JPH11305309A - Handling device for film unit with lens - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a handling device constituted so that a film housing container housing a photographed film is automatically taken out from a film unit with a lens without failure and developing and printing processing are also executed. SOLUTION: The handling device 600 for the film unit with a lens is provided with a holding means 202 holding the film unit with a lens 100, a releasing device for a winding inhibition mechanism 204, a driving member 208 executing the winding action of a film, a detection means C2 detecting that the photographed film is housed, a moving member for opening a cover 209 and a take-out member for a film housing container 217 taking out the film housing container from the unit 100. Thus, since the winding action of the photographed film of the unit 100, the opening action of a cover for taking out the film housing container and the taking-out action of the film housing container can be automatically and surely executed in turn, the working efficiency of the developing in a film processing laboratory can be enhanced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a film container take-out device for automatically taking out a film container containing a photographed film from a lens-fitted film unit. The present invention relates to a device for handling a film unit with a lens that automatically performs printing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, a film unit with a lens is loaded with an unexposed film in a manufacturing process in advance, and a user can immediately take a picture after purchasing the film unit with a lens. After the photographing, the film unit with the lens may be taken to a photographic film retail store. The taken film unit with the taken lens is transported from the retail store to the photo lab, where the photo film is taken out of the film unit with the lens, processed, printed, and returned to the user again from the retail store. Is done.

[0003] The work of taking out a photographed film from a film unit with a lens in a developing laboratory is usually performed manually. In other words, before taking out the film storage container, all of the film has been taken and the film is stored in the film storage container, the unexposed film remains and is stored in all the film storage containers, or only the leading end of the film is The user decides whether to leave the film in the film container and presses the release button while turning the winding knob to wind the film. Thereafter, in order to take out the film storage container from the lens-equipped film unit, the lid for film storage container removal provided in the lens-equipped film unit is opened and the film storage container is taken out, or the film storage container can be taken out. The film unit with the lens is disassembled to the state and the film container is taken out.

[0004]

Problems to be solved by the present invention
A large number of lens-equipped film units having been photographed are collected from retail stores. It is very troublesome to manually remove the photographed film from such a large number of film units with lenses.

[0005] In particular, the operation of opening the cover for taking out the film storage container and the operation of disassembling the film unit with a lens require some skill. Also, it takes a lot of time unless a skilled worker is used.

Therefore, it has been desired that a film storage container can be easily taken out of a film unit with a lens in a developing laboratory. However, if the structure is such that the film storage container can be easily taken out from the film unit with the lens, the user can take out the film that has already been shot by himself, load a new film into the film unit with the lens, and retry. There is a possibility of shooting.

Since the film unit with the lens is made of inexpensive parts, it does not have a structure that is durable enough to shoot a large number of films unlike a general camera. Unexpected failures may occur if used in such a case, and may cause photographing errors. Therefore, in the film unit with a lens, a mechanism that allows the film container to be easily taken out cannot be provided due to its nature.

On the other hand, when the film container is automatically taken out, the film is securely stored in the film container prior to taking out the film container in order to prevent the photographed film from being erroneously exposed. When performing this operation, it is difficult to ensure high reliability for reliable operation, and thus, automatic removal of the film storage container has not been realized.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a handling apparatus for automatically and without fail taking out a film storage container storing a film which has been photographed from a film unit with a lens, and performing development and printing processes. Its primary purpose is to provide.

It is a second object of the present invention to easily open a lid for removing a film storage container provided on a film unit with a lens in order to take out the film storage container from the film unit with a lens. .

[0011]

In order to achieve the above object, an apparatus for handling a film unit with a lens according to the first aspect of the present invention performs a film winding operation for storing a film in a film storage container every time a photograph is taken. Film winding means for the, in a film unit handling device with a lens that handles a film unit with a lens having a winding prohibition mechanism for inhibiting the winding of the film winding means, holding means for holding the film unit with a lens, Winding-up prevention mechanism releasing means for releasing the winding-up prevention mechanism of the lens-equipped film unit held by the holding means, and a drive for winding up the film in order to store the photographed film in the film storage container. Means and the driving means Detecting means for detecting that the film that has been photographed is stored in the LUM storage container, and based on the detection result by the detection means, from the film unit with the lens, to enable the removal of the film storage container, The film storage container has a lid opening means for opening a take-out lid, and a film storage container take-out means for taking out the film storage container from the film unit with a lens.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the handling apparatus for a film unit with a lens, the winding-up prohibiting mechanism releasing means sets the release button of the film unit with the lens to a pressing state by a release pressing means to thereby inhibit the winding-up. It is characterized by being released.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the apparatus for handling a film unit with a lens, the film winding means is a winding knob which is engaged with a spool in the film container, and the driving means is the winding means. The winding knob is rotated in the winding direction by contacting the knob.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the apparatus for handling a film unit with a lens, the detecting means detects the number of rotations of the driving means to store the photographed film in the film storage container. It is characterized in that it is detected that the operation has been performed.

