due to the trouble decided by a frame image decision means 5e and the jamming in carrying detected by a negative film carrying control means 5b. Then, the collation noncoincident trouble is detected and linked to the negative film ID code and the print ID code of the negative film on which the collation noncoincident trouble is found as trouble information. In the case the trouble information is linked to the ID code, a red color showing the noncoincidence of collation is displayed on a display hole by the collation mark display device of a tray by means of a solenoid for a collation mark provided in a print carrying-in station.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an exposure section for printing an image of a negative film sent from a negative film supply section onto photographic paper, a negative film discharge section for discharging the negative film used in the exposure section, A developing unit for developing the printed photographic paper; a print discharging unit for cutting the developed photographic paper to a predetermined length to discharge as a print; and a unit discharged from the negative film discharging unit. And a collating / conveying means for receiving a print having an image obtained from the one unit of the negative film from the print discharge unit, and combining and conveying these as finished products.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a photographic processing apparatus as described above, a combination of a negative film and a print is made by one negative film or a set of piece negatives ordered by a customer (several pieces of film cut every four or six frames). ) Is usually performed as one unit, and this one unit is also referred to as one order. Even if the same customer orders printing of several negative films or several sets of piece negatives at the same time, they are processed as separate orders. Photographs of this one order, that is, one unit of piece negative (usually one long negative film is finally cut to a predetermined length as a piece negative) and the print is automatically packed in a DP bag A processing device is known, for example, from JP-A-6-43622. In the step of comparing the piece negative with the print in the photo processing apparatus, one unit of the piece negative inserted into the negative sheet after the exposure processing is stored in a print bag on which the ID number of the piece negative is printed, and the ID number of the print bag Is compared with the ID numbers of the prints that have been transported by the sorter after being sorted for each unit. If the ID numbers match, this one-unit print is stored in a print bag and combined with a piece negative having the same ID number.

In the case of such a collation system, if the ID numbers of the piece negatives and the prints which are continuously conveyed are different, it is necessary to sequentially check the ID numbers of the piece negatives and the prints which are conveyed. However, there is a problem that the recovery work in the case of the mismatch of the verification is troublesome. In particular, even if there is only one unit of a piece negative and a print that does not match, even the other piece negative and print that should match the same are to be checked at the time of recovery work. Will decrease.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a photographic processing apparatus provided with a collation check function which solves the above-mentioned problem and simplifies the recovery work even if there is a negative film and a print having mismatched collation. To provide.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided an exposure unit for printing an image of a negative film sent from a negative film supply unit on photographic paper, and a negative film used in the exposure unit. A negative film discharge unit that discharges the photographic paper, a developing unit that develops the baked photographic paper, a print discharge unit that discharges the developed photographic paper as a print by cutting the photographic paper to a predetermined length, Means for receiving one unit of the negative film discharged from the film discharge unit, and receiving a print having an image obtained from the one unit of the negative film from the print discharge unit, and combining and conveying these as a finished product; A photographic processing apparatus comprising:
Trouble detecting means for detecting a verification mismatch trouble that adversely affects verification of a unit negative film and print;
And a notifying means for notifying that the finished product being conveyed by the collating and conveying means has the collation mismatch trouble based on the trouble information of the trouble detecting means.

In the above arrangement, when a trouble that causes a mismatch between one unit of the negative film and the print in the collating and conveying means occurs during the processing of each of the negative film and the photographic paper, the trouble detecting means detects the trouble. Can be detected as a collation mismatch trouble, and it can be pointed out that there is a collation mismatch with respect to the finished product, which is the target of the collation mismatch described above, which is transported by the collation transport unit, that is, the negative film or the print. As a result, the operator can easily recognize a negative film or print that does not match the collation in the collation transport unit that performs the combination collation of the negative film and the print for each unit.
It is only necessary to take out the negative film or print and perform the recovery work, and it is not necessary to check other finished products that match. That is, even if the collation mismatch occurs, the recovery operation can be performed easily and quickly, and as a result, the operation rate of the photo processing apparatus is improved.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the collating and conveying means may be configured as a tray conveyor, and the notifying means may be provided on each tray for storing the finished product. According to this configuration, when finished products such as negative films and prints whose matching does not match are loaded onto the tray from each discharge unit, the notification means provided on the tray can verify the finished product currently loaded. Since it informs you that it is not possible,
The operator takes out the finished product whose collation does not match from the tray and performs a recovery operation. Since the operator only needs to pay attention to the notification means provided on the tray, the collation work is simplified.

As the structure of the notifying means, any one that appeals to human vision, hearing, etc. can be used, but it is effective to use a color mark, for example, a device that can display red. The display of such a collation mismatch mark is more conveniently performed by a mechanical switching device than by an electric lighting device, because there is no need to provide electrical wiring.

As a preferred embodiment of the tray, it is preferable that a film storage section for storing a negative film and a print storage section for storing prints are provided on the same tray.
In this case, a print having an image obtained from the negative film stored in the film storage unit is stored in the print storage unit of the same tray. Therefore, the collated print and the negative film are taken out and put in one DP bag. Work becomes easier. If the discrepancy is pointed out by the notification means, the negative film image and the printed image stored in the tray (although they may not be stored at all due to trouble) will not match. Recovery work can be performed by taking out the stored negative films and prints, and the negative films and prints on the other trays can be shipped as they are in a single DP bag.

[0010] The trouble detecting means can take various embodiments for detecting a cause of mismatching when a negative film and a print are finally combined by the matching transporting means. For example, in a photographic processing apparatus, negative film and photographic paper are processed continuously, so that as long as normal continuous operation does not result in collation mismatch, either negative film or photographic paper must be continuously processed. It is conceivable to configure the trouble detecting means so as to detect, as a collation mismatch trouble, when the performed processing step is interrupted. If a negative film or photographic paper is jammed during transport, it is necessary to remove the negative film or photographic paper from the transport process.However, in the case of a negative film, the transport jam may occur due to transport for image reading, cutting into a piece negative, inserting a negative sheet, etc. It is easy to occur, continuous processing is interrupted, and the negative film is removed. In this case, the collation does not match in the collation transporting means. Therefore, the trouble detecting means detects this trouble, and The collation mismatch is pointed out through the notification means to the tray corresponding to the above.

