JPH0876341A - Replenisher lid cover - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] When filling the replenisher into the replenishing port, it is possible to surely prevent the replenisher from scattering and mixing with other replenishers, and to realize this without deteriorating the filling workability. Obtain the lid of the replenisher replenishing port. [Structure] Lid 11 for opening and closing replenishment port 108 and the like
4 is composed of a main body portion 116 and a pair of side wall portions 118 integrally formed at both ends of the main body portion 116. When the lid 114 opens the refill port 108, the refill port 108 has a peripheral edge portion surrounded by a U-shape in a plan view. Therefore, even if the replenisher is about to scatter around, this is prevented by the lid 114, and another replenisher does not mix into the adjacent replenishment port. Further, it is not necessary to perform the filling work excessively carefully, and the filling workability does not deteriorate.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a replenisher replenishing port lid for opening and closing a replenisher replenishing port for replenishing a replenisher such as a developing replenisher.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in a printer processor for printing a film image on a photosensitive material such as photographic paper and exposing the photographic paper for development to obtain a print, a printer unit (printing exposure unit) and a processor unit (printing exposure unit) are used. And a developing section), and a series of processes are continuously carried out.

Here, the processor section is provided with a plurality of processing tanks such as a color developing tank and a bleach-fixing tank, and the photographic printing paper after printing and exposure is successively conveyed to the respective processing tanks, and a series of developing processing is carried out. Is done. The photographic printing paper after the development processing is dried in a drying section provided on the outlet side of the processor section, and sent out to the outside of the printer processor to be accumulated.

Further, in such a processor section, a replenishing tank for replenishing a plurality of processing tanks such as a color developing tank and a bleach-fixing tank with a replenishing solution such as a developing replenisher and a bleach-fixing replenisher is adjacent to each other. Are arranged. Each replenisher is supplied from these replenishment tanks to the processing tank.

By the way, the replenishment tank as described above is provided with a replenishment port which opens upward when replenishing the replenishment liquid, and is further provided with a lid which opens and closes the replenishment port. There is. When the replenishment tank is filled with the replenishment solution, the lid is removed to open the replenishment port, and the replenishment solution can be filled from the replenishment port.

However, in such a conventional refill tank, since the refill port is provided with a lid for simply opening and closing the refill port, the lid is removed to open the refill port to replenish the refill solution. If the filling operation is inadvertently performed when filling the mouth, the replenisher may be scattered around the replenishment mouth. Further, in such a conventional replenishment tank, the replenishment tanks are arranged adjacent to each other (and therefore the replenishment ports are also adjacent to each other), and therefore, when the replenishment liquid is filled into the replenishment port, the replenishment liquid is scattered. If such a situation occurs, not only will the surrounding parts be unnecessarily soiled, but also problems such as the mixing of different replenishment liquids into other adjacent replenishment tanks will occur.

In this case, by carrying out the refilling liquid filling operation very carefully, it is possible to prevent the refilling liquid from scattering and mixing the replenishing liquid into another adjacent refilling tank to some extent. It becomes worse, and it is not a fundamental measure.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In consideration of the above facts, the present invention can reliably prevent the replenishing liquid from scattering and mixing with other replenishing liquid when the replenishing liquid is filled into the replenishing port, and the filling operation is performed. The purpose is to obtain a lid of a replenisher replenishing port that can be realized without deteriorating the property.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lid body for a replenishment fluid replenishing port which opens and closes a replenishment fluid replenishing port which opens upward. , Is rotatably supported on one side of the peripheral edge of the replenisher replenishing port and opens and closes the replenisher solution replenishing port by rotating, and the replenisher replenishing port is opened when the replenisher replenishing port is opened. A main body portion continuously standing on one side of the peripheral edge, and integrally provided at both end portions of the main body portion so as to face each other,
And a pair of side wall portions continuously standing on both sides of the peripheral edge adjacent to one side of the peripheral edge of the replenisher replenishing port in the standing state of the main body portion.

[0010]

In the lid of the replenisher replenishing port according to claim 1, the main body is rotatably supported on one side of the peripheral edge of the replenisher replenishing port, and the pair of side wall portions are opposed to both ends of the main body. Is provided.

Here, when the main body is rotated and the replenisher replenishing port is opened, the main body is continuously erected on one side of the peripheral edge of the replenisher replenishing port. Further, in this state, the pair of side wall portions are continuously provided upright on both sides of the peripheral edge adjacent to one side of the peripheral edge of the replenisher replenishing port. In other words, in the open state of the replenisher replenishing port by the lid, the peripheral portion of the replenisher replenishing port is surrounded by the body of the lid and the pair of side walls in a substantially U shape in a plan view. To be in a state.