In the apparatus for handling a film unit with a lens according to the present invention, the detecting means detects a change in a winding load applied to the driving means, so that the photographed film is stored in the film container. It is characterized in that it detects that it has been stored inside.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for handling a film unit with a lens, comprising: a film take-out means for taking out a film from the film storage container; and a splice means for joining a plurality of films taken out by the film take-out means. It is characterized by having.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the apparatus for handling a film unit with a lens, the splicing means has a film storage container insertion opening, and the film storage container taken out by the film storage container take-out means; The film is taken out from the film container inserted through the film container insertion opening by the film take-out means, and the taken-out films taken out are sequentially joined together.

An apparatus for handling a film unit with a lens according to the invention of claim 8 is a film take-out means for taking out a film from the film storage container, and a film for developing the photographed film taken out by the film take-out means. And an automatic developing means.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for handling a film unit with a lens, comprising: automatic printing means for forming an image on a recording medium based on image information of the film developed by the automatic film developing means. It is characterized by having.

A film unit with a lens according to the invention of claim 10 is a film unit with a lens having a lid for taking out a film storage container which can be taken out when opened. In order to open the lid for taking out the film container, an engaging portion for engaging a lid opening means moved by a driving force of a driving means is formed. .

[0021]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Before describing an apparatus for handling a film unit with a lens according to an embodiment of the present invention,
The film unit with lens 100 will be described.

FIGS. 1 and 2 are a plan view and a perspective view showing a film winding mechanism of a lens-fitted film unit 100 (hereinafter, referred to as a film unit 100).

In the film unit 100, a film storage container P is loaded in a storage chamber 12 on the right side thereof, and all the films are stored in a left scroll chamber 11 in which an unexposed film F capable of photographing a predetermined number of images is wound. It is provided to the user in a state of being involved.

The user rotates the winding knob 7 with his / her finger in a counterclockwise direction so that the photographed film is sequentially wound into the film container P and photographed.

A film guide portion 4 is formed between the rail surface 13 and the back cover 2 between the storage room 12 and the scroll room 11 of the film unit 100, and the film F is guided through the film guide portion 4. Will be fed.

Further, the film unit 100 is provided with three sets of sprockets 3 in a state where the teeth 31 and 32 protruding from the film guide 4 are provided as one set. As shown in FIG. The perforations FP2, FP1 formed one by one near each end of the screen have teeth 31,
32 are engaged. Further, three charge cams 33 which rotate integrally with the sprocket 3 are provided, and the charge lever 4 is integrally formed with a charge lever end 41 which operates by contacting the charge cam 33 by a counterclockwise urging force of a spring 43. Is provided.

The other end 42 of the charge lever 4 is provided with a sector lever 5 which is operated by the movement of the other end 42 of the charge lever 4 urged in a counterclockwise direction by a spring 52.
And the sector lever 5 are always in contact with each other.

Further, the sector lever 5 is provided with a projection 51, and a spring 62 is
The other end 63 is integrally provided with the winding stop lever 6 urged clockwise in FIG.

Further, in order to wind up the film F, the winding knob 7 which is a film winding means for winding the film F by engaging with a spool shaft 104 (shown in FIG. 6) in the film storage container P is formed integrally with the ratchet gear 71. It is provided so as to rotate. The winding stop lever 6
When the other end 63 is locked by the protrusion 51, the ratchet gear 71 and the winding stop lever 6 are separated,
The film winding knob 7 allows the film F to be wound.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, after the film F is wound by the film winding knob 7, a winding stop lever 6 is provided as a winding prohibiting mechanism for prohibiting winding.
A step portion 61 is formed at a part of the other end portion 63, and the charge lever 4 is rotated by the rotation of the charge cam 33,
When the sector lever 5 actuated by the movement of the other end 42 moves in the charging direction indicated by the arrow, the projection 51 enters the step 61 to release the winding stop lever 6, and the spring 62 rotates clockwise to wind up. The film is engaged with the prohibiting ratchet gear 71, and the film winding knob 7 integrated with the ratchet gear 71 is prevented from rotating, so that winding is prohibited.

