JPH09319064A - Photographic product production method and production apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) 【Abstract】 PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the problem that an article including a transparent photographic original is closed together with an opening of a photo bag, which has a problem peculiar to the transparent photographic original that it is never reproduced again if it is not used. At the same time, to automatically and efficiently produce a photographic product having high productivity, including an article containing a transparent photographic original, and a photographic bag containing the article and having a closed opening. In a method for producing a photographic product having an article containing a transparent photographic original and a photographic bag containing the article and having a closed opening, the article is housed.
The method has a detection step of detecting whether or not an article is present in the opening of the photographic bag having an unclosed opening, and if the detection step detects that no article is present in the opening, the detection is performed. In step, the opening of the photo bag, which is detected as having no article in the opening, is closed to produce the photographic product.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing a photographic product having an article containing a transparent photographic original and a photographic bag containing the article and having a closed opening. is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The production of a photographic product having a conventional article containing a transparent photographic original document and a photographic bag containing the article and having a closed opening is performed by manually placing the article in the photographic bag. It has been carried out by storing it, or by storing the article in the photo bag by an automatic packaging machine.

[0003]

However, manually storing the article including the transparent photographic original in the photographic bag was inefficient and poor in productivity. Further, although it is efficient to store this article by an automatic packaging machine, there is a problem that the article, especially the transmission type photographic original, is sometimes closed together with the opening of the photo bag.

Therefore, in the field of automatic packaging, in such a case, it is common to use a device that minimizes the occurrence of packaging mistakes and to eliminate the product when packaging mistakes occur. I thought about creating a device that performs high-performance operation so that the transmissive photo original is not closed along with the opening of the photo bag, but it was estimated that it would be a costly device, and the occurrence rate is low, but still It was predicted that there would be a problem that the transmissive photo original would be closed along with the opening of the photo bag. In addition, if the article includes a photographic print, the number and size of photographic prints differ for each order, so the articles to be stored are not uniform, and there is a problem that packaging errors easily occur even if the cost is increased by the device. is there.

However, each of the transmissive photographic originals has a different recorded image, and if it fails, there is a problem peculiar to the transmissive photographic original that the image cannot be reproduced again.

According to the present invention, there is a problem peculiar to a transmissive photographic manuscript in that it is never reproduced again if it is useless, while avoiding the problem that an article including a transmissive photographic manuscript is closed together with an opening of a photographic bag. It is an object of the present invention to automatically and efficiently produce a photographic product having high productivity and including an article containing a transparent photographic original, and a photographic bag containing the article and having a closed opening.

The present invention is particularly useful when the transmission type photographic original is a "transmission type photographic original obtained by processing a photographic light-sensitive material" such as a color negative film, a color reversal film or a black and white film. Is.

[0008]

The objects of the invention are achieved by the following claims.

