JPH11109599A - Tray conveyer device for photographic processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tray conveyer device for photographic processing device capable of interrupting automatic operation so as to move a tray by a desired distance with a simple manual operation. SOLUTION: The tray conveyer device 70 is provided between a print feeding station 73 for feeding a print ejected from a print ejecting part for cutting a photographic printing paper to a specific length after a frame image is processed by printing and developing and ejecting the photographing printing paper as the print and a collating station 74 for taking out/checking the print. The tray conveyer device 70 is provided with a forcible moving switch having plural operation modes for forcibly moving the tray 100 which is loaded with the print 3 at the print feeding station 73 to the collating station 74 and constituted so that the travel distance of the tray is different in each operation mode.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a print carry-in station for carrying in a print coming out of a print discharge section for cutting a photographic paper on which a frame image has been printed and developed into a predetermined length and discharging the print as a print. The present invention relates to a tray conveyor device provided between a collating station for taking out and checking prints.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A photographic processing apparatus for printing and developing a photograph is equipped with a tray conveyor device, and a tray conveyor device is provided with one tray at a predetermined pitch.
By sending a tray for one pitch each time a print for an order (usually an order for one negative film) is loaded, the prints loaded on each tray are sorted for each order. In this manner, the prints sorted in order by the tray are transported to the collating station where the operator is waiting, where they are taken out, checked one by one, collated with the corresponding negative film, and then processed. Together with the negative film.

As described above, prints sorted in order are carried on a tray until the operator is on standby, and the movement of the tray is as follows. Even if you want to check the prints of a specific order discharged from the print discharge unit as soon as possible at the start of operation of the photo processing device or for special reasons, Have to wait for the tray. In order to solve such a problem, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2 discloses a technique for forcibly fast-forwarding a tray conveyor.

[0004]

However, in the technique disclosed above, the tray is only fast-forwarded from the position where one-order prints are loaded to the position where the operator waits. Cannot fast-forward to a position where the user waits, in other words, move the tray by a desired distance to bring a desired print to the operator's hand, especially such a tray movement cannot be realized by a simple operation. Was. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a tray conveyor device for a photographic processing apparatus capable of interrupting automatic operation and moving the tray by a simple manual operation by a desired distance.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a print carry-in station for carrying in a print coming out of a print discharge section for cutting a photographic paper on which a frame image has been printed and developed into a predetermined length and discharging the print as a print. In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, in the tray conveyor device provided between the collating station for taking out and checking, in the tray conveyor device according to the present invention, the tray loaded with prints at the print loading station is forcibly moved to the collating station. A forced movement switch having a plurality of operation modes to be operated is provided, and the moving distance of the tray is different depending on each operation mode.

In this configuration, if the operator wants to bring a specific tray away from his / her location for some reason, the operator is forced to operate in an operation mode suitable for the distance between the desired tray and his / her location. Activating the movement switch moves the desired tray to the hand. Each operation mode may be set so as to move, for example, a distance that is an integral multiple of the tray arrangement pitch. That is, the operation mode 1 is set to move the tray for one pitch, the operation mode 2 is set to move the tray for 5 pitches, and the operation mode 3 is set to move the tray for 10 pitches. The forced movement switch may be operated in the operation mode corresponding to.

As one of the embodiments for selecting each operation mode described above, it is proposed that a mode selection switch for selecting the operation mode of the forced movement switch is provided. In this configuration, using this mode selection switch,
Usually, an operation mode corresponding to the tray moving distance that is required most frequently is set in advance, and when the operation mode needs to be changed, the operation mode may be changed to a desired operation mode by a mode selection switch. Such a configuration is much more efficient than a configuration in which the tray is moved a desired distance by pressing the push button for moving the tray one pitch by one pressing operation a required number of times.

Further, as another embodiment for selecting each operation mode, it is possible to configure so that the operation mode is determined according to the operation time of the forced movement switch. For example, the operation mode 1 is selected when the forced movement switch is operated for one second, and the operation mode 2 is selected when the forced movement switch is operated for two seconds. This configuration also provides better operability than operating a plurality of switches or pressing a single switch many times.