Reference numeral 101 denotes a release button.
01, the winding stop lever 6 rotates counterclockwise to disengage the ratchet gear 71, the step 63 and the projection 51 of the sector lever 5 are released, and the sector lever 5 is Returns to the state of FIG.

The release can be performed by pressing the release button 101 as described above.
01, the winding stop lever 6 is rotated counterclockwise against the spring 52, and the winding stop lever 6 is not locked by the ratchet gear 71, and the winding knob integrated with the ratchet gear 71 is not rotated. 7, it is possible to wind up the film F. Further, the sprocket 3 meshing with the perforations FP2 and FP1 is rotated by winding the film F, and the sector lever 5 is operated by the movement of the other end 42 of the charge lever 4 by the rotation of the charge cam 33 as described above. As for the projection 51, the stepped portion 61 is not engaged and the state of the empty charge is repeated. That is, the winding prohibition is released.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, there is provided a driving member 208 which is provided separately from the film unit 100 and is a driving means which is rotated by a motor M1 comprising a motor and continuously winds the film F. The drive member 208 is provided in contact with the hoist knob 7.

Next, an explanation will be specifically given of the components shown in FIGS. 4 to 9 together with FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the overall structure of a device 600 for handling a film unit with a lens.

After the film unit 100 is inserted, the handling unit 600 for the film unit with the lens automatically takes out the film storage container P from the film unit 100 and then removes the film F from the film storage container P.
Is automatically taken out, the film F is connected, automatic development and drying are performed, and further, all the steps up to baking of the developed film F are automatically performed.

By performing such operations continuously and automatically, a print can be obtained from the film F photographed by the film unit 100 without any trouble.

First, the main structure of a device 600 for handling a film unit with a lens shown in the perspective view of FIG. 3 is a film container take-out device 200 for automatically taking out a film container P from the film unit 100, and a film taken out. Splicing device 300 for taking out and connecting film F from storage container P, connected film F
And an automatic printing apparatus 500 for printing the developed film F.

The film container extracting device 200 serving as a film container extracting means is provided with an insertion port 201 for the film unit 100, and a guide for guiding and mounting the film unit 100 inserted from the insertion port 201. A means 202 and a position detecting means 108 for detecting that the film unit 100 is placed at a predetermined position of the guiding means 202 are provided. Further, a holding member 203 as a holding means for securely holding the film unit 100 at a predetermined position of the guiding means 202 is provided on the upper part of the guiding means 202.

The solenoid 2 is provided above the guiding means 202.
A pressing member 205 serving as release pressing means for pressing the release button 101 by the operation of 06 is provided, and a film winding prohibition canceling device 204 which is a film winding prohibition canceling device incorporating the pressing member 205 is provided. The film winding prohibition canceling device 204 moves the operating member 2 to a position where the guiding of the film unit 100 is not hindered.
The release button 101 is pushed up by the elastic member 2061 through the elastic member 2061 in a non-contact direction through the elastic member 2061.

Further, the film winding prohibition canceling device 20
An operation member 2041 for vertically moving the pressing member 4 between a non-operation position and an operation position of the pressing member 205 is provided.

The film winding knob 7 and the driving member 20 are mounted on the side of the guiding means 202 by mounting the film unit 100 while guiding the film unit 100 to the guiding means 202.
8 is provided so as to come into contact with the same.

Further, in order to open the take-out lid 102 provided in the film unit 100 and take out the film storage container P, a lid-opening moving member 209 which is a lid-opening means having a lid-opening insertion portion 210 formed at the end thereof. Is provided on the other side of the guiding means 202. Furthermore, the moving member 20 for opening the lid
9 is provided with a rack 213 at the other end.
Is provided with a pinion 212 driven by a driving device M2, which is a driving means constituted by a motor, and a cover opening moving member 209 is fitted at the center position of the gear 211 and movably.

Further, the worm gear 216 driven and rotated by a driving device M3, which is a driving means comprising a motor, has a gear 2
And a gear 214 provided coaxially with the gear 215.
Is connected to the gear 211.

FIGS. 5A, 5B, and 5C are perspective views showing the operation sequence of opening the take-out lid 102 by the lid-opening moving member 209. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 5A, the engaging portion 103 for inserting the cover opening insertion portion 210 so that the removal cover 102 can be easily removed is composed of the film unit 100 and the removal cover 1.
02 is formed on the film unit 100 at the contact position with the film unit 02.

