JPS6270169A - Photographic paper handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate hadling of the fold photographic paper by pinching in the thickness direction the lengthy photographic paper continuously printed with images and folded zigzag and storing it in a cassette having multiple storage sections. CONSTITUTION:The lengthy photographic paper continuously printed with images is protruded through a protrusion port frame by frame, and every time, a roller is reciprocated vertically to the longitudinal direction of the photographic paper in front of the protrusion port to fold the photographic paper zigzag. The photographic paper 146 folded in a bundle is pinched in the thickness direction by gripping plates 142, 144 having rubber plates 148 at their tips, and the photographic paper bundle 146 is inserted into the storage groove 214 of a storage section 22 by the drive of motors 178, 198. After insertion is completed, the gripping plates 142, 144 are opened and returned to original positions, and a cassette drum 202 is rotated to the next storage groove 214 to prepare for the insertion of the next photographic paper bundle. Accordingly, handling of the folded photographic paper with the necessary length is facilitated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Application of the Invention] The present invention relates to a photographic paper handling device that folds a long photographic paper into a meandering shape and stores it in a cassette.

[Background technology and matters to be solved]

In general, in photo printing services, printed photos obtained by printing from already taken negative film are delivered to customers in a state in which each image is separated.

On the other hand, when a large number of printed photographs are to be separately attached to an album or the like at the same time, it is convenient for handling to have a structure in which the printed photographs for - times of orders are folded between each image. For this purpose, it is necessary to store the folded photographic papers in a cassette and organize them.

In consideration of the above-mentioned facts, the present invention is a photographic paper that can reliably accommodate the folded photographic paper in a cassette when images are printed continuously on a long photographic paper and the paper is folded and delivered to a customer. The purpose is to obtain handling equipment.

[Summary and operation of the invention]

The photographic paper handling device according to the present invention includes a folding means for folding a long photographic paper on which images are continuously printed into a zigzag shape, and a plurality of storage units for sandwiching and storing the photographic paper folded by the folding means. The cassette is characterized by comprising a cassette provided with a section, and a clamping member that clamps the photographic paper folded by the folding means in the thickness direction and inserts the photographic paper into the accommodating section of the cassette.

For this reason, in the present invention, a long photographic paper printed from a series of negative films brought in by a customer, that is, a negative film order of - times, is folded, held by a holding member, and stored in a cassette. Therefore, it is convenient to handle the photographic paper after folding, and even when the customer organizes the photographic paper for multiple orders and pastes it into an album, etc., the photographic paper does not get mixed up with the photographic paper of different orders. In addition, each image can be separated at the folded portion and pasted anywhere.

[Embodiments of the invention]

FIG. 1 shows a photographic paper handling apparatus lo to which the present invention is applied. This photographic paper handling device 10 includes a cutting section 14 and a perforation section 16 along the photographic paper conveying path 12.
, folding section 1B, delivery section 20 and storage section 22 (third
) are arranged.

The photographic paper transport path 12 is configured to transport photographic paper 24 in the direction of arrow A, and a printer (not shown) that prints an image onto the photographic paper 24 is disposed on the upstream side of the photographic paper transport path 12. There is.

A pair of nipping conveyance rollers 26 and 27 arranged in the middle of the photographic paper conveyance path 12 are pivotally supported on the machine stand 28, and are used for printing, printing, etc.
The photographic paper 24 after development is sent to the cutting section 14.

(Description of the cutting section 14) In the cutting section 14, a fixed blade 30 is installed on one side of the photographic paper conveyance path 12.
However, the movable blade 32 is arranged on the other side, and the movable blade 3
2 is fixed to an actuator 36 of a solenoid 34 attached to the machine base 28, and the driving force of the solenoid 34 causes the photographic paper 24 to be cut in three days as shown in FIG. Other driving sources such as a motor can be used instead of the solenoid 34.

That is, this photographic paper 24 is manufactured in a long shape and wound into a roll, and a plurality of images 40A and 40B are continuously printed by a printer disposed on the upstream side (not shown) of the photographic paper conveyance path 12. ing. Here, the images 40A and 40B are printed corresponding to negative films ordered by separate customers, so that the photographic paper 24 has a length L including all the ordered images 40A, etc. Each image is cut into a length M that includes all the images 40B of one order of magnitude.