[Claim 1] A method of producing a photographic product, comprising: an article containing a transparent photographic original, and a photographic bag containing the article and having a closed opening; The method has a detection step of detecting whether or not an article is present in the opening of the photographic bag having an unclosed opening, and if the detection step detects that no article is present in the opening, the detection is performed. A method for producing a photographic product, characterized in that the photographic bag is closed by closing the opening of the photographic bag, which is detected in the step that there is no article in the opening. [Claim 2] [Claim 2 is characterized in that, when the detection step detects that an article is present in the opening, the photographic bag that is detected in the detection step as an article is excluded. The method for producing a photographic product according to claim 1. [Claim 3] [When the article is present in the opening in the detecting step, the article is placed in the back of the photo bag in which the article is detected in the opening in the detecting step. The method for producing a photographic product according to claim 1, further comprising an inserting step. [Claim 4] “Has a re-detection step of detecting whether or not an article is present in the opening of the photo bag in which the article has been inserted in the depth step, and the opening is performed in the re-detection step. When it is detected that the article does not exist in the part, the opening of the photographic bag in which the article is not detected in the opening in the re-detection step is closed, and the photographic product is created. The method for producing a photographic product according to claim 3. [Claim 5] “When the re-detection step detects that an article is present in the opening, the photographic bag that is detected as the article present in the opening in the re-detection step is excluded. The method for producing a photographic product according to claim 4. [Claim 6] [Preparation of a photographic bag in which the opening containing the article is made into an unclosed photographic bag from the article containing the transparent photographic original and the photographic bag sheet before the detecting step. The method for producing a photographic product according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising steps. [Claim 7] [Claim 7 is characterized in that, before the detecting step, there is an inserting step for inserting an article including the transparent photographic original into a photographic bag whose opening is not closed.
~ A method for producing a photographic product according to claim 5. [Claim 8] [The method for producing a photographic product according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the article includes a photographic print of the order corresponding to the transparent photographic original. . (Claim 9) "The article comprises an information recording sheet on which information about an order corresponding to the transmission photographic original is recorded," How to make photo products. [Claim 10] [Claim 10 is characterized in that the article includes an index print recording a plurality of image frames recorded on the transmission type photographic original. How to produce the described photographic products. [Claim 11] [In a production apparatus for a photographic product having an article containing a transparent photographic original, and a photographic bag containing the article and having a closed opening, the transparent photographic original is contained. In the case where the opening detects an article in the opening of the photo bag that is not closed, and the detecting means detects that there is no article in the opening,
A device for producing a photographic product, comprising: a closing unit that closes the opening of the photographic bag when the detection unit detects that there is no article in the opening. [Claim 12] [If the closing means detects that the detecting means detects that there is no article in the opening, the photographic bag, which is detected by the detecting means in the opening, does not have a closing stage described later. And a closing stage for closing the opening of the photographic bag supplied by the supplying means, the apparatus for producing photographic products. [Claim 13] [Claim 13 is characterized in that, when the detecting means detects that an article is present in the opening, the detecting means has an excluding means for eliminating a photo bag that is detected as an article being present in the opening. The photographic product production apparatus according to claim 11 or 12. [Claim 14] [When the detection means detects that an article is present in the opening, the detection means detects that the article is present in the opening and inserts the article in the back of the photo bag. The photographic product producing apparatus according to claim 11 or 12, further comprising: [Claim 15] [Second detection means for detecting whether or not there is an article in the opening of the photographic bag in which the opening into which the article has been inserted by the back-inserting means is not closed; When the second detecting means detects that there is no article in the opening, the second detecting means detects the absence of article in the opening, and second closing means for closing the opening of the photographic bag. 15. The apparatus for producing a photographic product according to claim 14, which has. [Claim 16] "When the second closing means detects that the article is not present in the opening, the second detecting means detects that there is no article in the opening." A second supply means for supplying a photographic bag to a second closing stage described later, and a second closing stage for closing the opening of the photographic bag supplied by the second supplying means. 15. A photographic product production apparatus according to item 15. [Claim 17] [Second exclusion for eliminating a photographic bag, which is detected by the second detecting means when there is an article in the opening, when the second detecting means detects that there is an article in the opening. 17. The apparatus for producing a photographic product according to claim 15 or 16, further comprising means. [Claim 18] [Item-containing photographic bag creating means for creating a photographic bag in which the opening containing the article is unclosed from the photographic bag sheet and the article containing the transparent photographic original; 11. An article storage photographic bag supply means for supplying, to the detection means, a photographic bag in which the opening in which the article created by the photographic bag creation means is housed is supplied to the detection means. Item 17. An apparatus for producing a photographic product according to any one of items 17. [Claim 19] [Photo bag supply means for supplying a photo bag whose opening is not closed, article supply means for supplying an article including the transparent photographic original, and photo bag supply means. By inserting the article supplied by the article supply means into a photo bag whose opening is not closed,
Insertion means for creating a photo bag in which the opening containing the article is not closed, and article for supplying the detection means with the photo bag in which the opening created by the inserting means is not closed to the detection means 19. The photographic product production apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising: an accommodation photographic bag supply unit. [Claim 20] [The photographic bag is transparent, and the position where the photographic bag is closed by the closing means is inside the opening of the photographic bag, and the detection means opens the light by passing through the photographic bag. 20. The photographic product production apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the part is for detecting whether or not an article is present in the opening of the unclosed photographic bag. [Claim 21] [A position to be closed by the closing means is outside the opening of the photo bag, and the detecting means detects whether or not the article is present outside the opening of the photo bag. The opening for accommodating the transparent photographic original is thereby detected whether or not an article is present in the opening of an unclosed photographic bag.
20. The apparatus for producing a photographic product according to claim 19. [Explanation of Terms] Hereinafter, the terms will be described.

A photographic bag is a bag that contains the articles that make up a photographic product. A photographic bag having a closed opening is a photographic bag having an opening that becomes an opening at least before being closed, and the opening may be completely closed or partially. It may be closed. The opening means the part near the opening of the photo bag,
It includes a portion near the inside of the opening and a portion near the outside of the opening. In addition, the opening is closed by welding such as heat sealing, double-sided adhesive tape, adhesive tape such as upper and lower openings of different shapes with adhesive tape, stapler closure, thread Examples include closing by stitching and closing by bending the opening.

The transmissive photographic original is a medium in which a photographic image as an original is recorded as an image that can be read by transmitted light, and a photographic film such as a negative film or a positive film having a film as a support or a glass as a support. The present invention is particularly useful for "transmissive photographic originals obtained by processing a photographic light-sensitive material" such as a color negative film, a color reversal film and a black and white film, but is not limited to this. Instead, it may be a transmissive photographic original obtained from an electronic image or a transmissive photographic original obtained by processing a photosensitive material for copying. Further, the photographic film, a photographic film obtained by developing a silver halide photographic film, a photographic film formed by a sublimation type thermal transfer dye, an image-receiving film formed by transferring the dye, an ink Examples include photographic film formed by the above.

As the articles to be accommodated in the photo bag, in addition to the transmissive photographic original, photographic prints of the order corresponding to the transmissive photographic original, and information recording information regarding the order corresponding to the transmissive photographic original. Recording sheets (sometimes called leaves) and index prints that record a plurality of image frames recorded on this transparent photographic original are mentioned as preferable examples, and other information such as advertisements and service information is also described. Stuffer, which is a printed sheet, a reprint order sheet, and a photo-CD or pho that records the image frames recorded in this transparent photographic original.
a to-MD, a transmissive photographic manuscript of a copy of this transmissive photographic manuscript, a tray for accommodating a transmissive photographic manuscript, a photographic print, etc., and for giving strength to the front and back of an aggregate of articles For example, a hit ball can be used.

