JPS6343452Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an improvement in a long object storage device for storing long objects such as films and tapes during a predetermined process.

Conventionally, in the case of processor cameras and the like that use long films, for example, the film that has been subjected to a predetermined process is temporarily stored before being transferred to the next processing step, and this stored film is sent out again to the processing step. A long object storage device is used. However, conventional film stocking devices all use movable (mainly vertically movable) rollers to form stock loops, and their structures are quite complex considering the length of film that can be stored. However, it also had the disadvantage of being a large structure.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a novel long object storage device which has a simple and compact structure and is capable of storing long objects such as fairly long films and tapes.

The long object storage device according to the present invention includes an intake port into which the long objects are sent, an outlet port through which the long objects are sent out,
A long object guide path extending between the intake port and the outlet port and having two guide walls extending at least along both the front and back surfaces of the long object, and a stock opening provided in one of the two guide walls. , a long object storage chamber communicating with the opening and accommodating the long object pushed out from the opening, a cutter provided at the intake port for cutting the long object, and an upstream side of the opening. a first drive roller that is provided at and that feeds the elongated object; a detector that is provided downstream of the opening that detects the tip of the elongated object; and
The cutter is provided downstream of the opening and upstream of the detector, and is started to be driven in conjunction with the operation of the cutter to cut the long object, and the detector detects the tip of the long object. It is characterized by comprising a second drive roller for feeding out the elongated object, the drive of which is stopped by. Since the long object storage device of the present invention has the above structure, when the tip of the long object fed from the intake port reaches the detector position, the second drive roller By stopping the storage chamber, a storage loop for long objects is automatically formed in the storage chamber, and the long objects can be stored in this chamber. Furthermore, when the long object is cut by the cutter, the drive of the second drive roller is restarted, and the long object stored in the storage chamber is sent out.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the long object storage device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

The long object storage chamber 3 in which the long object 1 is stored in the form of a stock loop 2 has a substantially rectangular cross-sectional shape as is clear from the drawing, and has a width slightly wider than that of the long object 1. A long object guide path 4 extends around the two side walls 3b, 3c and the top wall 3d excluding the bottom wall 3a of the long object storage chamber 3, i.e., so as to substantially surround the storage chamber 3.
The long object guide path 4 is provided with guide walls 5, 6 extending along both the front and back sides of the long object 1 traveling along the guide path 4. Of these guide walls 5, 6, the guide wall 5 is a wall 3b, which forms the storage chamber 3,
The guide path 4 is also provided with walls on the front and back sides, i.e., at the portions where both side edges of the long object 1 are adjacent, so that the guide path 4 is surrounded by walls on all four sides. One end of the guide path 4 is provided with an inlet 7 for receiving the long object 1, and the other end is provided with a delivery outlet 8 for delivering the long object 1.
A stock opening 9 of a predetermined length is provided in a portion of the guide wall 5. The stock opening 9 is connected to the storage chamber 3.
Since the opening 9 is provided in the side wall 3c of the
communicates with the storage chamber 3 , a part of which is disposed at the opening 9 .

A first drive roller 10 and a second drive roller 11 are arranged before and after the opening 9 of the long object guide path 4, and the first drive roller 10 feeds the long object into the stocking device. The second drive roller 11 is used to send out long objects from the storage device. A drive roller stop device 12 is provided downstream of the second drive roller 11 to stop the rotation of the second drive roller 11 when the tip of the elongated object is detected, so that the tip of the elongated object is detected by the second drive roller. After passing through roller 11,
By stopping this drive roller and continuing to rotate the first drive roller 10, the elongated object is pushed out from the opening 9 and the loop 2 is formed.

The opening 9 is usually formed at a portion where the guide path 4 extends vertically, as shown in the figure. This is to prevent the tip of the elongated object from being guided into the storage chamber 3 from the opening 9 when passing through the opening 9. Further, for the same purpose, it is desirable that the upper portion of the portion of the guide path 4 where the opening 9 is provided be inclined in the direction away from the storage chamber 3 as shown in the figure. Further, the guide wall in which the opening 9 is formed is selected to be a guide wall on the opposite side to the direction in which the tip of the elongated object is bent by curling. Further, in order to prevent the curved part including the curled tip from colliding with the upper end of the opening and making it impossible to transport the long object, near the upper end of the opening 9,
A shallow recess is formed in the guide wall 6.

The second drive roller 11, which had been stopped, is started in conjunction with the operation of the cutter 14 disposed in the intake port 7. Therefore, the second drive roller 11 is moved to a long position in the storage chamber 3. The object 1 is sent out after the rear end of the long object 1 is cut.

The long object storage device according to the present invention as described above is used by being placed between a recording section for recording information on a long film of a processor camera and a processing chamber for developing the recorded film. .

According to the long object storage device of the present invention, with the simple structure described above, a long object with a cut off tip is fed into the device according to the present invention, a stock loop is automatically formed, and then, Since the rear end is cut off and sent out, even fairly long items can be accommodated with a relatively small device, and long items cut to a predetermined length can be sent out to the next process.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figure is a longitudinal sectional view of a long object storage device according to the present invention. 1...Long object, 2...Stock loop, 3...
Long object storage chamber, 4... Long object guide path, 5, 6...
Guide wall, 7... Intake port, 8... Outlet port, 9... Stock opening, 10... First drive roller, 11... Second drive roller, 12... Tip detector, 14... ...Cutter.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] 1. An intake port into which a long object is sent, an outlet port through which the long object is sent out, and an area extending between the intake port and the delivery port, and extending along at least both the front and back surfaces of the long object. a long object guideway having two guide walls;
a storage opening provided in one of the two guide walls; a long object storage chamber communicating with the opening and accommodating the long object pushed out from the opening; a cutter that cuts the long object; a first drive roller that is provided upstream of the opening and feeds the long object; a detector that is provided downstream of the opening that detects the tip of the long object; , is provided downstream of the opening and upstream of the detector, and starts driving in conjunction with the operation of the cutter to cut the long object, so that the detector detects the tip of the long object. A long object storage device comprising a second drive roller for feeding out the long object, the drive of which is stopped upon detection. 2. The elongate object storage device according to claim 1, wherein the elongate object storage chamber is adjacent to the opening, and the opening serves as an entrance and exit of the storage chamber. 3. Utility model registration claim 1, characterized in that the long object guide path is formed so as to surround at least a part of the long object storage chamber.
3. The long object storage device according to any one of item 1 and item 2. 4. Utility model registration claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the opening is provided in a part of the side wall on the opposite side to the curling direction of the elongated object to be transferred along the guide path. The long object storage device according to any one of Item 3.