JPH1130817A - Photo document feeder, photo document utilization system and automatic printing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] (Modifications required) [Problem] Even if a trouble occurs in the drive source and drive transmission system of the photographic document storage container, the original function of the automatic printing machine is maintained, and the main body of the automatic printing machine is photographed. The present invention can be applied to a mode in which a document storage container is used and a mode in which a document storage container is not used, so that cost can be reduced. SOLUTION: A photo document storage container for sending out a photo document stored by a driving force transmitted from the outside can be detachably set so as to be able to transmit the driving force, and the driving force transmitted to the photo document storage container is provided. , And can be detachably connected so as to be able to supply a photo original to a photo original utilizing device which utilizes a photo original, and is connected so as to be able to supply a photo original to a device utilizing the photo original. In this state, when the photo document storage container is set,
The driving force is transmitted to the set photo document container, and the photo document sent from the photo document container is received and supplied to the photo document utilization device.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a photo document supply device, a photo document utilization system, and an automatic printing machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional photo document storage container is generally a cartridge or a negative sheet for storing a photo document to be returned to a customer.

[0003] When a photo processor treats a short photographic document between various apparatuses, it is common in large-scale laboratories to splice a photo document belonging to many orders and wind it in a roll. And also
It was common in minilabs to handle naked.

[0004] However, in order to splice the photo originals belonging to a large number of orders and take them up in a roll shape, not only the process of splicing a large number of photo originals, but also a large number of spliced photo originals one by one. There is a problem that a step of disassembling the book is required, and accordingly, the amount of work is large and the shortest time before shipping is long.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Sho 56-42227 discloses a photograph in which a plurality of short photographic originals are accommodated in a photographic original container without being joined to each other, and a plurality of short photographic originals are accommodated without being joined to each other. The document storage container is set in the automatic printing machine, the driving force is transmitted from the automatic printing machine to the photo document storage container set in the automatic printing machine, and the photo document storage container is joined to the photo document storage container. It has been proposed to send out a plurality of short photographic originals stored without being inserted.

[0006]

However, the photo document storage container is set in an automatic printing machine, and a driving force is transmitted from the automatic printing machine to the photo document storage container, and a plurality of short photos are transferred from the photo document storage container. When sending a manuscript, if a trouble occurs in the drive source or the drive force transmission system in the automatic printing machine, even if there is no problem in the original function of the automatic printing machine, at least during repair, the worst repair will be performed Until then, there is a problem that the original function of the automatic printing machine cannot be used.

A first aspect of the present invention is to prevent the original function of the automatic printing machine from being disabled even if a trouble occurs in the drive source of the photo document storage container or the transmission system of the driving force to the photo document storage container. In order to prevent the cost of the main body of the automatic printing machine from increasing, the main body of the automatic printing machine can be configured to use the photo document storage container, or to the configuration not using the photo document storage container that handles the photo originals naked. To increase the versatility of the automatic printing machine.
The purpose is to reduce the cost as a whole.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Sho 56-42227 discloses a roller of a photo document storage container for sending a photo document from the photo document storage container to an automatic printing machine when a photo document is transmitted from the photo document storage container. The relationship with the rollers of the automatic printing machine that receives the photo originals sent from the photo document storage container to the automatic printing machine is not shown at all.

However, the present inventor has found that the positional relationship of these rollers is important for stably sending a photo original from the photo original container to the automatic printing machine.

A second object of the present invention is to make it possible to stably send a photographic original from a photographic original container to an automatic printing machine.

[0011]

The objects of the first invention and the second invention are attained by the following claims. Hereinafter, each claim will be described. However, description overlapping with the cited item will be omitted.