Therefore, when filling the replenishing liquid into the replenishing liquid replenishing port, the replenishing liquid can be replenished into the replenishing liquid replenishing port from the side where the main body portion of the lid and the pair of side wall portions are not provided.

In this case, even if the replenishing liquid filling operation is inadvertently performed and the replenishing liquid is about to be scattered around the replenishing liquid replenishing port, the replenishing liquid replenishing port is provided at the main body portion of the lid and the pair of side wall portions. Since the periphery is surrounded by, the replenishment liquid is prevented from scattering and unnecessary contamination of the peripheral parts is prevented. Further, even when the replenisher replenishing ports are arranged adjacent to each other, the replenisher is prevented from being scattered, so that different replenisher can be prevented from being mixed into another adjacent replenisher replenishing port. . Furthermore, since it is not necessary to perform the refilling liquid filling work excessively carefully, the filling workability does not deteriorate.

As described above, in the lid of the replenisher replenishing port according to the present invention, when the replenisher is filled into the replenisher replenishing port, it is possible to reliably prevent the replenisher from scattering and mixing other replenishers. This can be realized without deteriorating the filling workability.

[0015]

FIG. 8 shows a perspective view of a printer processor 10 to which a lid 114 according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied, and FIG. 9 shows a schematic overall configuration diagram of the printer processor 10. Has been done.

Printer unit 12 of printer processor 10
Has a structure in which a paper magazine 14 accommodating photographic printing paper P can be loaded.

A drive roller 16 around which the vicinity of the leading end of the photographic printing paper P is wound is rotatably supported on the upper portion of the paper magazine 14, and is rotated by receiving a driving force of a motor (not shown) in the printer unit 12. To do. A pair of nip rollers 18 are arranged in pressure contact with the drive roller 16. Therefore, the drive roller 16 can sandwich the photographic printing paper P with the nip rollers 18 and send the photographic printing paper P into the printer unit 12.

A cutter 22 which is composed of a pair of upper and lower blades and whose blades are moved by a motor 20 is installed beside the driving roller 16 and the nip roller 18. The cutter 22 is driven by the driving roller 16 and the nip roller 18 from the paper magazine 14. The drawn photographic paper P can be cut.

On the downstream side of the paper magazine 14 and the cutter 22 in the conveyance direction of the printing paper P, a support base 46 having an upper surface formed along the horizontal direction is arranged. A winding roller 52 is arranged between the support base 46 and the cutter 22, and the endless belt 44 is wound around the winding roller 52. Further, on the upper side of the winding roller 52, the nip roller 5 for sandwiching the endless belt 44 with the winding roller 52 is provided.
4 are arranged.

A guide roller 56 around which the endless belt 44 is wound is arranged downstream of the support base 46 in the conveying direction of the printing paper P. Further, at a position adjacent to the guide roller 56, a pressing roller 58 is disposed such that the lower surface side thereof has substantially the same height as the upper surface side of the winding roller 52, and the pressing roller 58 is provided at the endless belt 44.
The outer periphery of is being pressed. That is, the endless belt 44 in this portion is S-shaped. Furthermore, the endless belt 44
Is wound around the tension roller 62 below the guide roller 56 to form an inverted triangular movement locus.
The guide roller 56 is driven and rotated by the driving force of a motor (not shown), and can rotate the endless belt 44 in the clockwise direction in FIG.

On the other hand, a large number of small holes (not shown) are formed in the endless belt 44 over the entire area thereof, and the upper surface of the support base 46 on which a part of the endless belt 44 is placed is
A large number of holes (not shown) are formed corresponding to the small holes of the endless belt 44. Further, the inside of the support base 46 is formed in a hollow shape, and a pair of communication ducts 66 formed corresponding to both ends of the endless belt 44 in the width direction are connected to the support base 46. These communication ducts 66 bypass the portion of the endless belt 44 passing under the support base 46 and reach below the endless belt 44, and are connected to a fan box 70 provided with a suction fan 68.

Further, an easel device 64 is provided above the endless belt 44 which is movable on the support base 46. When an edged image is printed on the photographic printing paper P, the easel device 64 is shown in the drawing. The movable piece does not cover the periphery of the printing paper P.

On the other hand, a diffusion box 28 for diffusing light is arranged outside the casing 10A constituting the outer frame of the printer processor 10 and directly above the easel device 64. A light source 26 and a CC filter 24 composed of three sets of C, M, and Y filters, which are movable so as to change the amount of filters inserted into the optical path, are arranged on the one side. As a result, the light rays emitted from the light source 26 are emitted from the CC filter 2
After passing through 4, the light is reflected while being diffused by the diffusing box 28 and is irradiated directly downward.