In view of the fact that trays need to be stopped at the print loading station while trays can be supplied continuously at the collating station, one embodiment of the tray conveyor apparatus described above includes: It is proposed to provide an intermittent transport line capable of intermittently transporting the tray in the print loading station area and a continuous image transport line capable of continuously transporting the tray in the collation station area. In such a tray conveyor device,
It is also an object of the present invention that the tray placed on the intermittent transport line is forcibly fast-forwarded to a transport line that can be continuously transported as required, and the desired tray is transported to the operator's hand. Therefore, the tray conveyor device includes a circulating guide path that forms a transport path for the tray, and a driving unit that moves the tray along the circulating guide path, and the driving unit intermittently drives the tray from the print discharge unit. If a drive and a continuous drive for feeding the trays to the matching station are provided, in a preferred embodiment according to the invention, a forced displacement switch operates the drive of this intermittent drive. In such a configuration, when the desired tray is moved by the forcible movement switch, the desired tray is transferred from the intermittent drive line driven by the intermittent drive device to the continuous transport line driven by the continuous drive device. By moving the tray, the continuous drive automatically moves the tray to the collating station where the operator is on standby.

In this case, in particular, if a configuration is adopted in which the tray moved to the collation station comes into contact with the tray located on the front side in the transport direction, whereby the connection between the continuous drive type driving device and the tray is released. For example, a transport line driven by a continuously driven drive can stop the tray closely as a storage line, leading to a front jam when a particular print just loaded on the tray is to be moved quickly to the collating station. The possibility that it can not be sent out can be suppressed. Other features and advantages according to the present invention will become apparent from the following description of embodiments with reference to the drawings.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows an entire photographic processing apparatus 1 equipped with a tray conveyor device 70 according to the present invention, and a negative film 2 conveyed in the photographic processing apparatus 1 in accordance with various processes. (Here the negative film is
The transport path of the negative film having the length of one photographic film, the piece negative cut in several frames, and the negative film with a cartridge according to the Advanced Photo System) and the photographic paper 3 are shown in FIG. Is schematically shown in FIG. The photographic processing apparatus 1 includes a negative film supply unit 10, an exposure unit 20 that prints a frame image of the negative film 2 on a photographic paper 3 drawn from a paper magazine 4, and a photographic paper 3 that has been exposed by the exposure unit 20. A developing unit 30 for developing, a drying unit 40 for drying the photographic paper 3 developed by the developing unit 30, and a print discharge for cutting the dried photographic paper 3 into a predetermined length and discharging the prints Section 50, cut the negative film 2 used in the exposure section 20, insert a negative sheet if necessary,
The negative film discharge unit 60 to be discharged and the one order (normally, the negative film 1) loaded from the negative film discharge unit 60
Negative film 2)
And a tray conveyor device 70 for collating and combining the one-order print carried in from the print discharge unit 50 as a finished product and transporting the printed product to a finished product take-out position by an operator.

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 drawn 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 on 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.

First, each film image of the negative film 2 conveyed by the rollers 23a is read by a film reading device 21, and the image information is sent to a controller 5 which controls the entire photographic printing device 1. The controller 5 obtains 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.
Is transferred to the position of the negative mask 22d, the light control filter 2 based on the previously obtained exposure condition is used.
The photographic paper 3 is exposed by controlling the shutter 2b and the shutter 22f. Further, the controller 5 includes the film reading device 21
Process the image information of the negative film 2 read by
A simulated image of an image obtained when the printing paper 3 is printed under the determined exposure conditions can be displayed on the monitor 6a, and the operator can display the simulated image on the monitor 6a.
Is observed, and the exposure condition can be corrected from the console 6b as necessary.

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. The pieces are cut into pieces and sent out as a plurality of negative pieces 2 to the tray conveyor device 70. Depending on the specifications, the negative pieces 2 are inserted into the negative sheets by a negative sheet insertion device (not shown). It is sent to the conveyor device 70. 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 processing. Therefore, the negative film 2 after the exposure processing is also stored in the tray conveyor with the cartridge stored. It is sent to the device 70.