Further, if it is determined by image reading check before the printing process that all the images on the negative film are not suitable for normal printing, the frame image is not printed, so that the collating and transporting means uses the negative film. In such a case, it is proposed to configure the trouble detecting means so as to detect as a matching non-matching trouble in such a case since the image and the print no longer match.

That is, the important point of the present invention is that when the negative film and the print are finally combined by the collating and conveying means in all the processing steps in the photographic processing apparatus, starting from the loading step of the negative film or photographic paper. The trouble detecting means detects this trouble when the cause of the collation mismatch occurs, and points out that the collation does not match the specific negative film or print being conveyed through the notification means, and matches other collation. The purpose is to smooth out the work of shipping finished products. Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of the embodiments with reference to the drawings.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A photographic processing apparatus 1 according to the present invention is shown in FIG. 1 as a whole, and a negative film 2 (here, a negative film is transported in the photographic processing apparatus 1 in accordance with various processes). Photographic film, a negative film having the length of one photographic film, a piece negative cut in several frames, and a negative film with a cartridge according to the Advanced Photo System). This is shown schematically in FIG. The photographic processing apparatus 1 includes a negative film supply unit 10, an exposure unit 20 that prints the image of the negative film 2 on a photographic paper 3 drawn from a paper magazine 4, and a developing unit that develops the photographic paper 3 exposed by the exposure unit 20. A developing unit 30 for processing, and a drying unit 40 for drying the photographic paper 3 developed by the developing unit 30
And dried photographic paper 3 is cut to a predetermined length and printed (print paper 3 is cut to a predetermined length and printed
A print discharge unit 50 that discharges the print
The negative film 2 used in the exposure unit 20 is cut and inserted into a negative sheet if necessary, and a negative film discharge unit 60 to be discharged, and one unit loaded from the negative film discharge unit 60 (for easy understanding, Here, this one unit is 1
The negative film 2 (which may be replaced with an order) is collated and combined as a finished product with one unit of print carried in from the print discharge unit 50, and is conveyed as a collating and conveying means for transporting the finished product to a position where the finished product is taken out by an operator. 70.

The negative film supply unit 10 can be loaded with two negative reels 11 each of which is obtained by winding up to 100 negative films 2 joined by a splice tape. The negative film 11 pulled out from the negative reel 11 can be loaded. The bar code reader 12 is provided with a bar code reader 12 for reading a bar code, and a negative cutter 13 for cutting the drawn negative film 2 for each order.

As shown in FIG. 3 (where the negative film 2 and the photographic paper 3 are arranged upside down as compared to FIG. 2), a reading light source is provided at the upstream side in the film transport direction. 21a, mirror tunnel 21b, and imaging device 21c
An exposure device 2 including an exposure light source 22a, a light control filter 22b, a mirror tunnel 22c, a negative mask 22d, a printing lens 22e, and a shutter 22f is provided downstream of the film reading device 21 in the film transport direction.
2 is provided, and the negative film supply unit 10 to the exposure unit 20
23a for transporting the negative film 2 to the negative discharge section 60 through the roller and the motor 2 for driving the rollers 23a
3b is provided.

The image of each frame of the negative film 2 conveyed by the rollers 23a is first read by the film reading device 21, and is sent to the controller 5 whose block diagram is shown in detail in FIG. Can be The exposure control means 5a of the controller 5 determines exposure conditions for printing the image of the negative film 2 on the photographic paper 3 based on the image information received from the film reading device 21. When transported to the position of the negative mask 22d, the dimming filter 22b and the shutter 22f are controlled based on the exposure condition obtained previously,
The printing paper 3 is exposed. Further, the controller 5 processes the image information of the negative film 2 read by the film reading device 21 and displays a simulated image of an image obtained when the photographic paper 3 is printed under the determined exposure conditions on the monitor 6a.
The operator observes the simulated image on the monitor 6a, and if necessary, controls the console 6b.
The exposure condition can be corrected from the above.

The negative film 2 which has been subjected to the exposure processing in the exposure unit 20 is converted into six frames or four frames by a negative cutter 25 provided in a negative discharge unit 60 disposed downstream of the exposure device 22 in the film transport direction. Each piece is cut and sent as a plurality of negative pieces 2 to the conveyor mechanism 70. Depending on the specifications, the negative pieces 2 are inserted into the negative sheets by a negative sheet insertion device (not shown).
The negative sheet is sent out to the conveyor mechanism 70 after being folded. Note that the negative film 2 conforming to the advanced photo system is pulled out of the cartridge before various processing operations, and is rewound into the cartridge again after the processing. Therefore, the negative film 2 after the exposure processing is also stored in the cartridge in a conveyor mechanism. It is sent to 70. In addition,
A series of transport of the negative film 2 from being pulled out from the negative reel 11 to finally being sent to the conveyor mechanism 70 is controlled by the negative film transport control means 5b of the controller 5.

Although not shown, the developing section 30 is provided with a plurality of developing tanks, and after the image of the negative film 2 is printed by the exposing section 20,
The photographic paper 3 is developed by being sequentially passed through the collection processing section 26 by a roller 24a and a motor 24b for driving the roller 24a and through a development processing tank of a development processing section 30. Note that the exposure unit 20 and the development processing unit 30 are located in front of the development processing unit 30 despite the presence of the loop.
In the event that a situation occurs in which the photographic paper 3 cannot be continuously fed between the two, a cutter 27 for cutting the photographic paper 3 in an emergency evacuation is provided.