The casing 10 immediately below the diffusion box 28
A negative carrier 30 is arranged at A, and light rays from the diffusion box 28 are transmitted through the negative film N on the negative carrier 30.

A support plate 34 is supported in the printer section 12 by a guide rail 32 so as to be movable in the horizontal direction (direction orthogonal to the paper surface of FIG. 9). A prism 36 and a zoom lens 38 are attached so as to be respectively located on the optical axis S of the light beam from the diffusion box 28. This allows
The light rays that have passed through the negative film N and become the exposure light rays pass through the prism 36, and then pass through the zoom lens 38 whose magnification can be changed, and are combined on the photographic paper P located below the easel device 64. It is a composition to image.

Further, in the printer section 12, there is arranged a density measuring device 40 for measuring the density of the negative film N, which is composed of, for example, a color filter and an optical sensor such as a CCD, and is bent in a horizontal direction by a prism 36. The generated light beam is sent to the density measuring device 40. The density measuring device 40 is connected to a controller (not shown), and an exposure correction value for printing exposure is set based on the data measured by the density measuring device 40 and the data key-input by the operator. .

In the optical path between the zoom lens 38 and the easel device 64, there is provided a black filter 41 for exposing the light, which has been adjusted in color and intensity by the CC filter 24 and transmitted through the negative film N, by printing for a predetermined time.

Further, in the case where a special enlargement magnification which cannot be dealt with by the zoom lens 38 is required in the printer unit 12, a photometric mirror 42 which is movable on the optical axis S to the side of the zoom lens 38. Is provided.

A processor section 72 is arranged on the side of the printer section 12 constructed as described above.

The processor section 72 is provided with processing tanks such as a developing tank 74, a bleach-fixing tank 76, and a washing tank 78, and stores a developing solution, a bleach-fixing solution, and washing water, respectively. The printing paper P printed and exposed in the processor section 72 is conveyed to the processor section 72 through a conveyance path 60 constituted by a plurality of pairs of rollers, and sequentially passes through each processing tank, so that development processing, bleaching processing, and Fixing process,
It is designed to be washed with water.

The developing tank 74 and the bleach-fixing tank 76 are also provided.
In the processor section 72 below the washing tank 78, a developing replenisher replenisher tank 100 and a bleach-fixing replenisher replenisher tank 1 are provided.
02 and a washing replenishing water replenishing tank 104 are provided, respectively, a developing replenishing solution, a bleach-fixing replenishing solution,
Replenishment water for washing is filled. Each of these tanks is connected to a developing tank 74, a bleach-fixing tank 76, and a water washing tank 78, and a replenisher for each processing is supplied and replenished from each tank.

Further, as shown in detail in FIG. 1, the developer replenisher replenishment tank 10 is provided at the upper corner of the processor section 72.
0, bleach-fixing replenisher replenisher tank 102, and washing replenisher replenisher tank 104 are provided with replenisher ports 106, 108, 110 and 112 for filling the respective replenisher solutions. Each replenishment port 106, 108, 110, 112 is
Each of them opens upward, and is connected to each of a developing replenisher replenisher replenishing tank 100, a bleach-fixing replenisher replenishing tank 102, and a washing replenisher replenishing water replenishing tank 104 via hoses (not shown). A lid 114 is attached to each replenishment port 106, 108, 110, 112. Here, the replenishment ports 106, 10
8, 110, 112 and the lid 114 have basically the same configuration, and in the following, the replenishment port 108
The lid 114 will be described in detail.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 7, the lid 114 is
It is composed of a main body 116 and a pair of side walls 118. The main body portion 116 is rotatably supported on one side of the peripheral edge of the replenishment port 108 (inner side of the processor portion 72),
By rotating the refill port 108, the refill port 108 can be opened and closed. Further, when the refill port 108 is opened, the refill port 108 is continuously erected on one side of the peripheral edge of the refill port 108. On the other hand, the pair of side wall portions 118 are integrally provided at both ends of the main body portion 116 so as to face each other.
When the replenishment port 108 is opened and is erected, the ridge 16 is continuously erected on both sides of the replenishment port 108 adjacent to one edge of the replenishment port 108 (both sides of the processor section 72 in the device left-right direction).

The lid 114 having the above-described structure is independently attached to the replenishment ports 106, 108, 110 and 112, and the replenishment ports 106, 108, 110 and 112 can be independently opened and closed. This is a possible configuration.

