JPH01193861A - Card-shaped photographic sensitive material carrying mechanism and id card developing device having this mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten the development processing tie by setting the carrying speed of a development-side carrying mechanism to a value higher than that of an exposure- side carrying mechanism. CONSTITUTION:The carrying mechanism of a developing tank 300 consists of the exposure-side carrying mechanism consisting of a carry-in roll mechanism 400 for second exposure of a photographic sensitive material 1, the development-side carrying mechanism consisting of a carry-out roll mechanism 401 for development of the photographic sensitive material 1, and an intermediate carrying mechanism consisting of a spiral mechanism 402 which carries the photographic sensitive material from the exposure-side carrying mechanism to the development-side carrying mechanism. The carrying speed of the development-side carrying mechanism is set to a value higher than that of the exposure-side carrying mechanism. Thus, though the carrying path of the development-side carrying mechanism is extended in accordance with the exposure-side carrying mechanism for second exposure at the time of the second exposure in a developer, the carrying speed of the development-side carrying mechanism is increased to shorten the development processing time.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a card-shaped photographic material transporting mechanism for transporting a card-shaped photographic material in a developing tank, and an ID having this card-shaped photographic material transporting mechanism. The present invention relates to a card developing device.

[Conventional technology] ID cards include student ID cards, identification cards, credit cards,
It is used for driver's licenses, etc., and image information such as a facial photograph and/or visible information such as name, address, and other characters, symbols, and codes are recorded on the card surface using a photographic method.

The applicant has conducted various studies regarding the creation of ID cars using this photographic method.
Publication No. 4, JP-A-49-123016, JP-A No. 55-17
No. 577, No. 59-15923, No. 59-17546
Publication No. 58-45819, Japanese Patent Application No. 5B-4582
No. 0 and No. 58-53844. These are directly photographed on a roll of photosensitive material using a camera, developed using an automatic processor, then tightly covered with laminate using an automatic laminating/cutter machine, and then cut to the size of an ID card. is being created.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, as disclosed by the applicant in Japanese Patent Application No. 59-200521, instead of using a roll-shaped photographic material, a material cut into the size of an ID card from the beginning was used. If you use a card-shaped photosensitive material and create an ID card by curing a UV curable resin liquid, you can wait for the UV curable resin liquid to harden without using a conventional cutter, and then print it immediately. Since ID card creation is completed and a cutter is not required, the device becomes smaller, and the process of cutting ID cards to size is omitted, making it possible to create ID cards in a short time. .

By the way, when using a direct positive color photographic material (including monochrome, hereinafter the same) cut in advance to the size of an ID card as a card-shaped photographic material, t
After the i-shading (exposure) has been completed, the photographic material is automatically subjected to the following processes: second exposure, development, bleach-fixing, stabilization, and drying.

In this case, the exposure device provided in the developer tank emits the 27th E light for reversal in the developer;
Since a space for exposure is required, the transport path becomes longer. For this reason, if the second exposure and development processing are performed while the photographic light-sensitive material is transported by the same transport system in the developer tank, the time required for the development processing will be longer due to the longer transport path.

In addition, if the photographic material is simultaneously transferred to each processing tank in the developing tank and subsequent stages, such as bleach-fixing, stabilization, and drying, continuous processing becomes possible with a simple structure, but in this case, the developing tank When the development processing time becomes longer, it is necessary to set the transfer timing to match this processing time.
There is a problem that the processing time becomes long.

This invention has been made in view of the above points, and the object of the first invention is to set the card-shaped photographic material at a conveyance speed corresponding to the development process in the developing tank for performing the second exposure for reversal, and to It is an object of the present invention to provide a card-shaped photosensitive material conveying mechanism that can shorten the time. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a 10-card developing device that enables the development of 10 cards.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the card-shaped photographic material transport mechanism of the first invention includes a developing tank for developing the card-shaped photographic material. The exposure side transport mechanism includes an exposure side transport mechanism that performs second exposure, a development side transport mechanism that develops the photographic photosensitive material, and an intermediate transport mechanism that transports the photographic photosensitive material from the exposure side transport mechanism to the development side transport mechanism. It is characterized in that the conveyance speed of the development side conveyance mechanism is set faster than the conveyance speed of the conveyance mechanism.