<First invention> [Claim 1] A photo document storage container that can store a plurality of photo documents without joining them together and that sends out the photo documents stored by a driving force transmitted from the outside is detachable. In addition, it can be set so as to be able to transmit a driving force, has a driving source of the driving force to be transmitted to the photo document housing container, and can supply a photo document to a photo document using device using a photo document, In a state in which it is detachably connectable and connected to be able to supply a photo original to a device using the photo original,
When the photo document storage container is set, transmitting the driving force to the set photo document storage container, receiving the photo document sent from the photo document storage container, and supplying the photo document to the photo document utilization device. A photo document supply device. According to the first aspect of the present invention, even if a trouble occurs in the drive source of the photo document storage container or the transmission system of the driving force to the photo document storage container, the original function of the photo document utilization device such as an automatic printing machine is used. It is possible to suppress that it becomes impossible. In addition, in order to prevent the cost of the main body of the photo original utilizing device such as an automatic printing machine from increasing, the main body of the photo original utilizing device such as the automatic printing machine uses the container for storing the photo original. The present invention can be applied to a mode in which a container is not used, and the versatility of the main body of a photo original utilizing device such as an automatic printing machine can be increased, so that the total cost can be reduced.

[Claim 2] "When connected to at least the photo document utilizing device, photo document supply information relating to the supply of a photo document to the photo document utilizing device can be received from the photo document utilizing device. A driving force is transmitted to the set photo document storage container based on the document supply information, and the photo document sent from the photo document storage container is received and supplied to the photo document utilization device. Item 2. A photo original supply device according to Item 1. According to the second aspect of the present invention, a photo original can be supplied as required by the photo original utilizing device.

[Claim 3] "A portion of the set photo document storage container which is located at the most exit side of the photo document storage container for transmitting the driving force to the photo document" and is conveyed to the photo document. The photo document storage container is so arranged that the distance between the portion that transmits the driving force and the portion closest to the outlet of the photo document storage container is shorter than the length of the shortest photo document stored in the photo document storage container. 3. The photo original supply device according to claim 1, wherein the photo original supply device can be set. According to the third aspect of the present invention, even the shortest photo original stored in the photo original storage container can be stably sent from the photo original storage container.

[Claim 4] "The portion of the connected photo original utilization device that is closest to the supply port side of the photo original utilization device that transmits the driving force to the photo original" and is transported to the photo original. The photo document is so arranged that the distance to the portion on the supply port side of the photo document utilization device that transmits the driving force is shorter than the shortest photo document stored in the set photo document storage container. The photographic document supply device according to claim 1, wherein the photographic document supply device is connected to a use device. According to the invention described in claim 4, even the shortest photo original stored in the photo original storage container can be stably supplied to the photo original utilizing device.

[Claim 5] [Any one of claims 1 to 4]
7. A photo original use system, comprising: a photo original supply device according to claim 7; and a photo original use device connected to the photo original supply device and using a photo original supplied from the photo original supply device. . According to the invention described in claim 5, even if a trouble occurs in the drive source of the photo document storage container or the transmission system of the driving force to the photo document storage container, the original function of the photo document utilization device such as an automatic printing machine is used. It is possible to suppress that it becomes impossible. In addition, in order to prevent the cost of the main body of the photo original utilizing device such as an automatic printing machine from increasing, the main body of the photo original utilizing device such as the automatic printing machine uses the container for storing the photo original. The cost can be reduced as a whole by increasing the versatility of the main body of the photographic original utilizing apparatus such as an automatic printing machine so that the apparatus can be applied to a mode in which a container is not used.

[Claim 6] The photo original utilizing system according to claim 5, wherein the photo original utilizing device is an automatic printing machine. According to the invention as set forth in claim 6, even if a trouble occurs in the drive source of the photo document storage container or the transmission system of the driving force to the photo document storage container, it is possible to prevent the function of the automatic printing machine from being unavailable. . In addition, by preventing the cost of the automatic printing machine from increasing, the automatic printing machine can be applied to a mode in which a photo document storage container is used and a mode in which a photo document storage container for handling photo documents naked is not used. By increasing the versatility of the automatic printing machine, the total cost can be reduced.