The index print is two out of a plurality of frame images recorded on a transmission type photo original for one order.
It is a photographic print having an index print portion for displaying the above frame images side by side, and may be formed of a print medium of the same type as other photographic prints, or may be formed of a print medium of a different type. As a print medium for forming the index print,
A print medium created by exposing and developing an image recorded by a transmission photographic original on a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material such as photographic paper or photographic film for printing, or recording paper or sublimation thermal transfer by a sublimation thermal transfer device. Print medium on which an image corresponding to the image recorded by the transmissive photographic original is heat-transferred to a film for printing, or a print medium on which an image corresponding to the image recorded on the transmissive photographic original is formed on a recording paper by an inkjet printer Also, a print medium in which an image corresponding to an image recorded on a transparent photographic original is formed on a recording paper by an electrophotographic printer, etc., can be formed by converting a plurality of frame images of the order into electronic images. Since it is preferable to use a medium having a large number of pixels and a large number of pixels per unit area, a sublimation-type heat-transfer film is heat-transferred to obtain a transmission type photo source. There and print media that created the image corresponding to recorded image, print media to create developing the image transmission photographic document is recorded on a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material to the digital exposure is preferred.

The information recording sheet (sometimes referred to as a leaf) records information so that it can be optically read, and may be a sheet in which numbers, letters, and symbols are visibly recorded. Alternatively, it may be recorded by a code (bar code, two-dimensional code, etc.) that can be read by an optical reader. In addition, the information recording sheet is used for the order information such as fee information, delivery destination information, ID information, orderer information, fee breakdown, service content information, photo processor information, POS code, and advertisement for dealers. It records information about. Here, the delivery destination information is the information for identifying the delivery destination, the dealer information for identifying the dealer when delivering to the dealer, and the delivery destination when directly delivering to the orderer. This is delivery destination orderer information for specifying a certain orderer.

Further, the photographic print is a print obtained by copying or reproducing the image recorded by the transmission type photographic original, and the transmission type photographic original is applied to a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material such as photographic paper, photographic film for printing or photographic film for duplication. A print created by exposing and developing the recorded image, or a sublimation-type thermal transfer device that transfers the heat to recording paper or a sublimation-type thermal transfer film to create an image equivalent to the image recorded by the transmission photographic original. Corresponding to the image printed on the recording paper by an inkjet printer, or the image printed on the recording paper by the electrophotographic printer. Examples include prints on which images are formed, but from the viewpoint of production efficiency, transmission type photographic originals are used on silver halide photographic light-sensitive materials. Recording the exposed image development was prepared by printing is preferable.

It is to be noted that the photographic bag being transparent means transmitting the inspection light of the detecting means, and preferably transmitting 20% or more of the inspection light of the detecting means.
Particularly, a material that transmits 50% or more is preferable.

[0017]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, specific examples of the present invention will be described as embodiments, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Further, in the embodiments, although there are definite expressions for terms and the like, they show preferred examples of the present invention, and do not limit the meaning or technical scope of the terms of the present invention.

Embodiment 1 A photographic product produced in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 1, which is a perspective view of a photographic product produced by the photographic product producing apparatus of this embodiment. This photographic product is a negative bag 6 in which a short negative film for one order is stored in a photographic bag 2 having an opening made of a transparent resin film, a photographic print 3 for the one order, and an index print for the order. 4. In some cases, a staffer (not shown) (a sheet that displays information about the store's advertisements and services, depending on the photo shop), a leaf 5 on which information about the order is recorded in a visually or optically readable manner, The article 1 made of, for example, is stored.

Information related to the order is recorded on the leaf 5 so as to be visible or optically readable, and the charge information 59 of the order, the breakdown information 54 of the charge,
Ordering content information (simultaneous printing selected, 24-sheet film development, E-size glossy print) 58, ID information (reception number) 52, orderer information (name, telephone number) 51, POS
A code 55, a photographic product production system code 56, delivery destination information (store code, route No.) 53, and an advertisement 57 are recorded so as to be visible or optically readable. The photo bag 2 is placed on the front side or the back side (front side in the figure) of the article 1 and accommodated in the transparent photo bag 2.
It can be read visually or optically from the outside, and is useful for subsequent deliveries, deliveries and deliveries to the orderer.

The photographic bag 2 is made of a film provided with a heat-welding layer for heat-sealing to a heat-resistant transparent resin support, and has a bottom side 24 and side sides 26 and 27. 24, upper surface 22 and lower surface 2 surrounded by side edges 26, 27
One. Also, the photo bag 2 has a panorama size print (89 × 254 mm) and a 2L size print (127 ×).
178 mm) can accommodate about 50 sheets.

The negative sheet 6 accommodates the short negative films for one order, arranged side by side in the width direction of the short negative films. The negative sheet 6 has an accommodating portion for accommodating the short negative films one by one, and two accommodating portions are accommodated therein. It is folded back and housed.

The number and size of the photographic prints 3 for one order are different depending on the contents of the order. For example, in the simultaneous L size print of 24 film, 24 or 5 L size photographic prints can be obtained. In general, if there is a panorama mixed, the panorama size print (8 x 8 mm) is added to the L size print (89 x 127 mm).
9 × 254 mm), and in the case of a reprint order for several sheets of 2L size, several 2L size prints (127 × 178 mm) are required.

Index print 4 for the order
Is a print attached to a development-only service or a simultaneous printing service, and is a print in which the frame images recorded on the negative film for one order are arranged and visually recorded together with the corresponding frame numbers. This index print 4
The print medium is a print medium obtained by exposing and developing a color photographic paper, which is a silver halide negative color light-sensitive material for printing, like the photographic print.