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 tray conveyor 53 by a horizontal feed conveyor 53. It is sent to the device 70. Reference numeral 54 denotes a photographic paper bypass path for discharging the photographic paper 3 in a long state when a situation occurs in which the photographic paper 3 cannot be sent to the tray conveyor device 70 due to some trouble.

The tray conveyor device 70 is provided with a plurality of trays 100 which are guided by driving means 90 for transmitting a conveying force while being guided by a circulation guide path 80.
The transport line determined by the circulation guide path 80 includes a negative film loading station 71 and a standby station 7.
2, a print carry-in station 73, and a collation station 74 are formed. The circular guideway 80 is shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, a negative film discharge unit which is constituted by 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 which is arranged at a lower position of the photographic processing apparatus 1 Along the side wall of the developing section 30 and the drying section 40, the space extends between 60 and the horizontal feeding conveyor 53 arranged at a high position. Since the tray of the tray conveyor device 70 extends out of the housing of the photographic processing apparatus 1 from the print carry-in station 73 to the collation station 74, the print carry-in station 73 is aesthetically pleasing.
Around the tray 100 conveyed by the cover 55
Is configured to be covered.

As shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the tray 100 includes a running section 110 running 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. 8). 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,
The negative film 2 of one order discharged from the negative film discharge unit 60 is transferred to the film storage unit 150a of the tray 100. The standby station 72 waits until it is time for the tray 100 loaded with the negative film 2 to load the one-order print 3 printing the image of the negative film 2 loaded on the tray 100. At the print carry-in station 73, one-order prints 3 printing the image of the negative film 2 stored in the film storage unit 150a are loaded from the print discharge unit 50 into the print storage unit 150b of the tray 100 via the horizontal conveyor 53. It is. . Collation station 7
At 4, when the negative film 2 and print 3 of one order carried by the tray 100 are checked, the negative film 2 and print 3 are taken out of the tray 100 and put into a DP bag. Since such collation / removal for each tray 100 and sending of the tray 100 to the collation station 74 are not synchronized,
The collating station 74 includes a standby station 72
Similarly, the tray 100 can be stored on the rail 81. 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 90a is configured as a continuous driving type driving device, and is disposed over the verification station 74 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 72. The third driving device 90c is arranged to move the tray 100 loaded with the negative film 2 to the storage line of the waiting station 72 formed by a part of the first driving device 90a. The fourth drive device 90d is arranged to sequentially move the trays 100 stored in the standby station 72 to the tray stop position of the print carry-in station 73, and as is apparent from FIG. 90d raises the tray 100 steeply. The fifth driving device 90e is configured as an intermittent driving type driving device.
Every time an order print 3 is loaded on the tray 100, it is intermittently driven by the transport pitch of the tray 100. The tray 100 detached from the fifth driving device 90e is moved by the sixth driving device 90f along the curved guide path 80 formed in front of the collating station 74, so that the collating station 74 of the first driving device 90a is moved. Is sent to the part forming.

Each of the above-described driving devices includes a chain 91, a driving sprocket 92 meshing with the chain 91, a direction changing sprocket 93, and driving motors 94a, 94b and 94c for driving the driving sprocket 92. At this time, the first, second, third, and sixth driving devices 90a,
Although 90b, 90c, and 90f receive power from the common drive motor 94a, the fourth and fifth drive units 90d, 90d
Oe receives power from the individual drive motors 94b and 94c because of the need for timed intermittent operation.

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. 6, a magnet fixed to the lower surface of the mounting plate 115 extending vertically to the outside of the rib 111a of the traveling platform 110 by the resin 117 as shown in FIG. 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 a driving device other than the first driving device 90a, the tray 100 and the chain 91 may be moved integrally. Therefore, in these driving devices, not only the 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 as the link plate of each chain 91. Each of the chains employs a configuration in which the tray 100 is moved via the pulling unit 95. As shown in FIG. 5, the pawl portion 118 further protruding from the lower ends of the rib portions 111 a and 111 b of the traveling platform 110 comes into contact with the towing portion 95 of the chain 91, so that the traveling portion 110 and the towing portion 9
5, and a transferable transferable engagement with 5 is created. The drive motors 94 are controlled by the controller 5 so as to cooperate with each other.