Replenishment ports 106, 108, 110, 112
At the upper corner of the processor unit 72 provided with the cover 12 corresponding to the replenishment ports 106, 108, 110, 112.
0 is provided so that each replenishment port 106, 108, 110, 112 to which the lid 114 is attached can be covered or exposed.

Further, in the processor section 72, a developing tank 74
A drying section 80 is provided above each processing tank such as
The photographic printing paper P, which has been washed with water in the washing tank 78, is conveyed. The drying unit 80 can dry the photographic printing paper P by blowing hot air in the direction of the arrow B from the chamber 82 side arranged below the conveyance path of the photographic printing paper P.

A transport path 84 composed of a plurality of transport roller pairs is disposed downstream of the drying section 80 in the transport direction of the printing paper P, and further, a transport path located at the end of the transport path 84 is disposed. A delivery opening 88 is provided facing the roller 86. The photographic printing paper P discharged from the drying unit 80 after the drying process is finished is sent out through the conveying path 84 and the opening 8 is formed.
It is sent out from the printer 8 and is sent out to the stacking conveyance section 94 provided on the upper part of the printer processor 10.

On the other hand, above the transport path 84, the concentration measuring unit 9
In the case of a special photographic printing paper P for arranging tests such as maintenance and management of the printer with the photographic printing paper P which has been subjected to various processes such as development, bleach-fixing and washing with water, the density measuring unit 92 Can be sent to and the concentration can be measured.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. In the printer processor 10 having the above configuration, the paper magazine 14
The photographic printing paper P sent out from is cut to a desired length by the cutter 22, and then is carried on the endless belt 44 and conveyed to an image printing position which is a position on the optical axis S of the exposure light beam. The exposure light from the light source 26 side is reflected by the prism 36.
By reaching the photographic paper P via the zoom lens 38 and the like, the image recorded on the negative film N is printed on the photographic paper P.
The portion printed on top of this image is the image portion.

At this time, the air in the support base 46 escapes from the inside of the loop of the endless belt 44 to both ends in the width direction via the communication duct 66, is sucked by the suction fan 68 and is blown to the outside. The inside becomes negative pressure. This negative pressure is transmitted to the printing paper P on the endless belt 44 through the holes of the support base 46 and the small holes of the endless belt 44, and the printing paper P is sucked to the endless belt 44 as indicated by arrow A. It Therefore, the photographic printing paper P is not only placed on the endless belt 44 but also sucked toward the endless belt 44 side.
However, the sheet is reliably conveyed by the endless belt 44 and is horizontally arranged at the image printing position.

Further, the photographic printing paper P on which the image printing has been completed
Is sandwiched between the guide roller 56 and the pressing roller 58, and the conveying direction is changed from the horizontal direction to the vertical direction and is sent out in the vertical direction. After that, as indicated by a path K that represents the transport path of the photographic paper P, the photographic paper P is subjected to each processing of development, bleach-fixing, washing and drying via a transport path 60 constituted by a plurality of pairs of rollers. It is conveyed to the processor unit 72 which performs

Thus, the printing exposure process for one frame of the negative film N is completed. By repeating this, the printing papers P that have been subjected to the printing exposure process are sequentially conveyed to the processor unit 72 one by one.

In the processor section 72, the photographic printing paper P is soaked in the developing solution in the developing tank 74 for development processing, and further,
The developed printing paper P is conveyed to the bleach-fixing tank 76 adjacent to the developing tank 74. In the bleach-fixing tank 76, printing paper P
Is soaked in a bleach-fixing solution for bleaching and fixing. The photographic printing paper P that has been subjected to the fixing treatment is conveyed to a plurality of washing tanks 78 adjacent to the bleach-fixing tank 76, and is immersed in washing water for washing treatment.

The photographic printing paper P which has been washed with water is conveyed to the drying section 80 located above the washing tank 78. In the drying unit 80, hot air is sent to the printing paper P to dry the printing paper P.

The printing paper P dried in the drying section 80
Is sent out through the conveying path 84, is sent out from the opening 88 to the stacking conveying section 94, and is conveyed to one end of the processor section 72 by the conveying belt 96.

Here, in the printer processor 10, when each of the developing replenishing solution replenishing tank 100, the bleach-fixing replenishing solution replenishing tank 102, or the washing replenishing water replenishing tank 104 is filled with each replenishing solution, first of all, FIG. As shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the cover 120 of the processor unit 72 is opened and the replenishment ports 106, 108, 110, 112 (the lid 11
4) is exposed. Then, the replenishment ports 106, 108, 1
By rotating the lid 114 of 10, 112, the replenishment port 106,
108, 110, 112 are opened, and the replenishment port 106,
Fill the replenisher from 108, 110, 112.

