JPH0643623A - Film sorter - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a sorter whose relative aligning accuracy to an automatic developing machine is not strict by making the lower edge of film abut on a stopping member when the film released from the carrying and driving of the automatic developing machine is dropped by automatic drop and regulating the posture of the film. CONSTITUTION:Recorded photosensitive material is completed to be developed and dried by the automatic developing machine 3 and is ejected right upward by an ejecting roller 4. Then the direction of the material is changed by a switching means 6 integrated with the film sorter 5, it moves on a guide 20 and a lower guide 8 with its trailing edge down, is guided to the guide formed of the guide 8b and a wall 13 and is dropped. After a halt at a stopper 9, it proceeds downward because the stopper 9 is retreated, and its direction is changed by a pair of rollers 10 and 11, it goes upward, is fed to a sorter bin 7 and is housed. Thus the lower edge of the film is regulated even by stopping in the state of abutting on the stopper 9 and systematically enters into next pair of the rollers 10.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention prints information of a plurality of X-ray image pickup means on a film and performs automatic development processing,
The present invention relates to an X-ray film sorter for sorting.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In recent years, information from a plurality of X-ray imaging means has been sent to a single recording device and written out in a concentrated manner for convenience of management.

In this case, various recording methods of the recording apparatus are conceivable, but a silver halide photosensitive material having high image reproducibility is often used. And in the case of a silver halide photosensitive material,
After recording with a recording device, it is always developed to obtain a visible image. Conventionally, the photosensitive material after the development processing is simply discharged to the accumulating section, so that the user has to perform sorting according to each X-ray imaging means by visually observing the image of the photosensitive material.

The information obtained by the X-ray imaging means is displayed as a real-time image by processing as an electric signal, input to a recording device and written out on a photosensitive material, or stored in a storage means. Since it is also possible to write with a recording device, and the writing method is not constant, it is appropriate to process a plurality of X-ray imaging devices with a single recording device.
The need for sorters has increased.

However, since the sorter developed for the conventional copying machine is designed so as to be directly connected to the copying machine, the relative position between the copying machine and the sorter can be accurately determined. Even if the sheet discharged from the machine was directly received by a pair of rollers and sent to the saw turbine, the sheet could be positioned in an orderly manner.

Further, in the sorter of the copying machine, since the sheet to be handled has good flatness and the posture of the sheet is not likely to change during the conveyance, it is easy to implement.
In the case of a silver halide light-sensitive material, it has a multi-layer structure in which a gelatin emulsion is applied to the base material, so the light-sensitive material (film) discharged from the automatic processor after being developed and dried has a large curl, When ejected, the posture may already be bent, so a reliable sorter could not be put to practical use by simply connecting the automatic developing machine with the sorter developed for conventional copying machines. .

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art and to provide a sorter whose relative alignment accuracy with an automatic processor is not severe. .

[0008]

The film sorter of the present invention which achieves the above object is discharged from an automatic developing machine for developing a film on which an output image is recorded by a recording means connected to an X-ray imaging means. A film sorter for receiving and sorting films, the guide member guiding the falling of the film discharged from the automatic processor by its own weight, the locking member for receiving and locking the edge of the dropped film, and the stopping member. The present invention is characterized in that it has a control means for evacuating the film and feeding the film to the next carrying means, and a carrying means for carrying the film to each saw turbine, and can be brought into and out of contact with the automatic developing machine.

The film sorter of the present invention is
The weight drop of the film discharged from the automatic processor is
It is characterized in that it is guided by a member for guiding the discharged film from the rear end thereof and a guide member for preventing the film from falling in the surface direction during the dropping process.

Further, the film sorter of the present invention is characterized in that the connection with the automatic developing machine is performed by bringing the abutting portion provided on the film sorter into contact with the automatic developing machine. .

[0011]

In the present invention, after the film discharged from the automatic processor is dropped by its own weight, it is conveyed to the saw turbine by preventing the conveying means of the automatic processor and the film sorter from being directly connected by the film. The purpose is to smoothly transfer the film from the automatic processor to the film sorter and prevent the film from being deformed or jammed even if the speed of the automatic processor is changed. The lower edge of the film, which is separated from the film, is brought into contact with the stop member to adjust the posture of the film.

