JPH1195402A - Print accumulating device for photosensitive material processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a print accumulating device capable of accumulating a photographic print in accordance with the order of printing processing with a simple constitution. SOLUTION: A belt conveyer 7 is provided on the lower part of the front side of an exit 4 where the photographic print A is ejected with staggered arrangement in a plural-line condition, and a pair of guide members 6a and 6b is provided on both sides of the conveyer 7. An inclination guide part 8 is formed above the pair of members 6a and 6b, the photographic print A ejected from the exit 4 with the staggered arrangement is guided by the part 8 and falls on the conveyer 7, and the photographic print A is accumulated on the conveyer 7 in accordance with the order of printing.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a photosensitive material processing apparatus for performing a series of processes of printing a negative film and developing the photographic paper after the printing. The present invention relates to a print accumulation device for accumulation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-567 discloses a photosensitive material processing apparatus which continuously performs a series of printing and developing processes.
No. 1 is known.

[0003] The photosensitive material processing apparatus, as shown in FIG. 6, paper from the paper roll R in the paper magazine 21 arranged on the baking unit 20 (paper) feeding the P _0,
By the cutter device 22 provided in the transfer path, the paper P
₀ was cut into a length corresponding to the print size, the feed cut the paper piece P ₁ until the exposure device 24 received in the suction conveyor belts 23, when stopping at the exposure device, the negative film fed by negative carrier 25 Image is printed.

Further, feeding the paper piece P ₁ after the baking treatment in the distribution device 26, when the paper piece P ₁ is smaller width dimension, distributing the paper piece P ₁ in a zigzag pattern by the distribution device 26, double row fed in a state in developing unit 27, whereas, in the case of large paper piece P ₁ width dimension, are developed by feeding the developing unit 27 as it is without being distributed.

Further, the developed photographic print P ₂
Is sent to the drying unit 28, and FIG.
The dried photographic print A is discharged from the outlet 30 onto the belt conveyor 31 and fed onto the receiving table 32 by the belt conveyor 31 according to the order of the printing process. Photo prints A are stacked.

[0006] The In the photosensitive material processing apparatus is smaller Bae width dimension - for Pa piece P _1, the developing unit in the state of the double row with a staggered arrangement by distributing the paper piece P ₁ on the left and right by the distribution device 26 due to the so fed to 27, has a feature that corresponds to the speed of fast printing section processing speed of the paper piece P ₁ can be developed, it is possible to form a photographic print efficiently.

[0007]

In the above-described photosensitive material processing apparatus, the photographic prints A discharged from the outlet 30 using the belt conveyor 31 are stacked in the order of the printing process. Therefore, the cost is high, and there are still points to be improved in simplifying the mechanism and reducing the cost.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a print accumulating apparatus in a photosensitive material processing apparatus capable of stacking photographic prints with a simple configuration in the order of a printing process.

[0009]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the present invention, photographic prints after development processing are arranged in a staggered arrangement in a double row from an outlet formed in a photosensitive material processing apparatus. In the print stacking apparatus in the photosensitive material processing apparatus configured to discharge, a stacking section for supporting photographic prints in a stacked state and a pair of guide members provided on both sides of the stacking section are provided at a lower portion on the front side of the outlet. And a guide member for guiding the photographic prints discharged from both sides of the outlet onto the above-mentioned stacking section.

Here, the collecting section may be a cradle,
Alternatively, a belt conveyor that conveys photographic prints in the same direction as the photographic prints discharged from the outlet may be used.

In addition, the pair of guide members can be freely adjusted in a direction perpendicular to the discharge direction of the photographic print discharged from the outlet so that the photographic prints having a large width can be stacked in the stacking unit. Is adopted.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the photosensitive material processing apparatus 1 is developed by a plurality of rollers 3 provided in a drying unit 2 in the same manner as the photosensitive material processing apparatus shown in FIG. The processed photographic print A is transported toward the outlet 4.

If the width of the photographic print A is small, the photographic print A is conveyed toward the outlet 4 in a staggered arrangement in a double row, while the photographic print A having a large width is a roller. 3 are conveyed toward the outlet 4 in a state where they are arranged in a line at the center.

As shown in FIG. 6, the outlet 4 faces a printing unit (not shown), and is provided at the lower front side of the outlet 4 at a stacking portion 5 for supporting the photographic prints A in a stacked state. A pair of guide members 6a and 6b are provided.

The accumulating section 5 comprises a belt conveyor 7,
The belt conveyor 7 transfers the photographic print A in the same direction as the photographic print A discharged from the outlet 4.