As shown in FIG. 5 (b), a lid opening insertion portion 210 formed in a forked shape so as to be easily inserted into the engagement portion 103.
Are formed.

In FIG. 5C, the moving member 209 for opening the lid is turned to remove the lid 102 for taking out. FIGS. 6A, 6B, and 6C are cross-sectional views showing the order in which the film storage container is removed from the film unit 100 by the film storage container removal member.

As shown in FIG. 6 (a), a film storage container take-out member 217, which is a film storage container take-out means provided with a pair of elastic holding members 218 at the ends, is located below the film storage container P. It is arranged so that it becomes. In the film container P, a spool shaft 104 for winding the film F is provided with a light-shielding cap 10.
7, a recess 105 is formed at the end of the spool shaft 104, and a projection 106 to be held by the holding portion 218 is formed in the recess 105.

FIG. 7 shows a film storage container takeout member 2.
17 is a modified example of the holding portion provided in the holding member 17.

In this modification, as described above, the spool shaft 1
A pair of holding portions 2181 made of an elastic body are formed at the tip of the film container take-out member 217 instead of holding the projection 106 of the 04 with the inner surface of the holding portion 218.
The holding portion 2181 is held in strong contact with the inner wall surface of the concave portion 105 formed on the spool shaft 104.

In FIG. 3, a cam 221 driven by a driving device M4 comprising a motor and a cam 21 for moving the film storage container take-out member 217 up and down.
One end of the push-up member 220 that is operated by one rotation is provided in contact with the lower portion of the film container extraction member 217.
Further, an elastic member 219 for moving the film storage container takeout member 217 downward is provided.

Further, the film container take-out member 21
A guide plate 223 is provided to advance the film container P taken out in step 7 to the next step.

The film storage container take-out device 200 configured as described above is provided with a splice device 300 as splicing means connected thereto.

The splicing device 300 includes a film take-out device 301, a film cutting device 309, and a film connecting device 312 for connecting the films F.
Is provided.

The splice device 300 is provided with an insertion port 304 for inserting the film container P taken out of the film unit 100, and the guide plate 223 is provided.
The upper film storage container P is inserted. Also, the guide plate 223
The film storage container P taken out is temporarily
A stop member 224 that is operated by a solenoid or the like is provided so as to be placed on the block 3 and blocked.

Next, the film take-out device 301, the film cutting device 309, and the film connection device 312 provided in the splicing device 300 shown in FIG. 8 will be described.

The film take-out device 301 includes a disassembling device 305 for disassembling the taken-out film storage container P with the film taking-out disassembling members 306 and 307, and a pair of conveying devices for conveying the disassembled and taken-out film F to the next step. A roller 308 is provided.

In addition to the film container P taken out from the film unit 100, a film container insertion port 303 into which a film container P1 photographed by a general camera can be inserted is provided in a part of the film take-out device 301. Is provided.

In the next step, the film cutting device 309, the pair of transport rollers 31 for receiving and transporting the film F is provided.
0 and a pair of film cutting blades 311 for cutting the front and rear ends of the conveyed film F.

Further, the film connecting device 312 which is the next step of the film F obtained by cutting the front and rear ends of the film F includes:
Connecting tape F for joining film ends to each other
1, a film guide table 313 for joining the films F in a stable state, and a pressure roller R1 for pressing the connection tape F1 against the film F are provided on the film guide table 313.

In order to form the splice device 300 in a dark room, a light-tight device such as a double shutter (not shown) is provided in the film container insertion opening 304 so as to maintain a light-tight state.

Next, a winding drive unit M5 for winding the film F connected by the film connecting device 312 is provided. Further, in order to automatically develop the wound film F, a developing unit 315 is provided. There is provided an automatic film developing apparatus 400 which is an automatic film developing means provided in the order of a section 316, a washing section 317, and a drying section 318. A detection member 320 for detecting the film F pulled out from the automatic film developing apparatus 400 after the development is completed in the automatic film developing apparatus 400 is provided.

FIG. 9 is a front view showing the entire structure of an automatic printing apparatus 500 which is an automatic printing means.

The automatic printing apparatus 500 is installed at a position where the film F developed by the automatic film developing apparatus 400 is automatically picked up. The automatic printing apparatus 500 includes a photographic printing machine B and a photosensitive material processing apparatus for developing printed photographic paper. It is composed of a device AP.