After the articles 1 are housed in the photographic bag 2, the openings are partially heat-welded to form the heat-welded portion 23.
At the same time as forming A, 23B, and 23C, perforations 29 and cuts 28 for cutting are formed.

Next, based on FIG. 2, which is a schematic configuration diagram of the photographic product producing apparatus of this embodiment, a photographic product of this embodiment for producing a photographic product consisting of an article 1 and a photographic bag 2 containing the article 1 is produced. The production device will be described.

The article 1 is placed on the tray 7 and the tray 7
Are sequentially supplied to the unloading section B by a free flow conveyor 72. The free-flow conveyor 72 is a conveyor that feeds the trays 7 forward while keeping the order of the trays 7 that are fed in, as long as the front in the transport direction is vacant until it is jammed. This is information about the index prints 4 for the relevant order, the photographic prints 3 for the relevant order, the negative sheet 6 in which the short negative film is accommodated for the relevant order, the staffer, and the relevant order at various positions on the way. Is the selected conveyor because it can be placed on one tray 7 in the order of the recorded leaves 5 with a simple control without any doubt. Then, the tray 7 is sequentially conveyed to the take-out section B by the free flow conveyor 72.

In the take-out section B, the article 1 placed on the tray 7 is taken out by the article carrying members 81 and 82 of the article carrying robot 8. The tray 7 conveyed to the take-out section B by the free-flow conveyor 72, and the tray 7 from which the article 1 is taken out by the article-conveying members 81 and 82 at the take-out section B.
In order not to interfere with the above, a take-out-portion inlet regulating member 74 for stopping in front thereof is provided, and in the take-out portion B, the tray 7 from which the article 1 is taken out by the article carrying members 81 and 82 does not move. A take-out portion outlet restricting member 73 for stopping at the take-out portion B is provided. The take-out-portion inlet regulation member 74 and the take-out portion outlet regulation member 73 are provided at positions where only one tray 7 is opened, thereby simplifying the control. Then, the control of the take-out portion inlet regulating member 74 and the take-out portion outlet regulating member 73 is
When the article 1 is taken out from the tray 7 by the article conveying members 81 and 82, the take-out portion outlet regulating member 73 releases the regulation, the tray 7 is sent forward in the conveying direction, and the tray 7 is taken out by the take-out portion outlet regulating member 73. When the tray 7 is completely passed through, the take-out portion outlet regulating member 73 regulates, and at the same time the take-out portion inlet regulating member 74 releases the regulation, the next tray 7 is positioned at the take-out portion B, and the next tray 7 is taken out at the take-out portion B. When positioned, the take-out portion inlet regulating member 74 regulates, and after the take-out portion inlet regulating member 74 regulates, the article carrying member 81 from the tray 7
The control is that the article 1 is taken out by 82.

The tray 7 has an article carrying member 81,
82 is provided with a groove (not shown) for scooping the article 1 placed on the tray 7, and the article carrying members 81 and 82 are inserted into this groove and moved upward to be placed on the tray 7. Scoop item 1. Then, the article carrying robot 8 rotates, faces the unloading section B toward the accommodation section A, and the article carrying member 8
By extending 1 and 82 forward, the article carrying members 81 and 8
The article 1 carried by 2 is stored in the photo bag 2 in the storage section A.

A storage section A which is a position for storing the article 1 in the photographic bag 2, an inspection section C which is a position for inspecting the opening of the photographic bag 2 in which the article 1 is stored, and a photographic bag having the article 1 in the opening The exclusion section D, which is a position to be excluded, and the processing section E that processes the opening of the photo bag 2 are arranged at equal intervals, and by the transfer conveyor 10 that transfers the objects placed on the same in order and at a predetermined interval, If the photo bags 2 are not removed while being kept at equal intervals from the supply unit of the photo bags 2 (not shown), the conveyor 19
It is conveyed to the transfer section F.

Further, the photographic bag 2 is supplied to the accommodating section A by a carrying conveyor 10 which carries and carries the photographic bag 2.
Then, a suction cup (not shown) opens the opening of the photographic bag 2 in the accommodation section A. Then, the article carrying members 81 and 82 of the article carrying robot 8 place the article 1 in the take-out section B. Then, the article 1 is transported to the photo bag in the storage section A with the article 1 placed thereon. In this state, the leaf 5 is located at the top of the article 1 and is arranged such that the surface on which information is recorded so that it can be read visually or optically is the upper surface. And
A negative sheet 6 is arranged below it, a photographic print 4 is arranged below it, and an index print 3 is arranged below it.

Then, with the article carrying members 81 and 82 of the article carrying robot 8 loaded with the article 1, the article 1 is stored in the photographic bag 2 having the opening in the storage section A opened. Then, the bag holding member 91 of the bag holding robot 9 and the bag holding member 9
2 and 2 sandwich the photo bag 2. The bag-holding member 91 and the bag-holding member 92 of the bag-holding robot 9 can be changed in distance while maintaining a substantially parallel state, and the distance between the bag-holding member 91 and the bag-holding member 92 can be changed. By changing it, the photo bag 2 can be held. At this time, when the bag holding robot 9 detects that a predetermined force or more is applied between the bag holding member 91 and the bag holding member 92, the bag holding robot 9 determines that the photo bag 2 is sufficiently held, and By keeping it, the photo bag 2 is continuously held. Then, the article carrying members 81, 82 are pulled out from the photo bag 2. And the article carrying member 8
When 1 and 82 are completely pulled out from the photo bag 2, the bag holding members 91 and 92 are also retracted, and the photo bag 2 containing the article 1 is sent to the next inspection section C.