<Second Invention> [Claim 7] "A plurality of photographic originals can be accommodated without being joined to each other, and a photographic original accommodation container for sending out photographic originals accommodated by a driving force transmitted from the outside is detachable. In the set photo document storage container, the "portion at the most exit side of the photo document storage container for transmitting the conveyance driving force to the photo document" and the most for transmitting the conveyance driving force to the photo document. The photo document storage container can be set so that the driving force can be transmitted so that the distance from the portion on the exit side of the photo document storage container is shorter than the length of the shortest photo document stored in the photo document storage container. A driving source for transmitting the driving force to the document storage container; and when the photo document storage container is set, the driving force is transmitted to the set photo document storage container, and the drive force is transmitted from the photo document storage container. Was An automatic printing machine that prints and exposes photographic originals. According to the invention as set forth in claim 7, even the shortest photo document stored in the photo document storage container can be stably sent out from the photo document storage container and printed stably.

[Explanation of Terms] A photographic original is a photographic original on which a photographic original (frame) is recorded, and includes a transmission type photographic original and a reflection type photographic original. To transmissive photographic originals, transfer photographic film or photographic plate obtained by developing processed silver halide photographic film or photographic plate, photographic film formed by thermal sublimation printer, or image Transferred image receiving film. Photo originals include those in which a plurality of image frames are recorded and those in which one image frame is recorded. In the case where a plurality of image frames are recorded, two or more image frames are stored.
Some are recorded in a dimensional array, while others are recorded in a line. In the present invention, it is preferable that a photo document that is recorded in a line be accommodated.

As a photographic original in which a plurality of image frames are recorded in a line, a photographic film of 135 standard, 11
Typical examples are photographic originals obtained by developing a photographic film of standard 0, a photographic film of standard 120 or 220, and a photographic film of standard IX240 (APS).

Further, the photo original includes a long photo original, which is a single photo original obtained from the one stored in one photo container, and this long photo original every four frames or six frames. A short-length photo manuscript obtained by dividing into a plurality of pieces, such as each frame, may be used. In the photo document storage container, the short photo document and the long photo document may be simultaneously stored in one container, or only the short photo document may be stored in one container. In addition, although there are exceptions, there are a plurality of short-size photographic originals belonging to one order.

The order-related information is information on the order, but includes not only information unique to each order but also information on a set to which the order belongs. The order-related information includes order ID information (information for identifying an individual order such as an order ID number), photographic document usage information indicating a method of using the short photographic document of the order, and a short length of the order. Delivery destination information indicating the delivery destination of the photo original (delivery destination information includes a delivery destination store code for identifying the delivery destination store, a delivery code indicating the delivery route of the delivery destination, etc.), and ordering the order. Customer ID information of the customer who made the request.

The specific information recorded as a latent image is information recorded in only one short photographic original among a plurality of short photographic originals belonging to one order. The specific information recorded as a latent image includes, for example, a specific frame number recorded as a latent image such as a frame number “1” or a frame number “E”, and a latent image corresponding to a specific frame number. Examples include a recorded frame number code, a film ID number recorded as a latent image, a film ID code recorded as a latent image, and various symbols or codes specially recorded as a latent image.

The separating claw may be any as long as it can separate regardless of the diameter of the strip wound by the roller.
It may be in a form in which it comes into contact with the outermost circumference of the strip-shaped material wound by the winding roller, or in a form in which the outermost circumference of the strip-shaped material wound by the winding roller is slightly empty. May be present, or in another form.
Further, in the form in which the separation claw contacts the outermost periphery of the strip-shaped material wound by the winding roller, it may be a form in which one or more points are in a point-like contact, or a straight line or a curve. It may be in a form of linear contact, in a form of planar contact, or in another form.

The shape of the tip of the separation claw viewed from the take-up roller side may be a straight line parallel to the axis of the take-up roller, or a straight line oblique to the axis of the take-up roller. It may be a letter-shaped or convex letter whose central part is protruding, or may be a letter M or a concave letter whose central part is concave. , And other shapes.

[0026]

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 preferable 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 film magazine according to this embodiment, which is an example of a photographic document storage container of the present invention, can accommodate a large number of 35 mm-size photographic films as photographic originals. A photographic film magazine that can be stored. This photographic film is a photographic film obtained by developing a photographed silver halide photographic film. The photographic film may be any of a color negative film, a color reversal film, and a black and white film. These 35 mm-sized photographic films are capable of recording a plurality of image frames arranged in a line. Usually, a plurality of image frames are recorded in a line, but a photographic film in which no image frames are recorded,
A photographic film in which only one frame is recorded, a sheet indicating an order break, and a sheet in which no image frame is recorded but order information is recorded may be mixed.