The fourth and fifth driving devices 90d and 90e are intermittently driven, and are normally controlled such that the pulling portions 95 come into contact with the respective pulling portions 95 of the chain 91. The pitch is an assembling pitch of the traction unit 95, and the distance moved by one intermittent drive is also adjusted to the transport pitch. Since the fifth driving device 90e is a downwardly inclined conveying line, the fifth driving device 90e conveys the tray 91 in a form in which the pulling portion 95 of the chain 91 stops the tray 100 from sliding down.

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
Since the structure is the same, the structure of the first stopper shown in FIG. 8 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. 8 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. 8 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 second stopper device 86 and the fourth driving device 9
Since the positional relationship with 0d and the downward inclination posture of the rail 81 are the same as those in the case of the first stopper device 85, the second stopper device 86 can also control the stop and passage of the tray 100 with the same configuration.

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. 9, the third stopper device 87 includes a swing arm 87b that swings in a seesaw manner around a rotation shaft 87c, and a swing arm 8
A pair of engagement pins 87a provided at both ends of the tray 7b and selectively engageable with the claw portions 118 of the tray 100 by the swing of the swing arm 87b, and a rotating shaft for swinging the swing arm 87b. A rotary solenoid 87d connected to the rotary arm 87c and a swing arm 8 in the clockwise direction in FIG.
And a spring 87e engaged with one end of the swing arm 87b so as to bias the arm 7b. In the third stopper device 87 having such a configuration, when the rotary solenoid 87d is not energized, the urging force of the spring 87e causes
The swing arm 87b assumes the posture shown by the solid line in FIG. 9, and stops the leading tray 100. Top tray 1
The tray 100 following 00 is moved on the rail 81 by magnetic force until it comes into contact with the preceding tray 100 as described above, but when it comes into contact with the preceding tray 100, it becomes impossible to move by magnetic force, and one after another. Tray 100
Is stored in a packed state. When the rotary solenoid 87d is energized, the swing arm 87b
Comes to the position shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 9 against the urging force of the spring 87e, and stops the next tray 100.
As a result, the rail 81 starts to move through the magnetic force, and is also passed on to the second driving device 90b with the help of the downward inclination posture of the rail 81. When the energization of the rotary solenoid 87d is further released from this state, the swing arm 87b returns to the posture shown by the solid line in FIG.
New top tray 1 moved slightly by 0a
Stop 00. The tray 100 detached from the first driving device 90a approaches the second driving device 90b with the help of the downward inclined posture of the rail 81, and the fourth driving device 90b provided between the first driving device 90a and the second driving device 90b. It is stopped by the stopper device 88.

The fourth stopper device 88 is for setting the timing for sending 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. 10, 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 operations of the third stopper device 87 and the fourth stopper device 88 are controlled by 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.

A collation mark display device 180 is provided on the first side plate 153 of the tray 100. As shown in FIG. 12, the collation mark display device 180 includes a drum 182 rotatable around an axis 181, an elastic body 183 for elastically holding the drum 182, and a housing 184 accommodating the drum 182. It has. 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 surface of the drum 182 is painted in red, and when the drum 182 rotates to the first position, red is displayed through the display hole 184b.
When 2 is rotated to the second position, a ground color, for example, white is seen from the display hole 184b. That is, the controller 5 determines that the one-order negative film 2 and the print 3 placed on the same tray 100 do not completely match due to a trouble occurring during the processing of the negative film 2 or the photographic paper 3 in the photographic processing apparatus 1. If so, the collimating mark solenoid 89 disposed in the print carry-in station 73 is operated to rotate the drum 182 from the second position to the first position, so that the operator can print the negative film 2 of this tray and print. 3 informs that there is no matching. Drum 1 rotated to first position
82 is returned to the second position at the verification station 74 again.