The photographic paper 3 after the development processing is dried in a drying unit 40, sent to a print discharge unit 50, and cut by a paper cutter 51 to become a finished print 3, and a conveyer mechanism by a horizontal feed conveyor 53. It is sent to 70. Reference numeral 54 denotes a photographic paper bypass path for discharging the photographic paper 3 in a non-cut state when the photographic paper 3 cannot be sent out to the conveyor mechanism 70 due to some trouble. A series of conveyance of the photographic paper 3 or the print 3 and branching to the photographic paper bypass path 54 are controlled by the photographic paper conveyance control means 5 c of the controller 5.

The conveyor mechanism 70 is, as shown in FIG.
A plurality of trays 100 that are of a tray conveyor type and are driven by a driving unit 90 that transmits a conveying force while being guided by a circulation guide path 80 are provided. A negative film carry-in station 71, a standby station 72, a print carry-in station 73, and a collation station 74 are formed on the transport line determined by the circulation guide path 80. As shown in FIG. 6, the orbiting guide path 80 is composed of a pair of right and left rails 81 having a substantially circular cross section and a connecting body 82 connecting the rails 81 at a predetermined interval. And extends along the side walls of the development processing unit 30 and the drying unit 40 between the negative film discharge unit 60 disposed at the first position and the print discharge unit 50 disposed at a high position.

As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the tray 100 includes a traveling section 110 traveling on a rail 81, and a loading section 150 having a film storage section 150a and a print storage section 150b. It is configured. Traveling part 110
Is a channel-type traveling platform 111 and this traveling platform 111
Four running rollers 113 rotatably supported by shafts 112 on both sides of the ribs 111a and 111b on both sides of the vehicle, and an angle bracket 114 for mounting the mounting portion 150 at an angle to the running table 111.
(FIG. 9). On the running surface of the running roller 113, which is attached to each of the eight trays,
A groove 113a that matches the shape of the rail 81 is formed. The traveling section 110 sandwiches the right rail 81 at two places between the front upper and lower traveling rollers 113 and the rear upper and lower traveling rollers 113 disposed on the right rib section 111a, and is disposed on the left rib section 111b. Stable rail running is achieved by sandwiching the left rail 81 at two locations between the upper and lower running rollers 113 on the front side and the upper and lower running rollers 113 on the rear side.

At the negative film loading station 71,
One unit of the negative film 2 discharged from the negative film discharge unit 60 is transferred to the film storage unit 150a of the tray 100. In the standby station 72, the tray 100 loaded with the negative film 2 can wait in order to match the timing of printing one unit of print 3 printing the image of the negative film 2 loaded on the tray 100 from the print discharge unit 50. It is. In the print carry-in station 73, one unit of print 3 printing the image of the negative film 2 stored in the film storage unit 150a is transferred from the print discharge unit 50 to the print storage unit 150b of the tray 100. Collation station 7
At 4, when the collation of the negative film 2 and the print 3 for one unit carried by the tray 100 is confirmed, the negative film 2 and the print 3 are taken out of the tray 100 and put into the DP bag 7. Since such collation / removal for each tray 100 and sending of the tray 100 to the collation station 74 are not synchronized, the tray 100 is stored on the rail 81 at the collation station 74 similarly to the standby station 72. It is possible. The empty tray 100 is sent to the negative film loading station 71 again.

The driving means 90 for transporting the tray 100 includes:
A chain drive system employing a chain 91 as an endless drive body is employed. As is apparent from FIG.
The first driving device 90a is divided into a sixth driving device 90f. The first driving device 90 a
And the standby station 72.
The second driving device 90b is arranged to move the empty tray 100 to a tray stop position at the negative loading station 71. The third driving device 90c includes:
The tray 100 loaded with the negative film 2 is moved to a standby station 7 formed by a part of the first driving device 90a.
2 to be moved to the second storage line. The fourth driving device 90d is arranged so as to sequentially move the trays 100 stored in the standby station 72 to the tray stop position of the print carrying-in station 73, and as is apparent from FIG. 90d raises the tray 100 steeply.
The fifth driving device 90e further lowers the tray 100 loaded with the prints 3 at a steep gradient, and the first driving device 90a
The tray 100 is moved along a curved line because the orbital guide path 80 is curved before the collation station 74. The sixth driving device 90f to be operated is arranged between the fifth driving device 90e and the first driving device 90a. Each of the driving devices described above includes a chain 91, a driving sprocket 92 meshing with the chain 91, a direction changing sprocket 93, and a driving sprocket 9
2 is constituted by a drive motor 94 that drives the drive motor 2. At this time, the first, second, third, and sixth driving devices 90a, 90b, 9
Although 0c and 90f receive power from the common drive motor 94, the fourth and fifth drive devices 90d and 90e receive power from individual drive motors 94 because of the need for timed intermittent operation. . As a link plate of each chain 91, not only a normal link plate 91a but also a traction link plate 91b having a traction portion 95 extending in the axial direction of the chain roller at a predetermined pitch is mounted. The tray 100 is being moved via 95.

The traction unit 95 and the traveling unit 110 of the tray 100
And the transfer force can be transmitted by two methods. That is, in the first driving device 90a, as shown in FIG. 7, the magnet fixed to the lower surface of the mounting plate 115 extending vertically to the outside of the rib portion 111b of the traveling platform 110 by the resin 117 to form the storage line. The magnetic force acting between 116 and the pulling portion 95 of the chain 91 creates an engagement between the running portion 110 of the tray 100 and the pulling portion 95 of the chain 91, and as a result, the tray 100 is moved by the chain 91. I have. For this purpose, at least the traction link plate 91b is made of a magnetic material. Therefore, the tray 100 is in the chain 9 with the tray 100.
If the traveling is stopped by a force larger than the magnetic force acting between the pulley 1 and the magnet 1, the engagement between the magnet 116 and the traction unit 95 is released, and only the chain 91 advances, and the tray 100 remains stopped. As a result, the trays 100 are sequentially stored by the end faces of the traveling platform 111 abutting against each other, and when the previous tray advances, the magnets 116 are magnetically engaged with the pulling portions 95 of the chain 91 again. , Later tray 1
00 also starts to move by the chain 91. That is, the storage of the tray 100 and the supply of the negative film 2 and the print 3 to the take-out position of the tray 100 are automatically performed without delay.