The pair of guide members 6a and 6b have an inclined guide portion 8 for guiding a photographic print A discharged from the outlet 4 onto a belt conveyor 7 at an upper portion, and a mounting plate 9 at a lower portion.
Are provided, and the mounting plate 9 is supported by the base plate 10. A plurality of long holes 11 are formed in the base plate 10 and extend in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the belt conveyor 7 transports the photo print A. The long holes 1 penetrate the mounting plate 9.
Each of the guide members 6 is tightened by tightening the bolt 12 inserted into the
a and 6b are fixed.

Therefore, the position of each guide member 6a, 6b can be adjusted along the elongated hole 11 by loosening the bolt 12.

Now, when the photographic prints A having a small width are discharged from the outlet 4 in a staggered arrangement in multiple rows, the photographic prints A in each row are inclined by the guide members 6a and 6b corresponding to each row. The guide prints 8 guide the guides 8 to sequentially drop onto the belt conveyor 7, on which the photographic prints A are sequentially stacked in the printing order.

When the photographic prints A corresponding to one negative film are stacked on the belt conveyor 7, the photographic prints A are stacked by operating the belt conveyor 7.
Is transported toward the printing section.

As described above, the photographic print A for one negative film is conveyed toward the printing unit by the belt conveyor 7, so that the operator who performs the printing process in the printing unit can collect the photographic print A at hand. Therefore, the workability at the time of collating the negative film with the photographic print A can be improved.

When the photographic prints A having a large width are carried out from the outlet 4 in a line, the bolts 12 are loosened to adjust the positions of the pair of guide members 6a and 6b outward.
The photographic print A having a large width is discharged between the pair of guide members 6a and 6b.

FIGS. 5A and 5B show another example of adjusting the position of the pair of guide members 6a and 6b. This adjusting device has a screw shaft 14 long below the base plate 10 in the direction perpendicular to the direction of transport of the photographic print A transported by the belt conveyor 7 and rotatably supported at a fixed position. A nut member 15 for engaging one of the left screw 14a and the right screw 14b of the screw shaft 14 is attached to each of a pair of guide members 6a and 6b movably supported along the long hole 11 of the plate 10, The rotation of the knob 16 provided at the end of the screw shaft 14 rotates the screw shaft 14 to move the pair of guide members 6a and 6b symmetrically.

As described above, the left screw 14a and the right screw 14
The position of the pair of guide members 6a, 6b can be easily adjusted by rotating the pair of guide members 6a, 6b symmetrically by the rotation of the screw shaft 14 having b.

The position of the pair of guide members 6a and 6b may be automatically adjusted by driving the screw shaft 14 by a motor.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, the photographic prints discharged in a double-row state with the staggered arrangement from the exit are guided by the inclined guide portions of the pair of guide members.
Since the photographic films are dropped on the stacking section provided between the guide members, the photographic films can be sequentially stacked in accordance with the order of the printing process, and the guide members only need to guide the fall of the photographic print in a fixed state. For this reason, the configuration of the print stacking apparatus can be simplified and the cost can be reduced as compared with the conventional apparatus in which photographic prints are stacked by moving the belt conveyor.

Further, since the stacking section is formed by the belt conveyor, the stacked photographic prints can be conveyed to the printing processing section, so that the photographic prints stacked in the printing processing section can be collected. Operability of collation with a negative film can be improved.

Further, the position of the pair of guide members can be adjusted in the direction orthogonal to the discharge direction of the photographic print discharged from the exit, so that the photographic print having a large width discharged from the exit in a single row can be adjusted. However, they can be sequentially stacked on the stacking unit.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the above.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line IV-IV in FIG. 2;

5A and 5B show another example of a position adjusting device for a pair of guide members, wherein FIG. 5I is a longitudinal side view, and FIG.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a photosensitive material processing apparatus.

FIG. 7 is a side view of a conventional print accumulation device.

[Description of Signs] A Photo print 4 Exit 5 Stacking section 6a, 6b Guide member 7 Belt conveyor 8 Inclined guide section

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A print accumulating device in a photosensitive material processing apparatus, wherein photographic prints after development processing are discharged in a staggered arrangement in a double row from an outlet formed in the photosensitive material processing apparatus. In the lower front,
A stacking section for supporting photographic prints in a stacked state, and a pair of guide members provided on both sides of the stacking section, and a photographic print discharged from both sides of the outlet above the pair of guide members. A print accumulating apparatus in a photosensitive material processing apparatus, comprising an inclined guide portion for guiding the upper part. 2. The photosensitive material processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the stacking unit comprises a belt conveyor for transporting the photographic prints in the same direction as the photographic prints discharged from the outlet. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the pair of guide members are provided so as to be position-adjustable in a direction orthogonal to a discharge direction of a photographic print discharged from an outlet.
6. A print accumulating apparatus in the photosensitive material processing apparatus according to 1.