Further, an ID card developing device according to a second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that it includes the above-described card-shaped photosensitive material transport mechanism.

[Function] In the card-shaped photographic material transport mechanism of the first invention,
When the second exposure is performed in the developer, even if the conveyance path of the development side conveyance mechanism becomes longer depending on the exposure side conveyance mechanism that performs the second exposure, the conveyance speed of the development conveyance mechanism becomes faster, and the development processing It can save time.

In addition, the 10-card developing device of the second invention is equipped with the card-shaped photographic material transport mechanism of the first invention, and the development time of the card-shaped photographic material in the developing tank is shortened in the processing tank at the subsequent stage. It becomes possible to match the processing time, and linked automatic processing is performed smoothly.

[Example 1] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail based on the accompanying drawings.

The drawings show an example of an ID card developing device that is applicable to the first and second inventions; FIG. 1 is a front view of the ID card developing device, FIG. 2 is a front view of the developing section, and FIG. 3 is a left side view, FIG. 4 is a right side view, FIG. 5 is a plan view, FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing the drive system of the intermediate conveyance section, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the lifting operation of the intermediate conveyance mechanism. Figure 8 shows the ID
The plan view of the card, FIG. 9, is a sectional view of the card-shaped photosensitive material before the TD card is produced.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the card-shaped photographic material 1 uses a direct positive color photographic material (including monochrome, hereinafter the same) that has been cut into the size of an ID card in advance. .

This photosensitive material 1 is cut to the size of an ID card I, has a thickness of, for example, 500 μm, and is hard enough to be bent.A writing layer 1b is provided on one side of a base synthetic resin support 1a. This writing layer 1b corresponds to conventional note paper and can be freely written on with a pencil or pen. Further, a photosensitive emulsion layer IC is formed on the other side of the support 1a, and after photographing a person image and a data image with a photographing device on this photosensitive emulsion layer IC, the photosensitive surface of the processed photographic light-sensitive material is applied to the photosensitive emulsion layer IC with a developing device. Then, the protective layer 2 is formed, and the creation of the ID card I is completed.

The developing device for this ID card will be described below.

Development processing section The development processing section A develops the photographic light-sensitive material 1 that has been photographed (exposed) in the photographing section B. It processes the photographic light-sensitive material 1 through second exposure, development, bleach-fixing, stabilization, and drying. Each process is carried out automatically and in a waterless manner.

In the second exposure apparatus shown in the figure, as described above, the photographic light-sensitive material 1
Direct positive color photographic material 1 is used as the material. Therefore, in the second exposure device C disposed in the developer tank by the transport mechanism described later, the second exposure device C for reversing is used.
Exposure is performed.

In the second exposure, the light from light #1200 such as a cold cathode is directly applied.
Or by reflecting it with the reflection plate 201, the diffusion plate (milky white) 202
and by irradiating it through the glass plate 203.

Further, a filter is attached to the diffuser plate 202, and color correction is also performed, and a light shielding plate 204 is arranged at a position facing the second exposure device ZC.

Structure of Processing Tank The processing tank in which the photographic material 1 is developed includes a developing tank 300, a bleach-fixing tank 301, a first stabilizing tank 4iJ302,
It is composed of a second stabilizing tank 303 and a drying tank 304.

Composition of Processing Liquid The illustrated apparatus differs from conventional developing apparatuses in that it employs a waterless washing system. Regarding this waterless washing method automatic development, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 55-1348 filed by this applicant
No. 48, No. 56-137350, No. 58-12024
It is possible to apply the compositions of the treatment liquids described in specifications such as No. 8, No. 58-134636, and No. 58-62652.

Replenishment and Management of Processing Liquid The temperature of the processing liquid in the developing tank 300 is controlled to always be kept at a constant temperature by a heat exchanger 305 and a circulation pump 306, and the processing liquid in each tank is circulated by a circulation pump 307. ing.