In driving devices other than the first driving device 90a,
Since the tray 100 and the chain 91 only need to move integrally, as shown in FIG.
The claw 118 further protruding from the lower ends of the chains 111 and 111b comes into contact with the traction unit 95 of the chain 91, so that the traveling unit 1
A transferable engagement between the traction unit 95 and the traction unit 95 is created. Each drive motor 94 is controlled by the conveyor control means 5d of the controller 5 so as to cooperate with each other.

At the negative film loading station 71, the negative film 2 is loaded from the negative discharge unit 60.
The tray 100 has a second driving device 90b and a third driving device 90b.
and c is stopped by the first stopper device 85. Further, the tray 100 is stopped by the second stopper device 86 between the fourth drive device 90d and the fifth drive device 90e in order to carry in the print 3 from the print discharge unit 50 in the print carry-in station 73. First stopper device 85 and second stopper device 86
Therefore, the structure of the first stopper shown in FIG. 9 will be described here.

The first stopper device 85 is provided at a swing arm 85c swinging about a fulcrum 85b and at one end of the swing arm 85c, and is provided on the traveling platform 111 of the tray 100 by swinging of the swing arm 85c. Claws 1
18 and an oscillating arm 85c
Of the swing arm 85c and the fulcrum 85
Spring 85 biasing clockwise in FIG. 9 around b
and a linear drive solenoid 85e connected to the swing arm 85c near the engagement pin 85a and swinging the swing arm 85c counterclockwise in FIG. 9 around the fulcrum 85b when energized. I have. When the energization of the linear solenoid 85e is released, the engagement pin 85a is
Since it enters the movement trajectory of the claw 118 of the second driving device 90b, the tray 100 that has slipped off the rail 81 inclined downward after detaching from the pulling portion 95 of the second drive device 90b is stopped and held. When the linear solenoid 85e is energized, the engaging pin 85a retreats from the movement trajectory of the claw 118 of the tray 100, thereby allowing the tray 100 to pass. The positional relationship between the second stopper device 86 and the fourth drive device 90d and the downward inclination posture of the rail 81 are also different from the first stopper device 85.
Therefore, the second stopper device 86 can also control the stop and the passage of the tray 100 in the same manner.

Further, at the collating station 74,
Third to stop the top of the tray 100 to be stored
A stopper device 87 is provided. As shown in FIG. 10, the third stopper device 87 is provided with a swing arm 87b swinging in a seesaw manner around a rotation shaft 87c, and provided at both ends of the swing arm 87b, and by swinging of the swing arm 87b. A pair of engagement pins 87a that can selectively engage with the claw portion 118 of the tray 100, a rotary solenoid 87d that is connected to a rotation shaft 87c so as to swing the swing arm 87b, and FIG. A spring 87e is engaged with one end of the swing arm 87b so as to bias the swing arm 87b in the clockwise direction. In the third stopper device 87 having such a configuration, when the rotary solenoid 87d is not energized, the swing arm 87b assumes the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 10 and stops the leading tray 100 by the urging force of the spring 87e. As described above, the tray 100 following the leading tray 100 keeps the rails 8 by magnetic force until it comes into contact with the preceding tray 100.
1, but if it comes into contact with the preceding tray 100, it becomes impossible to move by magnetic force.
00 is stored in a packed state. When the rotary solenoid 87d is energized, the swing arm 8
7b becomes the posture shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 10 against the urging force of the spring 87e, and stops the next tray 100. However, the first tray 100 that has become free is driven by the first driving device 90a via magnetic force. Start moving. In this state, when the energization of the rotary solenoid 87d is further released, the swing arm 87b returns to the posture shown by the solid line in FIG. 10 and becomes free once and becomes the new head which has been slightly moved by the first driving device 90a. The tray 100 is stopped. The tray 100 coming off the first driving device 90a is assisted by the downward inclination posture of the rail 81 and the second driving device 90b
And the first driving device 90a and the second driving device 9
0b is stopped by a fourth stopper device 88 provided between the first stopper device 88b and the second stopper device 88b.

The fourth stopper device 88 is for timing the delivery of the tray 100 to the negative film loading station 71. The fourth stopper device 88 sends out a new tray 100 at the same time as the tray 100 leaves the negative film loading station 71. Is controlled. That is, the third stopper device 87 and the fourth stopper device 88
As a result, the stored trays 100 can be sent out one by one to the negative film loading station 71, and at the same time, the storage lines of the collating station 74 are sequentially shifted forward. As shown in FIG. 11, the fourth stopper device 88 is substantially the first stopper device 85.
Since the structure is the same as that of the second stopper device 86, the description thereof is omitted here.

The tray 10 by the fourth stopper device 88
0, the tray 100 is at the stop position as shown in FIG.
Is provided with an optical sensor 76 for detecting whether or not the negative film 2 and the print 3 are stored in the film storage portion 150a and the print storage portion 150b, respectively. The optical sensor 76 detects whether or not the negative film 2 is present. LED 76a and light receiving element 76b for detecting the presence or absence of print 3
The mounting section 150 has an LED 76
a and holes (not shown) that allow the light emitted from the LED 76c to pass therethrough. The detection signal of the optical sensor 76 is input to the controller 5 so that the fourth
It is checked whether the tray 100 stopped by the stopper device 88 is empty. The above-described first stopper device 85, second stopper device 86,
The third stopper device 87 and the fourth stopper device 88 are also controlled by the conveyor control means 5d of the controller 5.