The guide member for guiding the falling by its own weight means a film which is discharged from the automatic developing machine in a state where the film sorter is connected to the automatic developing machine,
In the structure where the film is dropped from the front end, the front end is guided downward, or in the structure where the film is dropped from the rear end, the film front end is guided upward, and the film rear end is automatically developed. After leaving the transport drive of the machine, it is a guide for dropping the film with the trailing edge of the film facing downward, and the shape is determined by selecting the angle ejected from the automatic developing machine and whether the film is turned upside down or not. It is a thing. The guide members for dropping are formed so as to face the front and back surfaces of the film, respectively, so as to prevent the film from collapsing or rotating during falling to the next stop member, and The film should be provided with a gap that does not pinch it.

The stop member has at least two film receiving portions in a direction orthogonal to the film falling direction,
It supports so that it can selectively occupy two positions, a position protruding so as to block the drop path and a position completely retracted from the drop path. The control means controls so that the film is stopped at that position, the film is received, and then the film is operated and retracted.

The film sorter can be connected to and disconnected from the automatic developing machine, and the abutting portion provided on the film sorter is brought into contact with the automatic developing machine, without using a special connecting mechanism. It means that it can function sufficiently even with rough handling such that the relative position is determined only by abutting the contact with the. It is carried out by directing the end edge of the film, which is not directly connected and which has fallen and abutted against the stop portion, to the next transporting means.

With this structure, the automatic developing material and the film sorter can be easily connected, workability is improved, and even if the side of the automatic developing machine to which the film sorter is connected has a maintenance door or the like, Since it is possible to easily disconnect the film sorter, there is no hindrance to the opening and closing of the door, which is advantageous because the degree of freedom in structural design of the automatic processor is increased.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an embodiment of the system according to the present invention and a cross section of a film sorter, and FIG. 2 is a view for maintenance of an automatic processor.
It is explanatory drawing of the state which separated the sorter for films. First, as shown in FIG. 1, the X-ray image picked up by the X-ray image pickup means 1 is sent to the recording means 2 as an electric signal, and is recorded as a light image on the photosensitive material F by the recording means 2 to form a latent image. The recorded photosensitive material F (film) is inserted into the automatic developing machine 3, completed the developing process and drying, and discharged by the discharging roller 4 toward the upper right. Then, the film F is changed in direction by the switching means 6 integrated with the film sorter 5, and is moved on the guide 20 and the lower guide 8 with the rear end downward, to the guide formed by the guide 8b and the wall 13. After being temporarily stopped by the stopper 9, the stopper 9 withdraws to move downward, the rollers 10 and 11 change the direction of the roller 9, and the roller 9 is fed upward to the saw turbine 7 for storage.

Since the present invention is constructed in this way, after the film F is completely separated from the conveying force of the discharge roller 4, the film F is guided by its own weight so as not to rotate or fall down, and the stopper 9 (stop member). The lower edge of the film is aligned horizontally by contacting with and stopping the stopper 9 at position D.
By retreating to, the film moves again and enters the next roller pair 10 in an orderly manner. Further, the film F conveyed by the roller pairs 10 and 11 advances upward, and when it is accommodated in each saw turbine 7 of the sorter, it is conveyed and accommodated in an orderly manner, so that a sorter jam does not occur.

FIG. 2 shows that the film sorter 5 is separated from the automatic processor 3, the door 40 of the automatic processor 3 is opened and the bottle 50 is taken out for maintenance.

The guide 20 of the automatic developing machine 3 shown in FIG. 2 is located at a relative position with the lower guide 8 of the film sorter 5 when the film sorter 5 is connected to the automatic developing machine 3.
The position a is located above the upper surface of the lower guide 8 so that the trailing edge of the discharged film F can be smoothly moved to the right.

The abutting portion 30 moves the film sorter 5 to the left and connects it to the automatic developing machine, so that the automatic developing machine 3
Is a member that contacts and positions the right side wall of the.