The photoprinting machine B has a pair of conveying rollers 501 for drawing a predetermined length of photographic paper, which is an unexposed recording medium, stored in a roll in a magazine Ma, and cuts the photographic paper thus drawn. And a cutter Ct,
The sheet-like photographic paper F2 formed by the cutting of t is moved to the exposure position by the pair of transport rollers R2 and R3, the transport belt Be, and the suction means Vc provided below the transport belt Be, and stopped. Have been.

A light source section La, a lens Le, and a shutter St are provided at the exposure position, and the printing is performed by exposing the sheet-like photographic paper F2, which is waiting below, based on the image information formed on the film F.

The photosensitive material processing machine AP is provided with a pair of rollers R3 and R5 for transporting the exposed and baked sheet photographic paper F2, and a photographic paper developing section 1A for processing the sheet photographic paper F2. A photographic paper fixing section 1B and photographic paper stabilizing sections 1C, 1D, and 1E are provided. After color development, fixing processing, and stabilization processing are performed, respectively, the sheet-like photographic paper F2 is processed by the photographic paper drying section 1F. It is configured to be dried and discharged outside the machine.

Next, in the apparatus 600 for handling a film unit with a lens constructed as described above, the process up to taking out the film container P from the film unit 100 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The operation until the film F in the film storage container is baked by the automatic baking apparatus will be sequentially described.

While inserting the film unit 100 shown in FIG.
It is inserted by the operation of "START" S10 up to the upper predetermined position. Therefore, the film unit 1 is held by the holding member 203.
When "00" is held, the film unit 100 is detected by the position detecting means 108, and the fact that the film unit 100 is held at a predetermined position is input to the control device C1 by the "film unit with lens" S11.

Next, the control device C1 lowers the winding prohibition canceling device 204 from the state where the film is pushed up by the elastic member 2061 to the upper position of the film unit 100, and the pressing member 205 which is a pressing means is pressed by the film unit 100.
Stops when the release button 101 is touched from the non-contact state. In this state, the operation of the “release button pressing start” S12 is started by the control device C1, and the pressing of the release button 101 by the pressing member 205 is started by operating the solenoid 206 against the elasticity of the elastic member 2061. Then, the release button 101 blocks the other end 63 of the winding stop lever 6, and the winding stop lever 6 is separated from the ratchet gear 71 for inhibiting the winding of the film F, thereby canceling the inhibition of the winding of the film F.

Next, the control device C1 starts the driving device M1 by the operation of "start of rotation of the driving member" S13, and the film winding knob 7 is rotated by the rotation of the winding driving member 208, so that the film F is rotated. Can be wound up.

At this time, the winding of the film F is performed by counting means C for counting the number of rotations of the driving device M1 (motor).
2 controls the number of rotations of the film winding knob 7 by the control device C.
"1" is detected and reaches a predetermined number of times and "film winding complete" S
When it is determined to be Yes at 14, the driving device M1 is stopped by the next operation of "stopping the rotation of the driving member" S15, or the film winding amount (cm) is plotted on the horizontal axis as shown in FIG. ), And the vertical axis represents the load (m) of the driving device M1 (motor) interlocked with the driving member 208 (the driving unit in FIG. 4).
A), for example, when the winding amount of the film F is 100
cm, the load of the motor M1 (motor) increases rapidly, but when the film F is stored in the film storage container P, the load rapidly decreases. The load reduction amount may be input to the control device C1, and if “Yes” is determined in “Film winding complete” S14, the driving device M1 may be stopped in the next “Stop driving member rotation” S15.

When the winding of the film F is completed, the operation of taking out the film storage container P from the film unit 100 is started by the operation of the “start of moving of the lid opening moving member” S16.

As shown in FIG. 5 (a), the engaging unit 10 with the take-out lid 102 closed on the film unit 100.
3, a lid opening insertion portion 2 provided on the lid opening moving member 209;
As shown in FIG. 5B, a cover opening insertion portion 210 that moves in the direction of the arrow is inserted into the engagement portion 103, and the insertion operation is performed when the movement to the first position is completed. In this case, when it is determined that the "movement to the first position is completed" S17 is Yes, the driving member M2 stops, and the operation proceeds to the next "start moving of the lid opening moving member" S18.

"Start of rotation of the moving member for opening the lid" S1
In operation 8, the control device C1 causes the driving device M3 to start rotating, and the lid opening insertion portion 2 inserted into the engagement portion 103.
5C, the closed take-out lid 102 is opened from the film unit 100. As shown in FIG. Further, the drive unit M3 drives the cover opening insertion section 210 to continue rotating, so that the removal cover 102
When the position where is completely opened is set as the second position, the rotation of the driving device M3 is stopped if "the rotation is completed to the second position" S19 is determined as Yes.