Here, the structure of the mounting portion 150 of the tray 100 will be described with reference to FIG. The mounting portion 150 mainly includes a top plate 151, a bottom plate 152, a first side plate 153, and a second side plate 15.
4 has a box-like form. The print storage section 150b is formed on the top plate 151,
The first side plate 153 and the second side plate 154 protrude from the top plate 151 so that the prints 3 stacked on the top plate 151 do not slip off, and the protruding portion surrounds the print 3 from two directions. The other two directions are open to facilitate loading / unloading of the print 3. Negative film 2, ie, film storage section 150a for storing a piece negative inserted in a negative piece negative or a negative sheet
Is formed in a pocket shape between the top plate 151 and the bottom plate 152. In addition, a box body 155 attached to the outside of the second side plate 154 opposite to the film storage section 150a has a cartridge storage section 150c for storing a cartridge 2a in which the negative film 2 according to the advanced photo system is wound. Is formed.

As is apparent from FIG. 5, the tray 100 is suspended upside down during the movement process from the negative film loading station 71 to the standby station 72, and there is a possibility that the stored articles may fall from the film storage section 150a or the cartridge storage section 150c. For this reason, the tray 100 is provided with a holding mechanism 160 for holding the stored items. The holding mechanism 160 includes a plurality of bearing brackets 1 on the bottom plate 152 as illustrated in FIGS.
62, a claw sleeve 163 fixed to the rotation shaft 161, and a top plate 15.
A first holding plate 165 that swings around a fixed shaft 164 attached to the first holding member 164 in a seesaw manner to hold a negative film stored in the film storage portion 150a at one end thereof.
And a second holding plate 168 that swings around a fixed shaft 167 attached to the top plate 151 in a seesaw manner to hold a cartridge stored in the cartridge storage unit 150c at one end. First holding plate 165
And the second holding plate 168 are connected to the claw portions 16 of the claw sleeve 163.
It swings in the opening direction due to the transmission of the rotational displacement from the claw sleeve 163 due to the contact with 3a. Further, the swing in the direction of pressing the respective stored items is performed by a spring force.
6 and 169 are provided. In order to operate the rotation shaft 161, a rounded operation piece member 170 is fixed to an end of the rotation shaft 161 on the traveling platform 111 side. FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the posture of the operation top member 170 is changed by the contact movement with the top guide rail 175, and accordingly, the rotating shaft 161 is rotated, and the claw sleeve 16 is rotated.
3 is displaced from the position shown in FIG. 13 to the position shown in FIG.
The claw portions 163a are used as first and second holding plates 165, 168.
Is pushed up against the spring force of the helical springs 166 and 169 to be in the open position, so that the negative film 2 can be stored in the film storage portion 150a or the cartridge 2a can be stored in the cartridge storage portion 150c. Top guide rail 1
When the contact between the operation piece member 75 and the operation piece member 170 is completed, the first and second pressing plates 165 and 168 are brought into the holding posture of the stored object by the spring force. Therefore, the frame guide rails 17 are provided in the area where the negative film 2 is carried in / out of the tray 100.
5 are provided.

As is apparent from FIG.
Are configured to perform various functions in addition to the functions described above. The frame image judging means 5e determines the negative film 2 based on the detection result of the screen detection sensor 14 with respect to the negative film 2 pulled out from the negative reel 11.
Is determined to have troubles such as back-burning, all fog, all missing, half size, etc. The negative film ID code allocating means 5f allocates a negative film ID code corresponding to a film ID (hereinafter, referred to as FID) read from a barcode sticker attached to one unit of the negative film 2 by the barcode reader 12. However, this negative film ID code is used instead of the FID during the processing in the photographic processing device 1.
It is used to specify the unit negative film 2. An ID code for the DP bag 7 is linked to each FID, and the negative film 2 having a specific FID is put into the predetermined DP bag 7 by collating these ID codes. . Further, in order to ensure that the prints 3 made from the negative film 2 are also put in the specific DP bag 7, the exposure unit 20 applies the image of the frame of the negative film 2 to the photographic paper 3 area. A print ID code allocating unit 5g for allocating a print ID code is also provided, and this print ID code is also linked to the negative film ID code. The print ID code is also mechanically formed as a 6-bit code directly on the printing paper 3 by a notcher (not shown). The trouble detecting means 5i is provided with a frame image determining means 5e.
Of the negative film 2 due to forced discharge of the negative film 2 or the like from the trouble determined by the negative film transport control means 5b, etc. 2 is linked to the negative film ID code or print ID code.

FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram showing the link structure between the various ID codes and the trouble information to facilitate understanding. The order number is also linked to the negative film ID code. One tray 100
, Linked negative film ID code and print I
When the negative film 2 having the D code and the print 3 are loaded, the combination is automatically verified. For this purpose, the tray ID code allocating means 5h uses the negative film ID code and, consequently, the print ID. Link the tray ID code to the code. This tray ID code guides the through-hole 121 formed in the ID plate 120 indicating the tray ID code of each tray 100 provided on the traveling platform 111 of the tray 100 to the guide circuit 8.
The ID is read by an ID sensor 77 provided at a predetermined position of 0, generated as a 6-bit code, and sent to the tray ID code allocating means 5h of the controller 5.

A collation mark display device 180 is provided on the first side plate 153 of the tray 100 alongside the bracket 114, and the collation mark display device 180 is provided on the tray 100.
The negative film 2 and the print 3 to be carried into the printer 3 are used as an informing means for informing that there is a collation mismatch problem. As shown in FIG.
80 includes a drum 182 rotatable around a shaft 181, an elastic body 183 that elastically holds the drum 182, and a housing 184 that houses the drum 182. The housing 184 is provided with an opening 184a and a display hole 184b for moving the drum 182 from outside. A part of the peripheral wall of the drum 182 is painted in red, and when the drum 182 rotates to the first position, the display hole 18
When the drum 182 rotates to the second position, the ground color, for example, white, can be seen from the display hole 184b. That is,
The ID of one unit of the negative film 2 or the print 3 placed on the same tray 100 due to the verification mismatch trouble that occurred during the processing of the negative film 2 or the photographic paper 3 in the photo processing device 1
If the trouble information is linked to the code, the collation mark control means 5j of the controller 5 operates the display mark solenoid 89 disposed in the print carry-in station 73 when the corresponding tray 100 is stopped at the print carry-in station 73. Then, the drum 182 is rotated from the second position to the first position, and the operator is notified that the negative film 2 and the print 3 on the tray are not matched. The drum 182 rotated to the first position is returned to the second position again at the verification station 74.