The traveling platform 111 of the tray 100 is provided with an ID plate 120 for indicating the ID code of each tray 100. The ID plate 120 is provided with a through hole 121 formed at a predetermined position on the guide circuit 80. The 6-bit code is generated by reading by the ID sensor 77 provided in the. This allows
The controller 5 can manage which negative film 2 or print 3 is stored in which tray.

Next, the tray conveyor device 70 having the above configuration
The operation of transporting the tray 100 will be described. The tray 1 stopped by the first stopper device 85 from the negative discharge unit 60 in the negative film loading station 71
The negative film 2 is stored in the film storage portion 150a of the negative film 2 in a state of being inserted into a negative sheet and being folded, or the negative film 2 which is bare, and in some cases, the cartridge of the advanced photo system is shown for each order. Automatically by a feeder device that is not running. 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 moved to the pulling portion 95 of the third driving device 90c.
, Travels on an ascending slope, and is taken over by the first drive device 90a forming the standby station 72, and is sequentially stored.

The first 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 the print 3 of one order from the horizontal conveyor 53 and descends the slope by the fifth driving device 90e, the next tray 1 is stopped.
00 is sent to the print carry-in position and stopped by the second stopper device 86.

As long as the photographic processing apparatus 1 is operating normally, as long as the number of prints per order does not exceed a predetermined amount, the negative film 2 is stored in the tray 100 per order in the order of exposure processing in the exposure unit 20. 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. However, except for such exceptions,
If the controller 5 recognizes that the negative film 2 and the print 3 stored in the tray 100 having a predetermined ID code are inconsistent with the collation, for example, there is a defect due to a trouble that has occurred in the processing process so far, the print loading station The solenoid 89 for the collation mark provided in 73 operates the drum 182 of the collation mark display device 180 of the tray 100 having this ID code to the first position, and a red color indicating the inconsistency of the collation is displayed in the display hole 184b. put out.

The tray 100 stopped by the second stopper device 86 is moved from the horizontal conveyor 53 to
When the print 3 to be combined with the negative film 2 of one order is received, the second stopper device 86 is released, and the tray 100 slightly descends by its own weight, and stops by engaging with the pulling portion 95 of the fifth driving device 90e. However,
The chain 91 of the fifth driving device 90e also moves by one transport pitch. With such intermittent movement of the chain 91, the tray 100 descends by the transport pitch. The tray 100 separated from the fifth driving device 90e is temporarily taken over by the sixth driving device 90f to enter the storage line of the verification station 74.

The trays 100 entering the storage line of the collating station 74 are stopped in order starting from the trays 100 stopped by the third stopper device 87, and the operator can take the negative film 2 and the finished products 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 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.

The above-described drive control of the tray conveyor device 70 is performed by the controller 5 whose functional configuration is shown in FIG. Controller 5
Performs not only the control of the tray conveyor device 70 but also the control of the entire photoprocessing device 1, but here only the conveyor control is shown. An operation console 6b connected to give various commands to the controller 5 includes:
Although a large number of key switches are provided, one of the key switches is assigned a function as a forced movement switch 61 for forcibly driving the fifth driving device 90e of the tray conveyor device 70 by manual operation. Further, one key switch is assigned, as a mode-specific adjustment switch 62, a function of setting a drive pattern of the fifth drive device 90e in an operation mode described later. The operation mode is determined by the operation mode determining unit 5a implemented by the computer program in the controller 5 according to the time of pressing the forced movement switch 61. The operation mode determination unit 5a selects one of the first operation mode, the second operation mode, and the third operation mode. Decide one. For example, by pressing the forced movement switch 61 for one second, the drive motor 94c, that is, the fifth driving device 90e is operated in the first operation mode, and by pressing the forced movement switch 61 for two seconds, in the second operation mode, and By pressing the forced movement switch 61 for three seconds, the fifth driving device 90e is operated in the third operation mode. It is the role of the mode-specific adjustment switch 62 to set the specifications of each of these operation modes and the movement distance of the fifth drive device 90e by acting on the operation mode determination means 5b. For example, in the first operation mode, the fifth driving device 90e is set to move the tray 100 by a distance corresponding to the tray conveyance pitch, and in the second operation mode, the tray 100 is moved by a distance five times the tray conveyance pitch. In the third operation mode, the fifth driving device 90e is set to be moved by 10
The setting is made so that the tray 100 is moved by twice the distance.