The driving device M2 is rotated in the reverse direction by the operation of the next “retreating the lid-opening moving member” S20, and the pinion 212 causes the lid-opening moving member 209 to retreat to the original position via the rack 213.

With the above operation, the take-out lid 102 is completely opened, and the film storage container P is
0 can be taken out of the storage room 12.

Next, the drive unit M4 of FIG. 1 starts to be driven by the operation from the control unit C1 for "driving the film storage container takeout unit" S21. When the cam 221 rotates by this drive, the film storage container takeout member 217 is raised by the push-up member 220.

As shown in FIG. 6A, the elastic holding portion 218 formed at the distal end of the film container take-out member 217 has a state in which the holding portion 218 stands by below the projection 106 formed in the concave portion 105 of the spool shaft 104. And the following figure 6
(B) As shown in FIG.
7 rotates the cam 221 by the driving of the driving device M4, rises in the arrow direction against the elastic force of the elastic member 219 via the push-up member 220, and raises the elastic force of the holding portion 218 by the protrusion 106 of the spool shaft 104. The projection 10
6, the nipping portion 218 enters while being nipped, and the projection 106 is strongly nipped by the inner surface of the nipping portion 218.

Next, the driving device M4 is driven by the control device C1 to rotate the cam 221 and lower the push-up member 220, whereby the film container take-out member 217 is moved.
At the same time, by lowering the film storage container P, the film storage container P is taken out of the storage room 12 of the film unit 100.

If the result of the above operation is Yes in "Completion of film storage container removal" S22, it is input to the control device C1 that all the operations of the film storage container removal device 200 have been completed, and from the control device C1. By the operation of "confirming the return to the initial position", it is confirmed whether the winding-up prohibition canceling means 204, the cover opening moving member 209, and the film container removing member 217 have all returned to the initial positions, and "END" S24 Thereby, the operation of taking out the film storage container P from the film unit 100 is completed.

The film container P taken out of the film unit 100 by the above operation falls on the guide plate 223 provided at the lower part of the film unit 100, and further falls on the guide plate 223 in the order in which the film container P falls. The stoppers 224 are arranged in a state where they are placed in a line.
And stopped.

Next, the stopper 224 is opened by operating a solenoid or the like by the control device C1 to open the film storage container P (only one) in the film take-out device 301 provided in the splice device 300 formed in a dark room. Is inserted through the film storage container insertion opening 304. Next, for the film F, the film take-out device 301, the film cutting device 309, and the film connecting device 312 shown in FIG.
Are sequentially transported.

The film container P inserted into the film extracting device 301 is disassembled by the disassembling members 306 and 307 for disassembling the film of the disassembling device 305, and only the film F inside is removed and taken out. The film F is conveyed while being held between the pair of conveying rollers 308. In addition to the film storage container P photographed by the film unit 100, the film storage container P1 inserted from the film storage container insertion port 303 as described above also includes the film removal disassembly members 306 and 307.
, And only the film F inside can be taken out.

The film F thus taken out is
Is transferred to the next pair of transport rollers 310 provided in the film cutting device 309, and only the edge of the film F is cut by the film cutting blade 311 provided in the film cutting device 309, so that the end of the film F is accurate. To be able to connect to

Next, the film F cut by the film cutting blade 311 is conveyed to the film connecting device 312,
The film F conveyed to the film connection device 312 is a connection tape F1 cut into the film connection device 312.
As a result, the films F whose ends are cut are sequentially connected, and further, the connection tape F1 is sufficiently adhered to the film F by using the pressing roller R1 on the film guide table 313 to form one long film F. .

As shown in FIG. 3, the film F is taken up by the take-up driving section M5.
The film F is transported to an automatic film developing device 400 for developing.

Next, the film F conveyed while being wound at the position of the automatic film developing device 400 is fed into the automatic film developing device 400 by the pair of conveying rollers 314. The film F sent into the automatic film developing device 400 includes a developing unit 315, a fixing unit 316, a washing unit 317,
By sequentially passing through the drying unit 318, the film F is developed and dried by the pair of transport rollers 319. At this time, the pulled out film F is detected by the detection member 320 and input to the control device C1.

The extracted film F is conveyed to the automatic printing apparatus 500 as the next automatic printing means, and the control apparatus C1 starts the operation of the automatic printing apparatus 500.