In this case, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the lid 114 is rotated and the replenishment ports 106, 108, 110, 1 are opened.
In the state in which 12 is opened, the main body 116 is continuously erected on one side of the peripheral edge of the replenishment ports 106, 108, 110, 112 (the device rear side of the processor unit 72, that is, the stacking and conveying unit 94 side). To be done. Further, in this state, the pair of side wall portions 118 are provided with the replenishment ports 106, 108, 1
10 and 112 are continuously erected on both sides of the peripheral edge. In other words, the replenishment ports 106, 108, 11 by the lid 114.
In the open state of 0 and 112, the replenishment ports 106 and 10
8, 110 and 112 are in a state in which the peripheral edge portion thereof is surrounded by the main body portion 116 of the lid body 114 and the pair of side wall portions 118 in a substantially U shape in a plan view.

Therefore, the replenishment ports 106, 108, 11
0 and 112 are filled with the replenishing liquid, the replenishing ports 106, 108, 110 and 112 are provided from the front side of the apparatus where the main body 116 of the lid 114 and the pair of side walls 118 are not provided.
Can be filled with a replenisher.

Further, in this case, if the replenishing liquid filling operation is inadvertently performed, the replenishing liquid is replenished with the replenishing ports 106, 108 and 11.
Refill port 10 even if you try to scatter around 0 and 112
6, 108, 110 and 112 are main body portions 11 of the lid 114.
Since the periphery is surrounded by 6 and the pair of side wall portions 118, the replenishing liquid is prevented from being scattered, and unnecessary contamination of the peripheral portions is prevented. In addition, the replenishment ports 106, 108,
Although the 110 and 112 are arranged adjacent to each other, the scattering of the replenishing liquid is prevented by the lid 114, so that different replenishing liquids are prevented from being mixed into other adjacent replenishing ports 106, 108, 110 and 112. To be done. Furthermore, since it is not necessary to perform the refilling liquid filling work excessively carefully, the filling workability does not deteriorate.

As described above, in the lid 114 according to the present embodiment, when the replenishing solution is filled in the replenishing ports 106, 108, 110, 112, the scattering of the replenishing solution and the mixing of other replenishing solution are surely prevented. This can be achieved without deteriorating the filling workability.

In the present embodiment, the lid 114
An example in which the above is applied to replenishment ports 106, 108, 110, 112 for filling the replenisher into tanks such as the developer replenisher replenisher tank 100 and the bleach-fixing replenisher replenisher tank 102 has been described. The replenishing port can be applied to any replenishing port for other replenishing liquids, not only opening and closing this replenishing port but also scattering of the replenishing liquid when filling the replenishing liquid and other replenishment. It is possible to reliably prevent mixing of the liquid.

[0052]

As described above, the lid of the replenisher replenishing port according to the present invention can surely prevent the replenisher from scattering and mixing with other replenisher when filling the replenisher into the replenisher. It has an excellent effect that this can be realized without deteriorating the filling workability.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an opened state of a lid of a replenisher replenishing port according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing an open state of the lid of the replenisher replenishing port according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an opened state of a lid of a replenisher replenishing port according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing an open state of the lid of the replenisher replenishing port according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a closed state of a lid body of a replenisher replenishing port according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a closed state of the lid body of the replenisher replenishing port according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a closed state of the lid of the replenisher replenishing port according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an overall perspective view of a printer processor to which the lid according to the embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 9 is a schematic overall configuration diagram of a printer processor to which a lid according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Printer Processor 72 Processor Unit 100 Development Replenisher Replenisher Tank 102 Bleach-Fixer Replenisher Replenisher Tank 104 Rinsing Replenisher Replenisher Tank 106 Replenishment Port 108 Replenishment Port 110 Replenishment Port 112 Replenishment Port 114 Lid 116 Main Body 118 Sidewall

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A lid of a replenisher replenishing port that opens and closes a replenisher replenishing port that opens upward and is rotatably supported on one side of a peripheral edge of the replenisher replenishing port and pivots. By doing so, the replenisher replenishing port is opened and closed, and in the state in which the replenisher replenishing port is opened, the main body portion continuously standing upright on one side of the peripheral edge of the replenisher replenishing port is opposed to each other. A pair of side wall portions that are integrally provided at both end portions of the main body portion and that are continuously erected on both sides of the peripheral edge adjacent to one side of the peripheral edge of the replenisher replenishing port in the standing state of the main body portion; A lid for the replenisher replenishing port, which is characterized by being formed.