The processing liquid is replenished in various ways by the processing liquid replenishment means 308.
The waste liquid is discharged into a waste liquid tank (not shown). Note that the stabilization treatment liquid is replenished into the second stabilization treatment tank 303,
It may be configured such that the first stabilization treatment tank 302 is replenished by overflowing from this tank.

Further, as the processing liquid replenishment means 308, various methods such as a method of disposing a replenishment tank and replenishing the eight tanks from this replenishment tank using a pump or the like can be applied.

Conveying Mechanism for Photographic Material (Transfer/Supply Control from the Photographing Section) At the end of the largest section, the photographic material 1 on which the photographing of the person image and the data image has been completed is dropped into the chute 100,
The card is naturally dropped into the card loading mechanism IO of the development processing section A.

This card loading mechanism 10 is divided by a light shielding plate 11, and a first stopper 13 and a second stopper 14 are arranged on a conveyance path constituted by a conveyor belt 12. When the photosensitive material 1 being conveyed by the conveyor belt 12 is not held by the second stopper 14, the first stopper 13 tilts forward and allows the photosensitive material 1 to pass, and the second stopper 14 restricts the movement of the photosensitive material 1. When the photosensitive material 1 is in use, the photographic material 1 is removed from the support and held temporarily. The second stopper 14 falls forward at predetermined time intervals to feed out the photographic material, and the first stopper 13 falls forward at a predetermined time after the second stopper 14 is not holding the photographic material. Second stopper 14
It is controlled to send it out to the side.

The photographic light-sensitive material 1 sent out from the second stopper 14 is temporarily stopped by a timing stopper 15 disposed above the developer tank 300, and the timing for carrying the photographic light-sensitive material 1 into the developer tank 300 is determined. The position in the insertion direction is regulated.

Transport of the photographic light-sensitive material in the development processing section The transport mechanism E for the photographic light-sensitive material 1 in the development processing section A is divided into a transport mechanism within each processing tank and a transfer mechanism to another processing tank.

The conveyance mechanism in each processing tank is composed of an input roller mechanism 400 and an output roller mechanism 401. The input roller mechanism 400 moves the photographic photosensitive material 1 downward, and the output roller mechanism 401 consists of a photosensitive material 1. It is configured to move the material 1 upwards. Further, a spiral mechanism 402 for transferring the photographic photosensitive material 1 from the carry-in side roller mechanism 400 to the carry-out side roller mechanism 401 is provided, and this spiral mechanism 402 moves the photographic photosensitive material 1 to a position below the carry-out side roller mechanism 401 of the spiral shaft. A cam mechanism 403 is provided.

Therefore, when the photographic material 1 held by the carry-in roller mechanism 400 and descends is released from being held by the rollers, it falls naturally, and its lower end engages with the trough of the spiral shaft of the spiral mechanism 402. B in parallel to the bottom of the unloading roller mechanism 401 as the spiral shaft rotates.
It is ordered.

Next, it is pushed up according to the rotation of the cam mechanism 403,
It engages with the roller of the delivery-side roller mechanism 401, and rises as the roller rotates.

When the photographic photosensitive material 1 is pushed upward by the rollers of the unloading roller mechanism 401, it engages with the transfer mechanism 404, which is disposed at the top of the processing tank and reciprocates between different types of processing tanks, and is transferred to the next processing. It is transferred to the roller of the roller mechanism 400 on the loading side of the tank.

By repeating the above operations, the photographic material 1 is sequentially subjected to development, bleaching, stabilization, and drying treatments, and when these are completed, the photographic material 1 is transferred to the protective tank forming section.

In addition, the processing time in each processing tank is determined by the roller mechanism 4 for each tank.
00,401, controlled by adjusting the rotation speed of the spiral mechanism 402.

The conveyance mechanism of the developing tank 300 is composed of an exposure side conveyance mechanism composed of the above-mentioned carry-in side roller mechanism 400 that performs the second exposure of the photographic photosensitive material 1, and the above-mentioned carry-out side roller mechanism 401 that performs the development of the photographic photosensitive material 1. and an intermediate transport mechanism constituted by the spiral mechanism 402 that transports the photographic light-sensitive material l from the exposure-side transport mechanism to the development-side transport mechanism.