In the automatic printing apparatus 500 started to operate by the control device C1, the film F is first inserted into the photographic printing machine B. Next, the unexposed photographic paper stored in a roll in the magazine Ma is pulled out by a predetermined length by the pair of conveying rollers 501, and the sheet-shaped photographic paper F2 cut to a predetermined size by the cutter Ct is transferred to the pair of conveying rollers. It is conveyed by R2, moves to the exposure position while being sucked by the conveyor belt Be and the suction means Vc provided below the conveyor belt Be, and stops.

In this state, the light source La, the lens Le, and the shutter St are used to expose the sheet-like photographic paper F2 waiting below based on the image information formed on the film F.

When the exposure is completed, the sheet-like photographic paper F2 is transported again by the transport belt Be, further transported by the pair of transport rollers R3, and introduced into the photosensitive material processing machine AP by the pair of transport rollers R5.

In the photosensitive material processing machine AP, the sheet-like photographic paper F2 is sequentially transported by the transport means in the photographic paper developing section 1A, the photographic paper fixing section 1B, and the photographic paper stabilizing sections 1C, 1D and 1E.
Color development, fixing, and stabilization are performed,
The paper is dried in the photographic paper drying section 1F and discharged outside the machine.

After the photographed film unit 100 is inserted and held in the film unit handling apparatus with lens 600 by the above operation, the film unit 10
0, the film container P is automatically taken out, the film F taken out of the film container P is connected to one, and development and printing are all performed automatically.

[0096]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a film winding means for performing a film winding operation for accommodating a film in a film storage container for each photographing, and a winding preventing mechanism for inhibiting the film winding means from winding. In a device for handling a film unit with a lens which handles a film unit with a lens having a lens, a holding means for holding the film unit with a lens, and a wind-up for releasing the wind-up prohibition mechanism of the film unit with a lens held by the holding means Prohibition mechanism releasing means, driving means for winding up the film in order to store the photographed film in the film storage container, and substantially all the photographed film in the film storage container by the driving means. Detection means for detecting that the On the basis of the detection result by the detection means, from the film unit with the lens, in order to be able to take out the film storage container, lid opening means to open the removal lid of the film storage container, the film storage container, By having a film storage container take-out means for taking out from the lens-equipped film unit, winding up of the photographed film of the lens-equipped film unit, opening of the film storage container take-out lid, and taking out of the film storage container in sequence. Since it can be carried out automatically and reliably, it has become possible to improve the working efficiency of development in a film developing station.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the winding-up prohibiting mechanism releasing means presses the release button of the film unit with the lens with release pressing means,
By releasing the winding prohibition, the release pressing means for pressing the release button is released by the winding prohibiting mechanism releasing means, so that the photographed film can be securely stored in the film storage container. I can do it.

[0098] In Claim 3, the film wind-up means is a wind-up knob engaged with a spool in the film storage container, and the driving means comes into contact with the wind-up knob and the wind-up knob. By rotating the film winding knob in the winding direction, the film winding knob can be rotated and wound with a simple device.

In the fourth aspect, the detecting means detects that almost all of the photographed films are stored in the film storage container by detecting the number of rotations of the rotating means. By doing so, it is possible to reliably store the photographed film in the film storage container.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the detection means detects a change in the amount of winding load received by the driving means, so that substantially all of the photographed film is stored in the film storage container. , It is possible to reliably store the photographed film in the film storage container.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a take-out means for taking out a film from the film storage container, and a splicing means for joining a plurality of films taken out by the film take-out means. Since the film is taken out and the films are joined, the working efficiency of development in a large-scale film developing station can be improved.

In the seventh aspect, the splicing means has a film storage container insertion port, the film storage container taken out by the film storage container take-out means, and a film storage container inserted through the film storage container insertion port. The film is taken out from the film container by the film take-out means, and the taken-out film is taken out from the film unit. Since the film storage containers inserted from the container insertion port can be pulled out and automatically connected in sequence, the work efficiency in the film developing station can be improved.

The film take-out means for taking out a film from the film container according to claim 8,
By having a film automatic developing means for developing the photographed film taken out by the film taking out means, the film taken out of the film storage container is automatically developed by the film automatic developing means, especially The work efficiency can be improved even in a small-scale film processing laboratory.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic printing means for forming an image on a recording medium based on image information of the film developed by the automatic film developing means. Since the printing can be automatically performed on the recording medium by the automatic printing means, the work efficiency can be improved even in a small-scale developing laboratory.