The thus cut photographic paper 24 is conveyed to the perforation section 16 by nipping conveyance rollers 42 and 43 disposed downstream of the photographic paper conveyance path of the cutting section 14.

(Description of the perforation forming section 16) In the perforation forming section 16, a lower fixing table 46 and an upper fixing table 48 are fixed to the machine base 28, and a gap 50 for passing photographic paper is formed between them. .

A support base 52 is fixed to the lower fixing base 4G, and serves as a surface on which the photographic paper 24 is placed.

On the other hand, a movable table 54 is guided in the vertical direction on the upper fixed table 48 and is movable, and the comb blades 56 are attached to the comb blade presser 5.
It is fixed at 8. As shown in FIG. 2(C), the comb blade 56 has a comb blade shape with a plurality of recesses 57 at its tip, and moves up and down together with the movable table 54, allowing the photographic paper 2
The perforations 60 shown in FIGS. 2(A) and 2(B) can be formed on the photographic paper 24 on the moving table 54 by moving in and out of the transport path.

The movable table 54 is urged upward in FIG. 1 by the urging force of an elastic body (not shown), and a roller 64 pivotally supported at its upper end is in contact with an eccentric cam 66. This eccentric cam 6
6 has a shaft 68 pivotally supported by the upper fixing base 48, and a gear 70 is fixed to the tip portion passing through the upper fixing base 48. This gear 70 meshes with an output shaft gear 74 of a motor 72, and when the motor 72 rotates, an eccentric cam 66 rotates to move the movable table 54 downward, and the comb blade 56 cuts a hem perforation 60 in the photographic paper 24. It is designed to cause

Brackets 76 shown in FIGS. 3 and 7 are extended from the lower fixed base 46 and the upper fixed base 48, and both ends of the brackets 76 are connected to the machine base 28 via small brackets 77. It is supported by the slide par 78 via a bearing 80. This bearing 80 allows the perforation applying section 16 to move along the photographic paper conveyance path 12.

In addition, a drive shaft 84, which is passed to the machine base 28 via a small bracket 83 and is supported in parallel with the slider 78, has a male thread carved on its outer periphery, and a bracket 76 is screwed into the drive shaft 84. The rotation of 84 allows the bracket 76 to move the perforation section 16 along the slide half 8.

An adjustment knob 86 (first
(Figure) is for rotation by workers.

Therefore, by rotating the adjustment knob 86, the operator can finely adjust the perforation section 16 along the photographic paper conveyance path 12, and adjust the position of the perforation 60 shown in FIG. It can be adjusted according to the size of the

(Description of Folding Unit 18) In the folding unit 18, a pair of folding guides 90 and 92 are arranged on the photographic paper transport path 12. These are wedge-shaped, each corresponding to the opposite side of the photographic paper transport path 12.
A gap 94 for passing photographic paper is formed between these.

The tip portions of these folding guides 90, 92 are gradually reduced in thickness and are disposed toward the downstream direction of the photographic paper transport path 12, forming photographic paper delivery ports.

In addition, these folding guides 90 and 92 are attached to brackets 96.
This bracket 96 is supported by the slide half 8 via a bearing 98 in the same manner as the perforation providing portion 16.

Further, a drive shaft 100 is screwed into the bracket 96 and is supported by the machine base 28 via a small bracket 99 and parallel to the slide par 78. An adjustment knob 102 (FIG. 1) is fixed to one end of the drive shaft 100. Therefore, by rotating the adjustment knob 102, the operator can adjust the folding section 18 to the photographic paper transport path 12 in the same manner as the perforation section 16.
You can adjust the folding position of the photographic paper by making fine adjustments along the

As shown in FIG. 1, a folding roller 104 corresponds to the tip of the folding guide 90,92.

The folding roller 104 is movable across the photographic paper conveyance path 12, and its axis is oriented in the width direction of the photographic paper 24 conveyed on the photographic paper conveyance path 12.

The bending roller 104 is supported by a support shaft 108, and the support shaft 108 is screwed and fixed to a bracket 110.

As shown in FIG. 3, a pair of guide bars 112 vertically pass through the bracket 110 via bearings 114, and the bracket 110 is movable in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the paper in FIG. 3, that is, in an up-down direction in FIG. It becomes.