Next, the control regarding the collation between the negative film 2 and the photographic paper, that is, the print 3, in the photographic processing apparatus 1 will be described. In FIG. 4, the controller 5 is shown in a block configuration diagram by performing overall control of the photographic processing apparatus 1, but in FIG. 18, the operation of the entire function of the controller 5 is represented by a photographic processing apparatus control main routine. The photograph processing apparatus control main routine gives instructions to various processing routines as needed to execute necessary processing. FIG. 18 shows, among such various processing routines, a routine related to verification, in particular. Has been mentioned. In any case, the function of the controller 5 is basically realized by a program based on a microcomputer, and can be described in two different forms of a block configuration diagram and a processing routine flowchart.

First, when the negative reel 11 is set,
The negative loading processing routine starts. In the negative loading processing routine, as shown in FIG.
The negative data of one negative film 2 (usually this unit is 1 order) is read by an optical sensor (# 11),
It is determined whether normal printing processing is possible. That is,
Whether the frame image of the negative film 2 is back-burned (#
12), whether all fog or all missing (# 13), not full size but half size (# 14), and if yes, negative film 2 unsuitable for such printing process Is forcibly discharged, or sent to the negative discharge unit 60 for a time and placed on the tray 100 (# 15). In the case of forced discharge, the negative film 2 is discharged to a discharge negative box through an intermediate discharge line (not shown) based on control by a forced discharge routine (# 16). In any case, if the frame image is inappropriate for the printing process, it is determined that a matching mismatch trouble has occurred, and the trouble information is linked to the ID code of the negative film 2 (# 17).

Negative film 2 after negative loading
Are cut in units of one line, that is, in units of one order, by the negative cut processing routine, and the exposure unit 20 is separated.
Sent to The negative film 2 sent to the exposure unit 20
The pre-exposure process is performed by the frame image reading routine shown in FIG. In the frame image reading routine, it is checked whether there is a print notch used for positioning the frame image (# 21), and if there is a print notch, it is positioned at the scanning position using the print notch (# 22). If there is no print notch, a predetermined frame image is adjusted to the scanning position while detecting the frame image (# 23). The image information (# 24) read from the positioned frame image via the film reading device 21 is stored in the image memory in the controller 5, subjected to appropriate image processing, and displayed on the monitor 6a. Exposure correction is performed on the read frame image as necessary (# 25), and the negative film 2 is sent to the exposure position (# 26). In this negative feed, it is checked whether a negative jam has occurred (# 27).
When a negative jam occurs, the negative film 2 is manually taken out (# 27), and it is determined that a collation mismatch problem has occurred, and the trouble information is linked to the ID code of the negative film 2 (# 29). The removed negative film 2 is loaded again on the transport line after all of the negative film wound around the negative reel 11 is processed.

In the exposure processing, the exposure device 2
Although it is necessary to control the operation of each element constituting the negative film 2, the exposure processing routine shown in FIG. 21 is described focusing on the movement of the negative film 2. In the exposure processing routine, the frame images of the negative film 2 are sequentially exposed on the photographic paper 3 (# 31). However, the exposure per order is large due to the large number of prints per frame image. If the number, that is, the number of prints exceeds 55 (# 32), the value of the print ID is counted up (# 33). This print ID is normally attached to all prints of one order. By stacking the negative film 2 and print 3 of one order on the same tray 100, the order number, negative film ID, print ID, The tray ID is linked 1: 1. However, in this embodiment, since the limit of the number of prints to be placed on the tray 100 is 55, a print ID which is shifted up by one is assigned to prints 3 exceeding 55. That is, two (in some cases, more) print IDs are given to one order. Thus, the print ID and the tray ID are 1:
The relationship of 1 is maintained. Subsequently, in the negative feed in the auto-negative mask area, it is checked whether or not a negative jam has occurred (# 34).
Once a manual recovery operation such as temporarily stopping the feeding of a new negative film 2 to the auto negative mask and removing the negative film 2 by hand is performed, and a verification mismatch problem occurs, the ID code of the negative film 2 The trouble information is linked (# 35). The removed negative film 2 is loaded again on the transport line after all of the negative film wound around the negative reel 11 is processed. In the case of No branch at # 34, it is further checked whether or not a trouble of mismatching such as taking out the negative film from the photo processing apparatus has occurred (# 36). Trouble information is linked to the ID code corresponding to the negative film 2 (# 37). As described above, exposure processing for one order is performed.

The negative film 2 after the exposure processing is a negative piece having a predetermined length (4 frames or 6 frames).
The negative film 2 (negative piece) is further inserted into a negative sheet and discharged from the negative sheet discharging unit 60. These processes are performed by a negative discharging routine. In the negative discharge processing routine shown in FIG. 22, the position of the negative film 2 to be cut is aligned with the cutting line of the negative cutter 25 (# 4).
1) The negative cutter 25 is operated to produce a negative film 2 having a predetermined length (# 42). The cut negative film 2 is inserted into the negative sheet by a negative sheet insertion device known per se (# 43). However, a trouble that the sheet cannot be inserted in the negative sheet insertion process, for example, the negative sheet is too large. When the negative sheet cannot be folded because it is too small, or the negative sheet insertion work cannot be continued because it straddles the seam of the negative sheet (# 44), the negative film 2 is forcibly discharged (# 45). It is abandoned to put the negative piece 2 on the tray 100. Therefore, trouble information is linked to the ID code corresponding to the negative film 2 (# 46).