First, the photographic film magazine will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the photographic film magazine of the present embodiment, and FIG.
FIG. 1A shows a state before accommodating the photographic film.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A, FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 1 showing a state before accommodating a photographic film, and FIG. It is A sectional drawing.

The photographic film magazine 3 of the present embodiment comprises:
A band-shaped film 102 as a band-shaped material, and a first roller 1 for holding one end of the band-shaped film 102 in a windable manner.
10, a second roller 120 for rotatably holding the other end of the band-shaped film 102, a third roller 130 and a fourth roller 14 for supporting the band-shaped film 102 so as to be able to pass through.
0 and the container body 1 that rotatably supports the second roller 120, the third roller 130, and the fourth roller 140 at predetermined positions.
70 and supporting members 150 and 16 rotatably held by the container body 170 and rotatably supporting the first roller 110.
0, and a coil spring 155 which is an urging member for urging the support member 150 toward the third roller 130.

An origin mark 103 is provided at a predetermined length from one end of the belt-shaped film 102 and can be detected by a detector of a film storage device or a film sending device. The storage and transmission of F are controlled.

The container body 170 is provided with the outer cover 17.
0A, a side plate 170B, a side plate 170C, and an exterior cover 170D, which are fixed to each other when the photographic film magazine is assembled. And
The first roller 11 is provided between the side plates 170B and 170C.
0, second roller 120, third roller 130, fourth roller 140, strip-shaped film 102, guide 180, separation claw 1
85 are provided.

The shaft 111 of the first roller 110 is
It protrudes outside the side plate 170B from the hole 171 provided in the side plate 170B, and also protrudes outside the side plate 170B from the hole 172 provided in the side plate 170C. Also, the second roller 120 is configured such that the shaft 121
And fits into a hole 176 provided in the side plate 170C, protrudes outward from the side plate 170B and the side plate 170C, and is held rotatably. Further, the third roller 130 is
This shaft 131 fits into the hole 178 provided in the side plate 170B and the side plate 170C, and the side plate 170B and the side plate 170C.
From the outside and is held rotatably.
Further, the fourth roller 140 is configured such that the shaft 141 is
B and fits into the hole 174 provided in the side plate 170C, protrudes outward from the side plate 170B and the side plate 170C,
It is held rotatably.

The outer cover 170D and the side plate 170
C, a fourth gear 194 is provided.
The rotation shaft 195 of the side plate 94 is provided with a side plate 170C and a side plate 170B.
Of the side plate 170B. A support member 160 is provided between the outer cover 170A and the side plate 170B, and a rotation shaft 195 of the fourth gear 194 is rotatably fitted in a support hole 164 provided at one end of the support member 160. I have. Thus, the support member 160 is rotatably held by the container body 170. Similarly, the exterior cover 170D and the side plate 17
0C, a supporting member 150 is provided.
The fourth gear 194 is provided in a support hole 154 provided at one end of the
The rotation shaft 195 is rotatably fitted. Thus, the support member 150 is rotatably held by the container body 170.

In this manner, the support members 150 and 160 rotatably held by the container body 170 and rotatably supporting the first roller 110 and the first roller 110 are integrated with the side plate of the container body 170. It is rotatable around holes 179 of 170B and 170C.

The outer cover 170D and the side plate 170
C, the fifth gear 196 is connected to the shaft 1 of the fourth roller 140.
41 rotatably held. This fifth gear 196
Are in mesh with the fourth gear 194. A sixth gear 197 is provided between the outer cover 170D and the side plate 170C, and the rotation shaft 198 of the sixth gear 197 is
70C and the outside of the side plate 170B.
It is rotatably fitted in holes 173 provided in 70A and 170D. The sixth gear 197 is in mesh with the fifth gear 196. Also, the outer cover 170D
A driving hole 199 is provided at the bottom of the second gear 197 so that a driving gear can be externally engaged with the sixth gear 197 to transmit driving force.