A drive shaft 116 is disposed parallel to these guide bars 112 and is threadedly engaged with the bracket 110 . A pulley 118 is fixed to one end of the drive shaft 116, and a timing heald 120 is wound around the drive shaft 116. This timing belt 120 is connected to the output shaft pulley 1 of the motor 122.
24, and the rotation of the motor 122 allows the bracket h 110 to reciprocate in the vertical direction in FIG. 1 together with the folding roller 104. Therefore, when the photographic paper 24 protrudes from the tip of the folding guide 90, 92, the folding roller 10
4 reciprocates up and down, the photographic paper 24 is sequentially folded. This folding position is at the perforation line 60.

The bracket 110 and motor 122 are fixed to a moving table 126. As shown in FIG. 8, a pair of guide bars 128 pass through the movable table 126, and guide the movable table 126 movably along the photographic paper transport path 12 by bearings 130. Both ends of the guide bar 128 are pivotally supported to the machine base 28 by a pair of brackets 1-32.

A drive shaft 134, which is supported by a bracket 132 in parallel with the guide bar 128, has an intermediate portion screwed into the movable table 126, and an output shaft of a motor 136 is connected to the end protruding from one bracket 132. has been done. Therefore motor 13
6 can move the movable table 126 along the photographic paper transport path 12 during its rotation, thereby separating the folding roller 104 from the folding guides 90, 92. For this purpose, as shown in FIG. 5(F), the folding guide 90.
Even if the thickness of the folded photographic paper 24 formed at the tip of the paper 92 gradually becomes thicker, consideration is given so that the photographic paper 24 can be reliably folded at the perforation 60.

(Configuration of the delivery section 20) In the delivery section 20, as is clear from FIG.
6 in the thickness direction, and serves as a clamping member. For this reason, the clamping plate 142.14
Rubber plates 148 are fixed to the facing surfaces of the printing plates 146 and 4 to prevent the printing plates 146 from being damaged after folding.

As shown in FIG. 3, a pair of guide bars 150 pass through the clamping plates 142 and 144, and are slidably guided to the guide bars 150 by bearings 152, so that the clamping plates 142 and 144 can move toward and away from each other. It becomes. Both ends of the guide bar 150 are fixed to brackets 153.

A drive shaft 154 is threadedly inserted between these guide bars 150 in parallel with the guide bars 150.

Both ends of this drive shaft 154 are supported by a bracket 153 and supported by a movable table 156 together with a guide bar 150, as shown in FIG. The output shaft of a motor 15 fixed to this moving table 156 is connected to a drive shaft 154. Therefore, the rotation of the motor 158 causes the pair of clamping plates 142 and 144 to receive a driving force that moves them toward and away from each other, so that the printing sleeve 146 can be clamped or released after folding.

A pair of guide bars 162 arranged perpendicularly to the guide bar 150 pass through the movable base 156.
56 is guided in the longitudinal direction of the guide bar 162 via a bearing 164. These guide bars 1
62 has brackets 166 at both ends as shown in FIG.
．． 168.

A drive shaft 170, which is arranged in parallel between the pair of guide bars 162, is threaded through the movable table 156. Both ends of this drive shaft 170 are supported by brackets 166 and 168, and one end protrudes from the bracket 166 and pulls the pulley 17.
It has 2. The timing belt 174 that is hooked up to this pulley 172 is hooked up to a pulley 176, and the pulley 176 is fixed to the output shaft of a motor 178 that is fixed to the bracket 166.

Therefore, when the motor 178 rotates, the pair of clamping plates 142, 144 are movable along the drive shaft 170 from the position shown in FIG. 4 to the phantom line position. The solid line position in FIG. 4 is a receiving position for receiving the folded printing paper 146 from the folding section 18.

Brackets 166, 168 are supported on a carriage 180, which in turn is supported on a carriage block 182 as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, a pair of mutually parallel guide bars 184 pass through the moving block 182 to guide the moving block 182. These guide bars 184 are pivoted to the machine base 28 by brackets 186,188.

A drive shaft 190 disposed between these guide bars 184
(FIG. 3), both ends are pivotally supported by brackets 186 and 188 so as to be parallel to the guide bar 184, and are screwed through the moving block 182.

As shown in FIG. 4, a pulley 192 is fixed to a drive shaft 190 protruding from the bracket 188, and a timing belt 194 is wound around the drive shaft 190. This timing belt 194 is wound around a pulley 196, and this pulley 196 is fixed to the output shaft of a motor 198 fixed to the machine base 28.