The inspection section C has an inspection machine 11 for inspecting the opening of the photographic bag 2, and the inspection machine 11 inspects whether or not an article exists inside the opening of the photographic bag 2, and The inspection result is sent to the ejector 12 disposed next to the inspection device. afterwards,
The inspected photographic bag 2 is sent to the discharge section D by the conveyor 10, and another photographic bag 2 is sent from the accommodation section A.

In the inspection section C, the opening of the photographic bag 2 is not closed, and the photographic bag 2 itself also has an inspection light transmittance of 70%.
Since the above-mentioned transparent and the position to be closed by the processing machine 13 which is the closing means is inside the opening of the photographic bag 2, the inspection machine 11 which is the detecting means opens the opening by the light transmitted through the photographic bag 2. It is possible to detect whether or not there is an article in the opening of the photo bag 2 whose part is not closed.
It is possible to determine whether the inside of the opening may be closed.

In the discharge section D, the inspection result of the adjacent inspection machine 11 indicates that the article is present in the opening.
There is an ejector 12 for ejecting. The discharging device 12 has a discharging member 122 for discharging, and an extruding plate 121 is provided at the tip of the discharging member 122. When discharging the photo bag 2, the entire photo bag 2 is pushed. This is to avoid pushing a part of the photo bag 2 and leaving a part of the article 1 contained in the photo bag 2. When ejecting the photo bag 2, the push plate 12
1 is pushed out to the slope 14 for discharge,
The photo bag 2 is pushed out onto the discharge slope 14, and the photo bag 2 slides down the discharge slope 14 and is dropped into the discharge box 20. In this way, if the inspection result of the inspection machine 11 indicates that an article is present in the opening, the discharge machine 12 operates to discharge the photo bag 2 into the discharge box 20. Then, if the inspection result of the inspection machine 11 is that there is no article in the opening, the discharge machine 12 does not operate and the photo bag 2 is sent to the adjacent processing section E.

In the processing section E, there is a processing machine 13 for processing the opening of the photo bag 2. When the processing machine 13 partially heat-welds the opening to form the heat-welded sections 23A, 23B and 23E. At the same time, a perforation 29 for cutting and a cut end 28 are formed, and a photographic product consisting of the article 1 and the photographic bag 2 containing the article 1 is completed. After that, the conveyor 10 moves,
The photo bag 2 with the processed opening is sent to the transfer unit F that transfers the photo products to the conveyor to the sorter that sorts the photo products according to the delivery destination, and the photo bag 2 containing another article 1 is sent to the processing unit E. To be

The photographic products sent to the transfer section F are sent by a conveyor 19 to a sorter that sorts the photographic products for each delivery destination.

Embodiment 2 A photographic product producing apparatus of this embodiment for producing a photographic product consisting of an article 1 and a photographic bag 2 containing the article 1 will be described with reference to FIG. The photographic product produced by the photographic product producing apparatus of this embodiment is exactly the same as the photographic product of the first embodiment, and the discharge destination of the discharge section D is different, and the processing section E to the transfer section F are 3 different. Except that there is a place to stop the rotation, it is exactly the same as the photographic product production apparatus of the first embodiment.
Only the differences will be described below.

The photographic bag 2 discharged in the discharge section D passes through the discharge slope 14 and is transferred to the second conveyor in the transfer section G which transfers to the second conveyor. Then, by the second conveyor, it is carried to the depth section H.

At the depth H, in order to insert the article in the opening of the photo bag 2 into the depth of the photo bag 2, an operation of inserting the depth insertion member 151 inside the opening of the photo bag 2 is performed. . Then, it is carried to the second inspection unit I by the second conveyor.

The second inspection section I has an inspection machine 16 for inspecting the opening of the photographic bag 2, and the inspection machine 16 inspects whether or not an article exists inside the opening of the photographic bag 2. The inspection result is sent to the ejector 12 arranged next to the inspection machine. Then, the inspected photographic bag 2 is sent to the second discharging section J by the conveyor 10.

Even in the second inspection section I, the opening of the photographic bag 2 is not closed, and the photographic bag 2 itself has a transmittance of inspection light of 7%.
Processing machine 1 which is 0% or more transparent and is a closing means
Since the position closed by 3 is the inside of the opening of the photo bag 2, the inspection device 11 as the second detection means causes the light transmitted through the photo bag 2 to open the opening of the photo bag 2 that is not closed. It is possible to detect whether or not an article is present, and thus it can be determined whether or not the inside of the opening of the photo bag 2 may be closed.

In the second discharge section J, there is a discharge machine 17 for discharging the photographic bag 2 whose inspection result of the adjacent inspection machine 16 indicates that an article is present in the opening. The discharging device 17 has a discharging member 172 for discharging, and an extruding plate 171 is provided at the tip of the discharging member 172. When discharging the photo bag 2, the entire photo bag 2 is pushed. This is for the same reason as the ejector 12.
Then, when the photo bag 2 is discharged, the push plate 121 is pushed to the discharge box 20 to drop the photo bag 2 into the discharge box 20. In this way,
If the inspection result of the inspection machine 16 is that there is an article in the opening, the ejector 17 operates,
The photo bag 2 is discharged to the discharge box 20. Then, when the inspection result of the inspection machine 16 is that there is no article in the opening, the discharge machine 17 does not operate and the photo bag 2 is sent to the adjacent processing section K.