If the processing time from the completion of the exposure of the final frame image in the exposure section 20 to the discharge from the negative film discharge section 60 is abnormally long, the image is normally discharged from the negative film discharge section 60 in the form of being inserted into the negative sheet. The tray 100 loaded with the negative film 2 is developed by printing the final frame image, and does not arrive at the print carry-in station 73 until the print 3 is discharged from the print discharge unit 50. As a processing for such a situation, there is a negative transport delay processing routine. In the negative transport delay processing routine shown in FIG. 23, the time t1 after the photographic paper 3 on which the final frame image of the negative film 2 to be placed on the tray 100 is printed is sent to the development processing unit 30 is less than the limit time T1. It is checked whether or not the time has exceeded the limit time (# 51). If the time has exceeded the limit time, the feeding of the photographic paper 3 to the exposure unit 20 is interrupted (# 52), and the print 3 discharged from the print discharge unit 50 is processed for the time being. After the empty tray 100 has been sent out toward the print discharge unit 50 (# 53), the negative film 2 of the negative film discharge unit 60
Is loaded on the tray 100. Next, the feeding of the printing paper 3 is restarted (# 55). At the same time, the negative film 2 existing from the exposure unit 20 to the negative film discharge unit 60
Is the ID corresponding to this negative film 2
Link trouble information to the code (# 56). The negative film 2 on which the exposure unit 20 is set is regarded as collatable.

The collation mismatch trouble in the processing related to the negative film 2 has been described so far.
In the process of (printing after print cutting), a collation mismatch trouble also occurs. However, photographic paper 3
Is sent out to the exposure unit 20 by a paper loading routine, and after being exposed, developed by passing through each processing tank of the development processing unit 30 by a development unit transport routine, and is dried by the drying unit 40 until it is dried. Normally, it is performed continuously, so that there is no matching mismatch trouble.
The problem is the print loading process of loading the prints 3 cut from the photographic paper 3 on a predetermined tray 100, and the processing routine is shown in FIG. Before the print cutting by the paper cutter 51, the 6-bit print I formed on the side edge of the photographic paper 3
The notch row for D is optically read (# 61), and the controller 5 checks whether or not it matches the print ID stored in the form of a link structure internally (# 62). The trouble information is linked to (# 67). Further, the number of exposed sheets and the number of prints cut from the printing paper 3 by the paper cutter 51 are checked (# 63). In this check, if the number of prints cut by the paper cutter 51 for this order is larger than the number of prints exposed in this order, that is, the number of prints stored in the controller at the time of exposure processing, recovery is temporarily The print 3 is loaded on the tray 100 linked to the print ID. In the case where the number of print cuts by the paper cutter 51 for this order is smaller than the number of prints stored by the controller in this order, the number of prints stored in the controller 5 is reached as a recovery. At this stage, a tray ID is added to prepare a tray for loading the remaining prints. In this embodiment, the number of prints stored by the controller 5 can be calculated using an order notch that divides the photographic paper 3 into order units, and the frame image formed between the order notches is the number of prints. Becomes Therefore, the above-mentioned troubles occur in the area of the paper cutter 51, in which the order notch is missed (the order notch is not detected even when the specified number is reached) or the order notch is excessively detected (the order notch is detected even when the specified number is not reached). Case)
Caused by In any case, if the numbers do not match, after performing the above-described recovery processing related to the assignment of the loading tray 100 (# 64), trouble information is linked to this print ID (# 67). Here, the print length is also checked (# 6).
5) If the length exceeds the predetermined length, after performing recovery processing such as cutting to a length that can be loaded on the tray 100 (# 66), trouble information is linked to this print ID (# 67). If there is a trouble such as a failure of the transport system that cannot be carried in at the print carry-in station 73 (# 68), the photographic paper 3 is discharged from the bypass path 54 without cutting (# 69), and a trouble occurs in the print ID. The information is linked (# 67). In this case, since the print 3 is not loaded on the tray 100, the corresponding tray 100 is loaded with only the negative film 2,
It is sent to the verification station 74.

In the collation mismatch notification processing routine, the trouble information is linked to the ID code of the negative film 2 or the print 3 to be loaded by the tray 100 stopped at the print carry-in station 73. As a result, this tray 1
When the trouble information is linked to the ID code of 00, the display mark solenoid 89 is operated to display a red mark, so that the operator can be informed that the negative film 2 and the print 3 of this tray do not match. Notify.

Next, the operation of transporting the tray 100 of the conveyor mechanism 70 based on the conveyor mechanism control processing routine will be described. The storage of the negative film 2 from the negative discharge unit 60 in the negative film loading station 71 to the film storage unit 150a of the tray 100 stopped by the first stopper device 85 is performed when the negative film 2 is inserted into the negative sheet and is folded or bare. Negative film 2 as it is, and one cartridge of Advanced Photo System
This is automatically performed for each unit by a feeder device (not shown). The stop by the first stopper device 85 at the negative film loading station 71 is released, and the tray 100 lowered by its own weight is engaged with the pulling portion 95 of the third driving device 90c, travels on the ascending slope, and further moves to the standby station 72. First drive device 9 forming
0a, and are sequentially stored.

The leading tray 100 stored in the standby station 72 is driven by the intermittently driven chain 91 of the fourth driving device 90d to engage with the towing portion 95, thereby towing the steep climbing slope. It goes up every pitch of the part 95. The transport by the fourth driving device 90d is performed in conjunction with the release of the stop of the tray 100 by the second stopper device 86 of the print carry-in station 73, and the pulling portion 95 is moved.
Are driven one pitch at a time. Therefore, every time the tray 100 stopped at the print carry-in station 73 receives one unit of print 3 from the transverse conveyor 53 and descends the slope by the fifth driving device 90e, the next tray 10
0 is sent to the print carry-in position, and the second stopper device 8
6 to stop.