Therefore, by rotation of the motor 198, the movable block 182 can be moved to the left together with the clamping plates 142 and 144 from the solid line position in FIG. 4 to the imaginary line position in FIG. The clamping plate 14 shown in the imaginary line position in FIG.
2.144 is a delivery position where the folded print sleeve 146 is inserted into the storage section 22.

(Description of Storage Unit 22) As shown in FIGS. 3.4 and 6, in the storage unit 22, a photographic paper cassette drum 202 is fixed to a rotating shaft 204. This rotating shaft 204 is supported by a bracket 206 in a cantilevered manner. Gear 2 fixed to rotating shaft 204
08 meshes with a gear 210, and the gear 210 is fixed to the output shaft of a motor 212 supported by the bracket 206.

Therefore, when the motor 212 rotates, the cassette drum 20
2 can be rotated.

As clearly shown in FIG. 4, the cassette drum 202 has a plurality of storage holes 214 formed in the radial direction.
After folding, the photographic paper 146 is transferred from the delivery section 20 to the storage groove 214.
It is designed to be inserted towards the This accommodation groove 21
4 is the axial direction of the cassette drum 202 (left and right direction in Fig. 6)
The folded photographic paper 146 can be inserted into the folded photographic paper 146 with an end portion 146A projecting from the end of the folded photographic paper 146 as shown in FIG. 2(B). . Further, the radial end portion of this storage groove 214 is formed into a widening portion 216 to facilitate insertion of the photographic paper 146 after folding.

A substantially semicircular cover 218 is disposed below the cassette drum 202 in the accommodating portion 22 so that the folded photographic paper 146 stored therein does not fall off inadvertently when the cassette drum 202 rotates.

(Operations of the Embodiment) The photographic paper 24 after printing and developing is conveyed on the photographic paper conveying path 12 in the six directions of arrows and reaches the cutting section I4. In the cutting section 14, a solenoid 34 is driven to form a cutting section 38 and separate the photographic paper 24 for each customer's order based on the print information that has already been input.

When the separated photographic paper 24 reaches the perforation forming section 16, perforations 60 are formed between each image 40A and between each image 40B. This perforation 60 is created by rotating the motor 72 and moving the comb blade 56 up and down. In order to appropriately form the perforation 60 in the center between the images 40A, the adjustment knob 86 is rotated according to the size of the images 40A and 40B, and the perforation applying section 16 is finely adjusted in the horizontal direction in FIG. do. It is also possible to provide a sensor that detects the position of the images 40A or reads marks (not shown) formed between the images 40A, and to rotate the drive shaft 84 with a motor or the like.

The photographic paper 24 provided with perforations 60 is sent to the folding section 1. In this folding portion 18, each time the photographic paper 24 protrudes from between the folding guides 90, 92 by the length of the image 40A, the folding roller 104 is also driven alternately in the vertical direction in FIG. This drive is performed by rotating the motor 122 in forward and reverse directions, and the operation in the folded state is shown in detail in FIG.

That is, as shown in FIG. 5(A), the folding guide 9
From 0.92, the leading edge of the photographic paper 24 is the first perforation 60
When the folding roller 104 protrudes by an amount corresponding to the length up to the end, the folding roller 104 rises, folds the photographic paper 24 from the perforation 60, and folds the photographic paper 24 at the tip of the folding guide 90.

Thereafter, the photographic paper 24 is fed out the length up to the next perforation 60 as shown in FIG. 104 is moved downward.Therefore, the folding roller 104 bends the next perforation 60 in the opposite direction with the tip of the folding guide 92 as the border, resulting in the state shown in FIG. 5(C). When the paper 24 has been fed by the length up to the next perforation, the folding roller 104 is raised again and folded in the opposite direction at the perforation 60 as shown in FIG. 5(E).

In this way, the photographic paper 24 is folded in a meandering state along each perforation 60, as shown in FIG. 5CF).

In response to this folding operation, the motor 136 rotates and the folding roller 104 gradually moves to the left in FIG. 5 in accordance with the folding thickness, so that folding can always be performed accurately at the perforation.

In this folded photographic paper 146, an end portion 146A that is not folded protrudes from the rear end.
When the driving of the folding roller 104 is stopped when A reaches between the folding guides 90 and 92, the folded photographic paper 146
is inserted between the clamping plates 142, 144 in the receiving position as shown in FIG. 5(G).