The support member 150 includes the first roller 1
A hole 151 for rotatably holding the shaft of the first gear 191 that rotates integrally with the shaft 10, a hole 152 for rotatably holding the shaft of the second gear 192 that meshes with the first gear 191, and meshes with the second gear 192 A hole 153 for rotatably holding the shaft of the third gear 193 and a hole 154 for rotatably holding the rotation shaft 195 of the fourth gear 194 that meshes with the third gear 193 are provided.

The shaft 121 of the second roller 120 has
A seventh gear 123 is provided integrally. An eighth gear 124 is provided between the outer cover 170D and the side plate 170C.
The rotation shaft 125 of the eighth gear 124 penetrates through the holes 175 of the side plates 170C and 170B, and is rotatably fitted into the holes 177 provided in the exterior covers 170A and 170D. And this seventh gear 123
Are engaged with the eighth gear 124. The driving hole 12 is formed on the upper surface of the outer cover 170D so that the driving gear can be transmitted to the eighth gear 124 from outside.
6 are provided.

The belt-like film 102 has one end fixed to the first roller 110 and the other end fixed to the second roller 120. The third roller 130 is bent in the opposite direction to the third roller 130.
It is bent at 0 and wound up by the second roller 120, and both side ends are regulated by the side plates 170B and 170C.

Then, an external driving gear meshes with the sixth gear 197 from the driving hole 199 to transmit a driving force to rotate the sixth gear 197 so that the first roller 1 is rotated.
10 and at the same time, an external drive gear meshes with the eighth gear 124 from the drive hole 126 to transmit a driving force to rotate the eighth gear 124, thereby rotating the second roller 120, The belt-like film 102 wound around the roller 120 is sent out, and the belt-like film 102 is wound around the first roller 110, whereby the first roller 1
Outermost circumference 1 of the strip-shaped film 102 wound by 10
The photographic film F is sandwiched between the film film 12 and the newly wound belt-shaped film 102, and the photographic film F is wound and accommodated. Note that the external peripheral speed of the outermost periphery 112 of the belt-shaped film 102 wound around the first roller 110 is the same as the rotational peripheral speed of the outermost periphery 122 of the belt-shaped film 102 wound around the second roller 120. The drive gear is driven to rotate.

A holding portion 156 for holding one end of the coil spring 155 is provided near the top of the support member 150. The outer cover 170D is provided with a holding portion 157 that holds the other end of the coil spring 155. In this manner, the coil spring 155 is
50 is urged toward the third roller 130.

The biasing member, ie, the coil spring 1
By the urging of the first roller 110, regardless of the diameter of the belt-shaped film 102 wound by the first roller 110,
As a result, the outermost periphery of the wound film 102 and the third roller 130 come into contact with each other. Thereby, the transport force for feeding out the photographic film F is sufficient, and the outermost periphery of the belt-shaped film 102 wound by the first roller 110 contacts the third roller 130 supported by the container body 170. Therefore, the position where the photographic film F is discharged does not vary depending on the diameter of the belt-like film 102 wound by the first roller 110, is constant, and is automatically supplied by a simple mechanism. Can be sent.

When viewed in FIG. 3, which is a cross-sectional view of a cross section perpendicular to the axis, the container main body 170 has support members 150, 16
0, the position PA of the support shaft that rotatably supports the position 0, the position PB of the rotation shaft of the first roller 110 when the belt-like film 102 is wound by the first roller 110 to the maximum, and the position PB by the first roller 110 to the minimum. Position PC of the rotating shaft of the first roller 110 when only the belt-shaped film 102 is wound up
Are positions forming each vertex of the narrow-angle triangle, and the length (104 mm) of the side PA-PB and the length (116 mm) of the side PA-PC of the triangle are the length of the side PB-PC. (63 mm). Thus, the belt-shaped film 102 wound by the first roller 110
Irrespective of the diameter of the first roller 110, the variation of the position where the outermost periphery of the belt-shaped film 102 wound by the first roller 110 and the third roller 130 are in contact is reduced.