In this case, when the print 3 of the first order is loaded on the tray 100 at the print carry-in station 73, or for some reason, the tray 1
When it is necessary to see the print 3 just loaded in the tray 00, the forcible movement switch 61 is used to set the desired tray 1.
00 can be forcibly moved over the cover 55 to the operator's hand. The operation mode can be selected by judging from the required moving distance of the tray 100 and keeping the forced movement switch 61 pressed for an appropriate time.

FIG. 14 is a functional block diagram showing a modification of the drive control of the tray conveyor device 70 using the forced movement switch 61. Here, a new 1
One key switch, as a mode selection switch 63,
The function of selecting the operation mode described above is assigned. In this modified example, the operation mode is not selected according to the pressing time of the forcible movement switch 61, but the operation mode is selected by the mode selection switch 63. That is, the operator uses the forced movement switch 61 and the mode selection switch 63 to move the tray 1 by a necessary distance.
00 is moved.

FIG. 15 shows a photographic processing apparatus 1 provided with a tray conveyor device 70 of another embodiment. As shown in detail in FIG. 16, the tray conveyor device 70 is an intermittently driven tray conveyor having a vertical structure provided between a print loading station 73 located above and a collation station 74 located below. is there. The driving device 290 includes a chain 291, a driving sprocket 292 meshed with the chain 291 and driven by a motor (not shown), and a driven sprocket 293, and the foldable tray 200 is attached to the chain 291 at a predetermined pitch. ing. Also in this embodiment, when it is necessary to see the print 3 just loaded on the tray 200 for some reason, the desired tray 200 is moved over the cover 55 by using the forcible movement switch 61 in the same manner as in the previous embodiment. Can be forcibly moved to the operator's hand.

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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a photographic processing apparatus equipped with a tray conveyor device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the photographic processing apparatus according to FIG. 1 showing a flow of a negative film and photographic paper.

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

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a tray conveyor device.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between a driving device and a traveling portion of a tray.

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

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing loading of a negative film into a film storage unit.

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a first stopper device.

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

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of an optical sensor.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a tray.

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of a verification mark display device.

FIG. 13 is a functional block diagram showing tray forced movement control of the tray conveyor device.

FIG. 14 is a functional block diagram showing a modification of the tray forced movement control of the tray conveyor device.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of a photographic processing apparatus equipped with a tray conveyor device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a detailed view of the tray conveyor device used in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 Print 5a Operation mode determination unit 61 Forced movement switch 62 Adjustment switch for each mode 63 Mode selection switch 70 Tray conveyor device 73 Print carry-in station 74 Verification station 100 Tray

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A print carry-in station for carrying a print coming out of a print discharge unit for cutting a photographic paper having a frame image printed and developed into a predetermined length and discharging the print as a print, and taking out and checking the print. In a tray conveyor device provided over the collation station, a forced movement switch having a plurality of operation modes for forcibly moving a tray loaded with prints at the print carry-in station toward the collation station is provided. A tray conveyor device for a photographic processing apparatus, wherein the moving distance of the tray varies depending on the type of the tray. 2. A tray conveyor for a photographic processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a mode selection switch for selecting an operation mode of said forced movement switch. 3. The tray conveyor apparatus for a photographic processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an operation mode is determined according to an operation time of said forced movement switch. 4. The tray conveyor device includes a circulating guide path that forms a transfer path for the tray, and a driving unit that moves the tray along the circulating guide path. An intermittent drive for sending out from the print discharge unit and a continuous drive for sending the tray to the collating station, wherein the forcible movement switch operates the drive of the intermittent drive. The tray conveyor device for a photographic processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein: 5. The continuous drive device and the tray are released when the tray moved to the collating station comes into contact with the tray located on the front side in the transport direction. A tray conveyor device for a photographic processing device as described in the above.