The positioning of the film sorter 5 with respect to the automatic processor 3 in the direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. 2 is not necessarily strict, and the rough setting is possible within the allowable range of the width of the film transport path of the saw turbine 7 or the film sorter 5. However, for example, by providing a protrusion on the abutting portion 30 and providing a receiving portion for receiving the protrusion on the automatic developing machine 3, it is possible to correctly perform the vertical positioning on the paper surface.

As described above, by separating the film sorter 5 from the automatic processor 3, it becomes easy to secure a space for maintenance and the workability is good because the connection can be made by merely abutting. Thus, the reason why the film sorter 5 can be easily brought into contact with and separated from the automatic developing machine 3 is that the film F is slightly misaligned.
This is because the self-weight drop method is adopted in which after being received by the film sorter 5, the posture is adjusted and then the film is conveyed.

The process in which the film F is sent out by the discharge roller 4 of the automatic developing machine 3 and then dropped by its own weight onto the film sorter 5 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

The leading edge of the film F discharged toward the upper right by the discharging roller 4 of the automatic developing machine 3 is a guide plate 6a.
As the trailing end leaves the nip of the discharge roller 4, the trailing end moves toward the lower right on the guide 20 by its own weight, leans close to the guide plate 6a at the position A, and then the guide plate 6a When the cam 14 driven by the motor is actuated to rotate to the position B about the hinge 12, the film F moves together with the guide plate 6a, and the trailing end of the film is formed by the lower guide 8 and the wall 13. Will be located at the top of
It falls by its own weight and comes into contact with the tip of the stopper at the C position to stop temporarily.

The stopper 9 moves the solenoid from position C to position D by actuating a solenoid to release the film F. By the contact with the stopper 9, the lower edge of the film F is aligned horizontally, so that the film enters the next roller pair 10 in an orderly manner.

The film F conveyed by the roller pair 10 and 11 advances upward and is stored in each saw turbine 7 of the sorter.

With this construction, the transporting drive of the automatic developing machine 3 is completely separated, and the weight falls between the guides of the film sorter 5 by its own weight.
As long as the relative position with the lower guide 8 of the film sorter 5 allows, the film reaches the stopper 9 and the edges are leveled and then fed to the roller pair 10, so that no trouble such as bending occurs. That is, since the alignment accuracy of the film sorter 5 with respect to the automatic developing machine 3 is rough, it is easy to handle.

[0029]

Since the film sorter of the present invention is constructed as described above, it is easy to bring the film sorter into and out of contact with the automatic developing machine, and the relative positional accuracy may be rough, so that it is easy to handle. ing. The film sorter has a high reliability because the film is properly oriented in the conveyance in the film sorter.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a system including a film sorter according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a state in which a film sorter is separated from an automatic developing machine.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing how a film is dropped onto a film sorter.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 X-ray imaging means 2 Recording means 3 Automatic developing machine 4 Ejecting roller 5 Film sorter 6 Switching means 7 Saw turbine 8 Lower guide 9 Stoppers 10, 11 Roller pair 12 Hinge 13 Wall 14 Cam 20 Guide 6a Guide plate

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A film sorter for receiving and sorting a film discharged from an automatic developing machine for developing a film on which an output image is recorded by a recording means connected to an X-ray imaging means. A guide member for guiding the falling of the discharged film by its own weight, a stop member for receiving and locking the edge of the dropped film, a control unit for retracting the stop member and feeding the film to the next conveying unit, A film sorter, which has a transporting means for transporting to a saw turbine and is capable of coming into contact with and separating from an automatic developing machine. 2. A member for guiding the film discharged from the automatic developing machine under its own weight so that the film is discharged from its rear end, and a guide for preventing the film from falling in the plane direction during the dropping process. The film sorter according to claim 1, wherein the film sorter is guided by a member. 3. The film sorter according to claim 1, wherein the connection with the automatic developing machine is made by bringing a butting portion provided in the film sorter into contact with the automatic developing machine. .