The exposure side conveyance mechanism and the development side conveyance mechanism are composed of a plurality of rollers, and both are arranged facing each other in the developer tank 300 so that the conveyance direction is the vertical direction. In this exposure side conveyance mechanism, the second g light is It is done. The conveying speeds of the intermediate conveying mechanism and the developing side conveying mechanism are set faster than the conveying speed of the exposure side conveying mechanism.

The transport mechanism of this developer tank 300 is shown in detail in FIGS. 2 to 7.

That is, the carry-in roller mechanism 400 of the exposure-side conveyance mechanism and the carry-out roller mechanism 401 of the development-side conveyance mechanism each include a plurality of rollers 405 and 406, and these rollers are connected to the rack 4.
07 so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction, and this roller 40
Gears 405a and 406a are provided at the end of the shaft of 5.406, and are interlocked via idle gears 408a and 408b, respectively.

An input shaft 409 is provided above the exposure side transport mechanism and the development side transport mechanism, and the input gear 410 of this human power shaft 409
As shown in FIG. 2, the drive gear 412 of the drive shaft 411
The drive shaft 411 rotates in conjunction with the rotation of the drive shaft 411. The small diameter gear 409a of the input shaft 409 is the connecting gear 4!3
It is engaged with the gear 405a of the exposure-side transport mechanism via , and is decelerated. Further, the connecting gear 413 is the speed increasing gear 414, 41
5, it meshes with the development side transport machine lateral movement gear 406a and the idle gear 408b to increase the speed, and the transport speed of the development side transport mechanism is faster than the transport speed of the exposure side transport mechanism.

This drive shaft 411 is provided with a drive gear (not shown) at a position corresponding to each of the processing tanks, and drives the respective carry-in side roller mechanism 400 and carry-out side roller mechanism 401, both of which are the same. Transport the photographic material at high speed.

This exposure side transport mechanism is equipped with the above-mentioned second exposure device C, which performs the second exposure when moving the photographic photosensitive material 1 downward. 2. A light shielding plate 204 is arranged at a position facing the exposure device C.

The four spiral shafts 417 and 418 of the spiral mechanism 402 constituting the intermediate transport mechanism are arranged at opposing positions as shown in FIG. The valley 417a,
Rotate synchronously as inserted into 418a.

The gear 417b of one spiral shaft 417 is interlocked with the other spiral shaft 417 via an idle gear 419a.
The gear 418b of 1B is similarly interlocked via the idle gear 419b, and is configured to separate and rotate in opposite directions.

The gear 417b of this lower spiral shaft 417 meshes with the gear 420a of the direct drive shaft 420, and the spiral shaft 41
The gear 418b of No. 8 meshes with the gear 420a of the drive shaft 420 via the idle gear 421. This drive shaft 42
0 is rotatably supported at the lower part of the rack 407, and a bevel gear 422 is provided at the center thereof, and this bevel gear 422 meshes with a bevel gear 424 of a connecting shaft 423. This connecting shaft 423 is also rotatably supported at the lower part of the rack 407, and a gear 423a at the end thereof meshes with a gear 425a of a human power @425 supported vertically on the rack 407.

A manual gear 425b provided on the upper part of the input shaft 425 meshes with a connecting gear 426, and this connecting gear 426 is rotatably supported by the rack 407. At a position facing the connecting gear 426, a connecting shaft 427 is rotatably supported by a bracket 428 fixed to the main body side. The upper gear 427a of this connecting shaft 427 is provided with a connecting pin 429, and is connected by engaging the connecting gear 426 to this connecting pin 429. At this position, the input gear 42 of the input shaft 425
It meshes with 5a.