The first roller 110 and the second roller 12
The axes of the zero, third roller 130 and fourth roller 140 are all parallel, and the longitudinal direction of the strip film 102 is perpendicular to these axes. Therefore, the position in the width direction of the belt-shaped film 102 wound by the first roller 110 and the second roller 120 becomes substantially constant. Therefore, by sending the strip film 102 from the first roller 110, the first roller 1
When feeding out the photographic film F sandwiched and accommodated by the band-shaped film 102 wound by 10, the separation claw 185 for separating the photographic film F from the outermost periphery of the band-shaped film 102 is provided. One roller 110
Irrespective of the diameter of the strip-shaped film 102 wound up by
Strip film 10 wound by first roller 110
2 can be brought into contact with the outermost periphery with a simple mechanism.

The photographic film magazine 3 is configured such that the belt-like film 102 is wound around the first roller 110 so that the outermost periphery of the belt-like film 102 wound up by the first roller 110 and the belt-like film 10 to be newly wound up.
2, a guide 180 for guiding the photographic film F from both sides is provided. Therefore, the first roller 1 can be moved by the simple mechanism of the separation claw 185 regardless of the winding habit of the photographic film F.
It is possible to prevent the photographic film F from sticking to the outermost periphery of the belt-shaped film 102 wound up by 10 and preventing the photographic film F from being discharged, so that the photographic film F can always be discharged.

Then, an external driving gear meshes with the sixth gear 197 through the driving hole 199 to transmit a driving force to rotate the sixth gear 197 to rotate the first roller 1.
10 and at the same time, an external drive gear meshes with the eighth gear 124 from the drive hole 126 to transmit a driving force to rotate the eighth gear 124, thereby rotating the second roller 120, The belt-like film 102 wound around the roller 120 is sent out, and the belt-like film 102 is wound around the second roller 120 so that the first roller 1
Outermost circumference 1 of the strip-shaped film 102 wound by 10
The photographic film F is sandwiched between the outermost periphery 112 of the band-shaped film 102 wound by the first roller 110 and the band-shaped film 102 thereunder. The external drive gear is driven to rotate so that the rotational peripheral speed of the first roller 110 is equal to the rotational peripheral speed of the second roller 120.

Then, by feeding the belt-like film 102 from the first roller 110, the photographic film F held between the belt-like films 102 wound up by the first roller 110 is fed out.
02 separating the photographic film F from the outermost periphery
5

The separation claw 185 is elastic, and
Is biased toward the first roller 110 by the elasticity of the separation claw 185, so that only the elastic separation claw 185 causes the end of the separation claw 185 to be wound by the first roller 110. Irrespective of the diameter of the belt-like film 102, the outermost circumference 112 of the belt-shaped film 102 wound by the first roller 110 can be brought into contact.

Next, the film accommodating device and the film feeding device of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6 which are partially enlarged views of the film accommodating device and the film feeding device of the present embodiment. FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.
FIG. 6 corresponds to a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. In addition, the structures of the entrance transport section 1 of the film accommodating device and the film feeding device of the present embodiment are exactly the same, and only the transport direction is different.

The film accommodating device 5 of this embodiment has a holding section 2 which can hold the photographic film magazine 3 at a predetermined position.
And an entrance transport unit 1 having a pair of entrance transport rollers 13 and 14 for transporting the photographic film F to the photographic film magazine 3
And Then, while the photographic film magazine 3 is held by the holding unit 2, the axes A3 and A4 of the entrance conveyance rollers 13 and 14 are parallel to the axes AB and AC of the first roller 110 and the third roller 130. Yes, for storing photographic film.

Similarly, the film feeding device 6 of the present embodiment comprises a holding section 2 capable of holding a photographic film magazine 3 in a predetermined position, and a photographic film F wound and stored in the photographic film magazine 3. And an entrance conveyance unit 1 having a pair of entrance conveyance rollers 13 and 14 for conveying from the magazine 3. And by this holding part 2,
The axes A3 and A4 of the entrance conveyance rollers 13 and 14 are parallel to the axes AB and AC of the first roller 110 and the third roller 130, and the photographic film F is sent out while the photographic film magazine 3 is held. Things.