The processing section K has a processing machine 18 for processing the opening of the photographic bag 2. When the processing machine 18 partially heat-welds the opening to form the heat-welded parts 23A, 23B and 23E. At the same time, a perforation 29 for cutting and a cut end 28 are formed, and a photographic product consisting of the article 1 and the photographic bag 2 containing the article 1 is completed. After that, the conveyor 10 moves,
The photographic bag 2 having the processed opening is sent to the second transfer unit L that transfers the photographic products to a conveyor that sorts the photographic products for each delivery destination.

The photographic products sent to the second transfer section L are sent by a conveyor 19 to a sorter that sorts the photographic products for each delivery destination.

Embodiment 3 This embodiment is a modification of Embodiment 1. The present embodiment is exactly the same as the first embodiment, except that the accommodation unit A and the inspection unit C perform accommodation and inspection at the same place. Hereinafter, only the differences from the first embodiment will be described based on FIG. 4, which is a schematic perspective view of the accommodation section A and the inspection section C.

Light emitting light sources 93F and 93G are embedded at predetermined positions of the conveyor 10, and a supply unit (not shown) supplies the photographic bag so that the inside of the opening of the photographic bag 2 is located at this position. Then, after the article 1 is inserted into the photo bag 2, an inspection processing member 93 that inspects whether the article exists inside the opening of the photo bag 2 and performs a predetermined process,
The light receiving elements 93D and 93E are moved so as to come into contact with the upper side of the photographic bag 2 corresponding to the inside of the opening of the photographic bag 2.
Thus, the light from the light emitting sources 93F and 93G is detected. When both the light receiving elements 93D and 93E detect the light amount equal to or more than the predetermined light amount, the heat seal parts 131A and 13E.
1B and 131C are heated to close the opening of the photo bag 2 by heat sealing. The heat seal parts 131A, 131B, 131C are made of heating elements that are long in the width direction of the photo bag 2, and are arranged in the width direction of the photo bag 2. Then, at the tip of the inspection processing member 93, the light receiving elements 93D and 93E are arranged between the adjacent heat seal portions 131A, 131B, and 131C, so that the article is prevented from being heat-sealed with high accuracy. I do.

Although FIG. 4 shows that the perforation 29 for cutting and the cut 28 are not formed, this inspection processing member 93 may form the perforation 29 and cut 28 for cutting. .

Embodiment 4 This embodiment is a modification of Embodiment 1. The present embodiment is exactly the same as the first embodiment, except that a photographic bag is also formed in the accommodation portion A. Hereinafter, based on FIG. 5 which is a schematic perspective view of the accommodation portion A, only the differences from the first embodiment will be described.

First, the formation of the photo bag will be described. By rotating the supply rollers 97 and 98, the transparent sheet for forming a photo bag is supplied upward. And the supply roller 9
It is supplied to rotating tip pinching rollers 95 and 96 which are located immediately above 7 and 98. When the leading edge of the photographic bag forming transparent sheet is nipped by the leading edge holding rollers 95 and 96, the leading edge holding rollers 95 and 96 stop rotating,
Retreat upwards. Then, when the front end nipping rollers 95 and 96 have retracted, the photographic bag forming transparent sheet is strongly bent toward the transport conveyor 10 by a blower (not shown). When the supply rollers 97 and 98 supply the photographic bag forming transparent sheet for a predetermined length, the supply rollers 97 and 98 stop rotating, and the blower blows the photographic bag forming transparent sheet strongly toward the conveyor 10. Article transport member 8 in the closed state
Items 1 and 82 carry an article and insert it to the back of the bent photographic bag forming transparent sheet. At this time, the cross section becomes a symbol of “ε”.

The bag holding member 9 of the bag holding robot 9
1 and the bag holding member 92 hold the photographic bag forming transparent sheet surrounding the article 1. The bag-holding member 91 and the bag-holding member 92 of the bag-holding robot 9 can be changed in distance while maintaining a substantially parallel state, and the distance between the bag-holding member 91 and the bag-holding member 92 can be changed. By changing
Can be pinched. At this time, when the bag holding robot 9 detects that a predetermined force or more is applied between the bag holding member 91 and the bag holding member 92, the bag holding robot 9 determines that the photo bag forming transparent sheet is sufficiently held, By keeping this state, the transparent sheet for forming the photo bag is continuously held. Then, the article carrying members 81, 82 are pulled out from the accommodation section A.

When the article carrying members 81 and 82 are completely pulled out from the accommodating portion A, the tip end holding rollers 95 and 9 are provided.
6 comes down, and rotary heat seal rollers 99A and 99B for joining both ends of the photo bag heat-seal while rotating both side ends of the upper photo bag forming transparent sheet 21 and the lower photo bag forming transparent sheet 22. , Both ends 26, 27 are formed.

When both ends 26 and 27 are formed, if all of the light receiving elements 93A, 93B and 93C receive the inspection light in a predetermined amount or more, the cutter 94 becomes the upper photo bag forming transparent sheet 21. The lower photo bag forming transparent sheet 22 is aligned and cut. Then, the photographic bag 2 containing the formed article is sent to the next inspection section C. The light-receiving bag holding members 91 and 92 are also retracted, and the photographic bag 2 containing the article 1 is sent to the next inspection section C. Then, the remainder of the photo bag forming transparent sheet is removed, and the initial state is restored.