The lower gear 427b of this connecting shaft 427 is connected to the drive motor 43.
Connected to 0. The drive motor 430 is configured such that the connecting pin 429 of the upper gear 427a provided on the connecting shaft 427 always stops at a predetermined position by the operation of a position detecting means (not shown). Therefore, when the rack 407 is removed to perform maintenance on these transport mechanisms and then connected to the developer tank 300 in this position, the photographic material 1 is always placed in the trough of the spiral shaft of the intermediate transport mechanism. Easy to insert into position and assemble.

In this developer tank 300, the exposure-side transport mechanism performs the second exposure, so the dispersion transport mechanism is long. Therefore, the conveyance speed of the intermediate conveyance mechanism and the development side conveyance mechanism is made faster than the conveyance speed of the exposure side conveyance mechanism, so that the interval between the development processing time of the photographic light-sensitive material 1 discharged from the developing tank 300 is set to be shorter than that of the other processing tank 301.゜If the processing time interval is the same as that in 302, 303, and 304, the photographic material l in these processing tanks will be
13 feeds can be carried out simultaneously, which simplifies the conveyance mechanism, and also enables a series of continuous conveyances, increasing processing speed.

The drying process of the dried photographic material 1 is carried out by hot air drying using the sirocco fan 431, but it goes without saying that drying may be carried out by other methods.

The operating status of each mechanism, processing liquid temperature, drying temperature, etc. in the control development processing section A are automatically controlled by a microcomputer, and if there is an abnormality, it is notified by means such as an alarm display on the operation panel, etc. Ru. Furthermore, the processing speed, liquid temperature, drying temperature, and second exposure intensity are variable and can be adjusted to the optimum conditions for the photosensitive/processing agent.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, the card-shaped photographic material transport mechanism of the first invention includes a developing tank for developing a card-shaped photographic material,
An exposure-side transport mechanism that performs second exposure of the photographic light-sensitive material, a development-side transport mechanism that develops the photographic material, and an intermediate transport mechanism that transports the photographic material from the exposure-side transport mechanism to the development-side transport mechanism. In preparation, the conveying speed of the developing side conveying mechanism is set faster than the conveying speed of this exposing side conveying mechanism, so when the second exposure is performed in the developer, the speed of the developing side conveying mechanism Even if the conveyance path of the development side conveyance mechanism becomes long, the development processing time can be shortened by increasing the conveyance speed of the development side conveyance mechanism.

Further, the ID card developing device of the second invention is equipped with the card-shaped photographic material transport mechanism of the first invention, and even when performing the second exposure of the card-shaped photographic material, the developing device in the developing tank is By shortening the processing time, it becomes possible to transfer the photographic material between the developing tank and the subsequent processing tank using the same mechanism, which simplifies the mechanism and increases the transport speed.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a front view of the ID card developing device, Fig. 2 is a front view of the developing section, Fig. 3 is its left side view, Fig. 4 is its right side view, Fig. 5 is its top view, and Fig. 6 is its top view. The figure is a sectional view showing the drive system of the intermediate conveyance section, Figure 7 is a diagram showing the lifting operation of the intermediate conveyance mechanism, Figure 8 is a plan view of the ID card, and Figure 9 is a photograph of the card before ID card creation. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a photosensitive material. In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a photographic photosensitive material, 400 is a carry-in side roller mechanism, 401 is a carry-out side roller mechanism, 402 is a spiral mechanism, 403 is a cam mechanism, 404 is a crossing mechanism, A is a developing section,
B is an imaging unit, C is a second exposure mount, D is a processing tank, and E is a transport mechanism. Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7 Figure 9

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A developing tank for developing a card-shaped photographic light-sensitive material, an exposure-side transport mechanism for performing a second exposure of the photographic light-sensitive material, and a development-side transport mechanism for developing the photographic light-sensitive material; A card-shaped photographic material comprising an intermediate conveyance mechanism for conveying the photographic photosensitive material from an exposure side conveyance mechanism to a development side conveyance mechanism, and in which the conveyance speed of the development side conveyance mechanism is set faster than the conveyance speed of the exposure side conveyance mechanism. Conveyance mechanism. 2. An ID card developing device comprising the card-shaped photographic material transport mechanism according to claim 1.