The holding section 2 is engaged with the rack 190 provided on the upper surface of the photographic film magazine 3 and until the photographic film F is completely stored in the photographic film magazine 3 or the photographic film F is sent out from the photographic film magazine 3. Until the operation is completed, a saw-tooth gear 57 that rotates only in a direction in which the photographic film magazine 3 is pushed until the holding unit 2 abuts is provided. In the film accommodating device, the saw-tooth gear 57 rotates only in the direction in which the photographic film magazine 3 is pushed into the holding unit 2 until the photographic film F is accommodated in the photographic film magazine 3. This prevents the photographic film F from being removed before it is stored. Further, in the film sending device, the photographic film magazine 3 rotates only in the direction in which the photographic film magazine 3 is pushed until the holding portion 2 abuts until the photographic film F is sent from the photographic film magazine 3. To prevent it from being removed before it is done. In addition, the film storage device and the film delivery device are:
In the case where the photographic film F has been stored in the photographic film magazine 3, the photographic film F has been sent out from the photographic film magazine 3, or a trouble has occurred in the device and a device connected to the device, The saw-tooth gear 57 rotates freely, and the photographic film magazine 3
Can be removed from the device.

A first drive gear 55 provided on the shaft of the first drive motor 54 and a first transmission gear 56 which meshes with the first drive gear 55 and rotates by the rotation of the first drive gear 55 are formed. The first transmission gear 56 is provided on the bottom side of the holding unit 2 and is provided with a driving hole 199 of the photographic film magazine 3.
The sixth gear 197 is disposed at such a position that it can be engaged with the sixth gear 197 to transmit the driving force to rotate the sixth gear 197. Then, the first transmission gear 56 transmits the driving force to rotate the sixth gear 197 to rotate the first roller 110.

Further, a second drive gear 52 provided on the shaft of the second drive motor 51 and a second transmission gear 53 meshing with the second drive gear 52 and rotating by the rotation of the second drive gear 52 are formed. The second transmission gear 53 is provided on the upper surface side of the holding unit 2, and is provided with the driving hole 12 of the photographic film magazine 3.
The sixth gear 124 is disposed at a position where it can be engaged with the eighth gear 124 to transmit a driving force to rotate the eighth gear 124. Then, the second transmission gear 53 transmits the driving force to rotate the eighth gear 124, thereby rotating the second roller 120.

Then, the first drive motor 54 and the second drive motor 51 rotate based on a control signal from a controller of the film supply device or the film delivery device. Further, the light source 61 for the detector of the film storage device or the film sending device and the detector 62 for detecting the light reflected from the light source 61 for the origin mark 103 are reflected by the film magazine 3.
Only when the origin mark 103 is at a predetermined position, the light from the detector light source 61
The detector 62 is provided with a detector light source 61 so as to detect the reflected light reflected by. Then, the film accommodating device or the film feeding device sets the first drive motor 54 and the second drive motor 51
The rotation angle indicated by the control signal is always accumulated, and from the accumulated rotation angles of the first drive motor 54 and the second drive motor 51, the band-shaped film 10 wound around the first roller 110 is accumulated.
2 for controlling the rotation of the first drive motor 54 and the second drive motor 51 in accordance with the determined diameter. Signal to each terminal 70
The control signal is sent to the control unit to control the accommodation and sending out of the photographic film F.

In the present embodiment, the belt 1 is attached to the outermost periphery 112 of the belt 102 wound by the first roller 110 of the photographic film magazine 3 held by the holder 2.
02 and the entrance conveying roller 1
The distance LL between the photographic film contact center position LE and the shortest photographic film accommodated in the photographic film magazine 3 is equal to or less than the shortest photographic film length of 75 mm or less.
The photographic film magazine 3 is held by the holding unit 2 so as to be 4 mm.

Thus, regardless of the characteristics such as the curl of a 35 mm photographic film, no jam occurs,
At a predetermined timing, the photographic film F can be easily and stably stored in the photographic film magazine 3 in a predetermined direction or sent out.