In FIG. 5, the cutter 94 cuts both the upper photo bag forming transparent sheet 21 and the lower photo bag forming transparent sheet 22. Alternatively, only the lower lower photo bag forming transparent sheet may be cut. In this case, the light-receiving elements 93A, 93A are
It is not necessary to provide B and 93C. Further, it is desirable that there is a supply member for supplying the transparent sheet for forming a photo bag to the supply rollers 97 and 98, below and near the place where the cutter cuts.

Embodiment 5 In each of the above-described photographic processing systems of Embodiments 1 to 4, the photographic bag 2 is transparent and the processing machine 1 is a closing means.
The position closed by 3 is the inside of the opening of the photographic bag 2, and the article 1 exists in the opening of the photographic bag whose opening is not closed by the light transmitted through the photographic bag 2 by the inspection device 11 which is the detection means. It was to detect whether or not to perform, but in the present embodiment,
The photo bag 2 is transparent or opaque, and the position where it is closed by the processing machine 13 which is the closing means is outside the opening of the photo bag 2, and the inspection machine 11 which is the detecting means places the photo bag 2 outside the opening. By detecting whether or not the article 1 is present, it is detected whether or not the article 1 is present in the opening of the photographic bag 2 in which the opening for accommodating the transparent photographic original is not closed.

[0055]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION According to Claims 1, 9, 10 and 11, an article including a transmissive photo original, which has a problem peculiar to the transmissive photo original that cannot be reproduced once again, is closed together with the opening of the photo bag. While avoiding problems that
It is possible to automatically and efficiently produce a photographic product having high productivity and an article containing a transparent photographic original, and a photographic bag containing the article and having a closed opening.

According to the twelfth aspect, since the photographic bag is supplied from the detecting means to the closing stage, the photographic product is efficiently produced by, for example, detecting the next photographic bag while closing the previous photographic bag. be able to.

According to the second and thirteenth aspects, the photographic bag in which the article exists in the opening is excluded, which is more effective.

Since the article of the photographic bag having the article in the opening is put in the back, it is more effective.

According to claims 4 and 15, while avoiding the problem that the article is closed together with the opening of the photographic bag at the time of closing after inserting the back, it is automatic, efficient and highly productive, and is transparent. An article including a photographic original, and containing the article,
It is possible to produce a photographic product with a photographic bag having a closed opening.

According to the sixteenth aspect, since the photographic bag is supplied from the second detecting means to the second closing stage, for example, the photographic bag can be efficiently detected by detecting the next photographic bag while closing the previous photographic bag. The product can be produced.

According to claims 5 and 17, the photographic bag in which the article is present in the opening is excluded even after the back is inserted, which is more effective.

When a photo bag in which the opening containing the article is not closed is created from the photo bag sheet and the article containing the transmissive photographic original, a part of the article is placed in the created photo bag opening. Or all may be displaced, but claim 6
By 18, even if a part or all of the article is displaced in the created opening of the photo bag, the problem of the article being closed together with the opening of the photo bag does not occur, and automatically and efficiently. It is possible to produce a photographic product having a high productivity and including an article including a transparent photographic original document and a photographic bag that contains the article and has a closed opening.

When a photographic bag containing the article is created by a method of inserting the article containing the transparent photographic original into the photographic bag with the opening not closed, the article is opened with the opening. However, even if a part or all of the inserted article remains in the opening of the photo bag, there is no problem that the article is closed together with the opening of the photo bag. In this way, it is possible to automatically and efficiently produce a photographic product having high productivity and an article including a transparent photographic original, and a photographic bag containing the article and having a closed opening. it can.

If the article includes photographic prints of the order corresponding to the transparent photographic original, the number and size of the photographic prints accommodated by the order are different, the articles accommodated are not uniform, and the cost is increased by the apparatus. However, there is a problem that packaging mistakes easily occur.
By this, while avoiding the problem of the article being closed together with the opening of the photo bag, the article containing the transparent photographic original is automatically and efficiently productive, and the article is housed and closed. It is possible to produce a photographic product having a photographic bag having an opening.

According to the twentieth and twenty-first aspects, it is possible to detect with good accuracy whether or not there is an article at the position where the opening is closed,
You can make sure that the problem does not occur.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a photographic product produced by a photographic product producing apparatus according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a photographic product production apparatus according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a photographic product production device according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of an inspection unit / accommodation unit according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view of a storage unit according to the fourth embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Article 2 Photo bag 3 Photo print 4 Index print 5 Leaf 6 Negative sheet 7 Tray 8 Article transport robot 9 Bag-holding robot 10 Transport conveyor 11 Inspection machine 12 Discharger 13 Processing machine 14 Discharge slope 15 Depth machine 16 Second inspection machine 17 Second Discharge Machine 18 Second Processing Machine 19 Conveyor 72 Free Flow Conveyor A Storage Section B Extraction Section C Inspection Section D Discharge Section E Processing Section F Transfer Section G Transfer Section H Second Entry Section I Second Inspection Section J Second Discharge section K Second processing section L Second transfer section

Claims (21)