11. The film unit with a lens according to claim 10, wherein said film unit with a lens has a cover for taking out the film container by opening the film container. A general user takes out the film from the lens-fitted film unit by forming an engaging portion for engaging the lid opening means driven by the driving force of the driving means to open the container removing lid. In addition to this, an engaging portion for engaging the opening means is provided on the film unit with the lens, and the lid for removing the film container can be opened by the engaging portion. Work efficiency can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a film winding mechanism of a film unit with a lens according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a film winding mechanism of the film unit with a lens according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an entire configuration of a film unit with lens handling apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between a film winding amount and a motor load amount of the film unit with a lens according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an operation sequence of opening the take-out lid by the lid-opening moving member of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing the order in which the film container is taken out of the film unit with the lens by the film container take-out member of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a modification of the holding portion provided on the film container take-out member of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a splicing device having a film take-out means, a film cutting device, and a film connecting device of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a front view showing the entire configuration of the automatic printing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing control until the film container is taken out of the film unit with the lens according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 3 Sprocket 4 Charge lever 5 Sector lever 6 Winding stop lever 7 Film winding knob 33 Charge cam 71 Ratchet gear 100 Film unit with lens 101 Release button 102 Removal lid 103 Engagement part 108 Position detecting means 200 Film storage container take-out device 201 Insert Mouth 202 Guide means 203 Holding member 204 Film winding prohibition release device 205 Pressing member 208 Driving member 209 Lid opening moving member 217 Film storage container removal member 300 Splice device 301 Film removal device 309 Film cutting device 308, 310, 314, 320, 501, R2, R3
Pair transport rollers 312 Film connecting device 400 Automatic film developing device 500 Automatic printing device 600 Handling device for film unit with lens P, P1 Film storage container F Film F1 Connection tape F2 Sheet photographic paper C1 Control device

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A lens-equipped film unit comprising: a film winding means for winding a film to store a film in a film container every time a photograph is taken; and a winding prohibiting mechanism for inhibiting the winding of the film winding means. In a device for handling a film unit with a lens to be handled, holding means for holding the film unit with a lens, winding-up prevention mechanism releasing means for releasing the winding-up prevention mechanism for the film unit with a lens held by the holding means, A driving unit for winding the film in order to store the photographed film in the film storage container, and detecting that almost all of the photographed film is stored in the film storage container by the driving unit. Detecting means, and the detecting means Based on the knowledge result, from the film unit with the lens, in order to be able to take out the film storage container, a lid opening means for opening a take-out lid of the film storage container, the film storage container with the lens An apparatus for handling a film unit with a lens, comprising: a film storage container removal means for removing from a film unit. 2. The winding prohibition mechanism releasing means releases the prohibition of winding by pressing a release button of the film unit with the lens with release pressing means. Equipment for handling film units with lenses. 3. The film winding means is a winding knob engaged with a spool in the film container. The driving means contacts the winding knob and turns the winding knob in the winding direction. The apparatus for handling a film unit with a lens according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus is moved. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the detecting means detects that almost all of the photographed films are stored in the film storage container by detecting the number of rotations of the driving means. 4. A device for handling a film unit with a lens according to claim 1, 2 or 3. 5. The detecting means detects that almost all of the photographed film has been stored in the film storage container by detecting a change in a winding load received by the driving means. 4. The apparatus for handling a film unit with a lens according to claim 1, wherein the film unit has a lens. 6. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a film take-out means for taking out the film from the film storage container, and a splice means for joining a plurality of films taken out by the film take-out means.
An apparatus for handling the film unit with a lens as described in the above. 7. The splicing means has a film storage container insertion opening, and the film storage container taken out by the film storage container take-out means and the film storage container inserted from the film storage container insertion opening. 7. The apparatus for handling a film unit with a lens according to claim 6, wherein the film is taken out by the film take-out means, and the taken-out films taken out are sequentially joined. 8. A film taking-out means for taking out a film from the film storage container, and automatic film developing means for developing the photographed film taken out by the film taking-out means. An apparatus for handling the film unit with a lens as described in the above. 9. A lens-equipped film according to claim 8, further comprising an automatic printing means for printing an image on a recording medium based on image information of the film developed by said automatic film developing means. Unit handling equipment. 10. A film unit with a lens having a lid for taking out a film storage container which can be taken out by opening the film storage container. A film unit with a lens, wherein an engaging portion is formed for engaging a lid opening means driven by a driving force of a driving means to open the lid.