As long as the photographic processing apparatus 1 is operating normally, the negative film 2 is stored in the tray 100 per unit in the order of exposure processing in the exposure unit 20 as long as the number of prints per order does not exceed a predetermined amount. Since the tray 100 that does not store the negative film 2 does not receive the prints 3, the prints are received from the horizontal conveyor 53 in the same order as the above-described exposure processing order, so that the prints are stored in the print storage unit 150b of the tray 100. Means that the print 3 in which the image of the negative film 2 stored in the film storage section 150a is printed is stored. If the number of prints per order exceeds a predetermined amount, a tray 100 is further allocated for the excess prints. However, except for such a special case, if there is any trouble, the negative film 2 and the print 3 stored in the tray 100 having the predetermined ID code have a defect such as a defect due to a trouble occurring in the processing process so far. If the trouble information is linked to the ID code corresponding to the negative film 2 or the print 3 stored or supposed to be stored in the tray 100,
The collation mark solenoid 89 provided in the print carry-in station 73 is operated, the drum 182 of the collation mark display device 180 of the tray 100 is rotated to the first position, and a red color indicating inconsistency of the collation is output to the display hole 184b. .
When the tray 100 stopped by the second stopper device 86 receives the prints 3 to be combined with one unit of the negative film 2 from the transverse conveyor 53, the second stopper device 86 is released and the tray 100 is released.
Slightly descends due to its own weight, engages with the pulling portion 95 of the fifth driving device 90e, and descends with the movement of the chain 91. The fifth driving device 90e is stored in the verification station 74, In accordance with the number of trays 100 in the tray, etc., the tray 1
Every time 00 is received, it is possible to switch between intermittent drive for transporting the pulling unit 95 for one pitch and constant drive for transporting the tray 100 regardless of the state of the second stopper device 86. The tray 100 descending the slope by the fifth driving device 90e is temporarily taken over by the sixth driving device 90f to enter the storage line of the collation station 74.

The trays 100 entering the storage line of the collating station 74 are stopped in order starting with the trays 100 stopped by the third stopper device 87, and the operator can take the negative film 2 and the finished product from the trays 100 as finished products. Wait for print 3 to be removed. Here, the tray 1 on which the red collation mismatch mark is displayed
For 00, the operator performs a predetermined recovery operation. In any case, the tray 10 from which the stored negative film 2 and print 3 are extracted by the operator.
0 indicates that the tray 100 stopped by the fourth stopper device 88 is sent to the negative film loading station 71 by the second driving device 90b, and the third
When the stopper device 87 is operated, it is fed to the fourth stopper device 88. Accordingly, the trays 100 of the storage line are packed one by one by the first driving device 90a.

The transport control of the tray 100 to the negative film loading station 71 by the second driving device 90b upon the release of the fourth stopper device 88 is performed by the first stopper device 85 at the stop position to the film storage portion 150a of the tray 100. It is performed every time the operation of storing the film 2 is completed. That is, when the loading of the negative film 2 is completed, the first stopper device 85
When the stop of zero is released, the completion of removal of the negative film 2 and the print 3 is detected by the optical sensor 76 provided in the area of the fourth stopper device 88, on the condition that
The fourth stopper device 88 releases the stop holding of the tray 100 and supplies the empty tray 100 to the negative film loading station 71. In conjunction with this, the third stopper device 87 also releases the stop holding of the tray 100, and sends the tray 100 to the fourth stopper device 88.

In the above-described embodiment, the configuration is adopted in which colors are displayed as a notifying means for notifying that the negative film 2 or print 3 to be carried into the tray 100 has a collation mismatch problem. Other than the above, as another embodiment of the present invention, it is also possible to employ a notification device using visual such as mark display and lamp lighting, or a notification device using auditory such as buzzer.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a photo processing apparatus employing a photo collation system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a photographic processing apparatus showing the flow of the negative film and photographic paper according to FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the photographic processing apparatus according to FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a controller.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a conveyor mechanism constituting the photo collation system.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between a driving device and a traveling section of a tray.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between a driving device and a traveling portion of a tray.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing loading of a negative film into a film storage unit.

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a first stopper device.

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of a third stopper device.

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of an optical sensor.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a tray.

FIG. 13 is a sectional view showing a tray holding mechanism;

FIG. 14 is a sectional view showing a tray holding mechanism;

FIG. 15 is an explanatory view showing the operation of the operation piece member.

FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram illustrating a link structure of various ID codes.

FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram of a verification mark display device.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram illustrating functions of a controller.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart of a negative loading process.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart of a frame image reading process.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart of an exposure process.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart of a negative discharge process.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart of a negative transport delay process.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart of a print carry-in process;

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Negative Film 3 Photographic Paper (Print) 20 Exposure Unit 50 Print Ejection Unit 5i Trouble Detecting Means 60 Negative Film Ejection Unit 70 Collating and Conveying Means 180 Informing Means

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An exposure section for printing an image of a negative film sent from a negative film supply section on photographic paper, a negative film discharge section for discharging the negative film used in the exposure section, and the printing processing after printing. A developing unit for developing the paper, a print discharging unit for cutting the developed photographic paper to a predetermined length and discharging the print as a print, and receiving one unit of the negative film discharged from the negative film discharging unit; A photographic processing apparatus comprising: a collation / conveying unit that receives prints having images obtained from the one unit of the negative film from the print discharge unit, and conveys the combined prints as a finished product; Mismatching trouble that has an adverse effect on the collation between the one unit of negative film and print that occurred during the processing step And a notifying means for notifying that the finished product being conveyed by the collating and conveying means has the collation mismatch trouble based on the trouble information possessed by the trouble detecting means. A photographic processing apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. 2. The photographic processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said collating and conveying means is configured as a tray conveyor, and said notifying means is provided on each tray for storing said finished product. 3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the notifying means selectively displays a visually recognizable collation mismatch mark.
A photographic processing apparatus according to claim 1. 4. The tray is provided with a film storage section for storing the negative film and a print storage section for storing the prints, and has an image obtained from the negative film stored in the film storage section. 4. The photographic processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the prints are stored in a print storage section of the same tray. 5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said trouble detecting means detects a collation mismatch trouble when a continuous processing step of said negative film or said photographic paper is interrupted. A photographic processing apparatus according to claim 1. 6. The trouble detecting means according to claim 1, wherein when the whole image of said negative film is not suitable for a normal printing process, the trouble detecting means detects a matching mismatch trouble.
The photographic processing device according to any one of the above.