[Claims] 1. A method for producing a photographic product, comprising: an article containing a transparent photographic original; and a photographic bag containing the article and having a closed opening, wherein the article is contained.
The method has a detection step of detecting whether or not an article is present in the opening of the photographic bag having an unclosed opening, and if the detection step detects that no article is present in the opening, the detection is performed. A method for producing a photographic product, characterized in that the photographic bag is closed by closing the opening of the photographic bag, which is detected in the step that there is no article in the opening. 2. The photographic bag detected as having an article in the opening in the detecting step is excluded when the article is detected in the opening in the detecting step. The method for producing photographic products described in. 3. A step of inserting the article into the back of the photo bag, which is detected in the detection step as the presence of the article when the detection step detects that the article is present in the opening section. The method for producing a photographic product according to claim 1, further comprising: 4. A re-detection step of detecting whether or not an article is present in the opening of the photo bag in which the article is inserted in the back-inserting step, the re-detection step including the re-detecting step in the opening. When it is detected that the article does not exist, the opening of the photographic bag in which the article is detected not to exist in the opening in the re-detection step is closed to create the photographic product. Item 3. A method for producing a photographic product according to item 3. 5. The photographic bag detected as having an article in the opening in the re-detecting step is excluded when the article is present in the opening in the re-detecting step. Item 4. A method for producing a photographic product according to item 4. 6. A photographic bag creating step for creating a photographic bag in which the opening containing the article is unclosed from an article containing the transparent photographic original and a photographic bag sheet before the detecting step. It has, The manufacturing method of the photographic product of any one of Claims 1-5. 7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising, before the detecting step, an inserting step of inserting the article including the transparent photographic original into a photographic bag whose opening is not closed.
~ A method for producing a photographic product according to claim 5. 8. The method for producing a photographic product according to claim 1, wherein the article includes a photographic print of an order corresponding to the transmission photographic original. 9. The photograph according to claim 1, wherein the article includes an information recording sheet on which information about an order corresponding to the transmissive photographic original is recorded. Product production method. 10. The article according to claim 1, wherein the article includes an index print on which a plurality of image frames recorded on the transmissive photographic original are recorded. Production method for photographic products. 11. A production apparatus for a photographic product, comprising: an article containing a transparent photographic original; and a photographic bag containing the article and having a closed opening, wherein the opening containing the transparent photographic original. When the detection means detects whether there is an article in the opening of the photo bag of which the part is not closed, and the detection means detects that there is no article in the opening,
A device for producing a photographic product, comprising: a closing unit that closes the opening of the photographic bag when the detection unit detects that there is no article in the opening. 12. When the closing means detects that the detecting means detects that there is no article in the opening, the detecting means supplies a photographic bag to the closing stage, which has been detected by the detecting means that there is no article in the opening. 12. The apparatus for producing photographic products according to claim 11, further comprising: a supply unit configured to supply the photographic bag, and a closing stage configured to close the opening of the photographic bag supplied by the supply unit. 13. The removing means for removing the photo bag, which is detected by the detecting means when there is an article in the opening, when the detecting means detects that there is an article in the opening. The photographic product production apparatus according to claim 11 or 12. 14. When the detecting means detects that an article is present in the opening, the detecting means has an inserting means for inserting the article in the back of the photo bag which is detected that the article is present in the opening. The photographic product production apparatus according to claim 11 or 12, characterized in that. 15. Second detection means for detecting whether or not there is an article in the opening of the photo bag in which the opening in which the article has been inserted by the backing means is unclosed, and the second detecting means. When the detection means detects that there is no article in the opening, the second detection means has a second closing means for closing the opening of the photographic bag that has detected that there is no article in the opening. The photographic product producing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein 16. A photographic bag in which the second closing means detects that there is no article in the opening when the second detecting means detects that there is no article in the opening. And a second closing stage for closing the opening of the photographic bag supplied by the second supplying means. Production equipment for the described photographic products. 17. When the second detecting means detects that there is an article in the opening, the second detecting means removes the photographic bag that has detected that there is an article in the opening. The photographic product producing apparatus according to claim 15 or 16, characterized by having. 18. An article-containing photo bag creating means for creating a photo bag, the opening of which is not closed, containing the article, from the photo bag sheet and the article containing the transparent photo original, and the photo bag. 18. An article storage photographic bag supply means for supplying, to the detection means, a photographic bag in which the opening in which the article created by the creation means is housed is supplied to the detection means. An apparatus for producing a photographic product according to any one of items. 19. A photographic bag supplying means for supplying a photographic bag whose opening is not closed, an article supplying means for supplying an article containing the transparent photographic original document, and the opening supplied by the photographic bag supplying means. By inserting the article supplied by the article supply means into a photographic bag whose part is not closed,
Insertion means for creating a photo bag in which the opening containing the article is not closed, and article for supplying the detection means with the photo bag in which the opening created by the inserting means is not closed to the detection means 19. The photographic product production apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising: an accommodation photographic bag supply unit. 20. The photographic bag is transparent, the position closed by the closing means is inside the opening of the photographic bag, and the opening is opened by the light transmitted through the photographic bag by the detecting means. 20. The photographic product production apparatus according to claim 11, which detects whether or not an article is present in the opening of the unclosed photographic bag. 21. The position to be closed by the closing means is outside the opening of the photo bag, and the detecting means detects whether or not the article is present outside the opening of the photo bag. 12. The opening for accommodating the transparent photographic original is for detecting whether or not an article is present in the opening of an unclosed photographic bag.
20. The apparatus for producing a photographic product according to claim 19.