Here, in the delivery section 20, the clamping plates 1-142 and 144 approach each other by driving the motor 158, and clamp the folded photographic paper 146.

Thereafter, by driving the motors 178, 198, the clamping plates 142, 144 are moved to the imaginary line position in FIG.

These clamping plates 142, 144 are then returned to the position shown in solid lines in FIG. 3.4 by the reverse rotation of the respective motors, in preparation for the insertion of the next folded photographic paper 146. Further, the cassette drum 202 is stopped by the rotation of the motor 212 so that the next storage groove 214 is moved toward the delivery section 20 .

In this way, since the folded photographic paper 146 is inserted into the storage groove 214, the folded photographic paper 146 is not carelessly scattered and is convenient to handle.

Thereafter, the folded photographic paper 14 is transferred from the cassette drum 202.
6 and give it to the customer. In this case, the folded photographic paper 146 may be inserted into a frame-shaped case, a rubber band, etc., if necessary.

Moreover, the accommodation groove 21 of the cassette drum 202 of the above embodiment
For example, a U-shaped frame-shaped small cassette may be inserted into the small cassette 4, folded photographic paper 146 may be inserted into the small cassette, and the small cassette can be pulled out from the cassette drum 202 together with the photographic paper.

(Other Embodiments) Next, FIGS. 9 to 11 show configurations of perforation forming means according to second to fourth embodiments of the present invention.

In the second embodiment shown in FIG. 9, a circular blade 230 moves over the fixed blade 52 in the width direction of the photographic paper to pinch and cut the photographic paper 24. This circular blade 230 is configured to have recesses 57 carved at predetermined intervals on its outer periphery to leave uncut portions on the photographic paper 24, thereby creating perforations 60.

In the third embodiment shown in FIG. 10, the photographic paper 24 is
The rollers 232 are transferred across the area. In this embodiment, recesses 57 are carved into the fixed blade 52 at predetermined intervals, leaving uncut portions on the photographic paper 24 that is pinched and torn between the fixed blade 52 and the roller 232, thereby creating perforations 60.
is now granted.

In the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 11, the photographic paper 24 is sandwiched and conveyed between a pair of rollers 234 and 236, but one of the rollers 234 has a 1/4 notch cut out when viewed from the axial direction. A comb blade 56 similar to that in the first embodiment is fixed to the portion. Therefore, when the comb blade 56 rotates together with the roller 234, the perforations 60 can be created by sandwiching the photographic paper 24 between the comb blade 56 and the roller 236.

In addition to the above, various perforation forming means can be used in the present invention.

(Effect of the invention) As explained above, in the photographic paper handling device according to the present invention,
a cassette provided with a folding means for folding a long photographic paper on which images are continuously printed into a tapered shape; a cassette provided with a plurality of accommodating portions for holding and storing the photographic paper folded by the folding means; and the folding means. and a clamping member that clamps the photographic paper folded by the means in the thickness direction and inserts the photographic paper into the accommodating portion of the cassette. When the photographic paper is folded and delivered to a customer, it has an excellent effect of surely storing the folded photographic paper in a cassette.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of the photographic paper handling device according to the present invention, FIG. A perspective view showing
Fig. 2 (C) is a perspective view showing the comb blade, Fig. 3 is a plan view of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along the rV-rV line of Fig. 1, and Figs. 5 (A) to (G). is an operation diagram showing the folded state of photographic paper, FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line VI-VT in FIG. 4, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing FIG.
■ Line cross-sectional view, Figure 8 is Figure 3 ■-■ Line cross-sectional view, Figure 9 ~
The 11th is a perspective view showing the cover ivy of the second to fourth embodiments of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10... Photographic paper handling device, 12... Photographic paper conveyance path 14... Cutting section, 16... Mincing section, 24... Photographic paper, 30... Fixed blade, 32... Movement Blade, 56... Comb blade, 60... Perforation.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A cassette provided with a folding means for folding a long piece of photographic paper on which images are continuously printed into a zigzag shape, and a plurality of accommodating sections for holding and holding the photographic paper folded by the folding means; A photographic paper handling device comprising: a clamping member that clamps the photographic paper folded by the folding means in the thickness direction and inserts the photographic paper into the accommodating portion of the cassette.