In this embodiment, the first roller 110
The winding position LD where the belt 102 is wound on the outermost circumference 112 of the belt 102 wound by the first roller 1
10 is in contact with the outermost periphery 112 of the belt-shaped material 102 wound up by the third roller 130, the first roller 11
And the belt-shaped material 10 wound by the first roller 110.
2 and the center position LE of the photographic film contact of the pair of the entrance conveying rollers 13 and 14.
Is the axis A3 of the entrance conveyance roller 13 and the entrance conveyance roller 14
Of the plane entrance transport roller 13, 1
This is the position of the line of intersection with the photo original conveyed by the pair No. 4.

Then, the film storage device 5 of the present embodiment
And the film delivery device 6 includes entrance conveyance rollers 13 and 14.
Are adjacent to each other, and the axes A1 and A2 of the transport rollers 11 and 12 are aligned with the entrance transport rollers 13 and 1.
4 are parallel to the axes A3 and A4,
The photographic film contact center position LF of the pair of transport rollers 11 and 12 adjacent to the pair of
The distance LM between the pair of photographic film contact center positions LE is
The shortest photographic film accommodated in the photographic film magazine 3 has a length of 75 mm or less and 60 mm.

Thus, regardless of the characteristics such as the curl of a 35 mm photographic film, no jam occurs,
The photographic film F can be easily and stably conveyed in a predetermined direction at a predetermined timing.

In this embodiment, the transport rollers 11,
The photographic film contact center position LF of the pair 12 is determined by the intersection of the photographic document conveyed by the pair of flat entrance conveyance rollers 11 and 12 formed by the axis A1 of the conveyance roller 11 and the axis A2 of the entrance conveyance roller 12. The position of the line.

The first drive motor 54 and the second drive motor 51 are preferably stepping motors because they are easy to control, but are not limited thereto, and may be other DC motors or AC motors. A sound wave motor may be used.

Next, based on FIG. 5 which is a partially enlarged view of the film accommodating device and the film feeding device of the present embodiment,
The relationship between the film accommodating device and the film sending device of the present embodiment and the receiving device 4, printer processor 8, and digital printer processor 9 connected to these devices will be described. Further, the connection structures of the receiving device 4, the printer processor 8, and the digital printer processor 9, which are connected to the film storage device and the film sending device of the present embodiment, are exactly the same, and only the transport direction is different.

In this embodiment, the receiving device 4, the printer processor 8, or the digital printer processor 9
And the photographic film contact center position LB of the pair of transport rollers 21 and 22 closest to the film accommodating device 5 or the film sending device 6 and the most receiving device 4, printer processor 8 or digital of the film accommodating device 5 or the film sending device 6 Conveyance rollers 11 and 12 on the printer processor 9 side
The distance LN between the pair of photographic film contact center positions LF is
The shortest photographic film accommodated in the photographic film magazine 3 is connected so that the length of the shortest photographic film is 75 mm or less and 74 mm.

Thus, regardless of the characteristics such as the curl of a 35 mm photographic film, no jam occurs,
At a predetermined timing, the photographic film F can be easily and stably conveyed in a predetermined direction.

In this embodiment, the transport rollers 21 and
The photographic film contact center position LB of the pair 22 is the intersection of the photographic document conveyed by the pair of flat conveying rollers 21 and 22 formed by the axis B1 of the conveying roller 21 and the axis B2 of the conveying roller 22. Position.

The film storage device 5 of the present embodiment
When the photographic film F is sent from the receiving device 4, the photographic film F is stored in the photographic film magazine 3. Further, the film accommodating device 5 of the present embodiment is provided with a plurality of terminals 15 for a film supply signal, and when connected to the reception device 4, a plurality of terminals 15 for the film supply signal provided on the reception device 4. Terminal 23 is connected. And
When it is desired to discharge the photographic film F once stored in the reception device 4 for some reason, the reception device 4 sends a film discharge signal to the film storage device 6 through these terminals 15 and 23. When a film discharge signal is sent, the film storage device 6 rotates the first drive motor 54 and the second drive motor 51 to transmit a driving force to the photographic film magazine 3, and from the photographic film magazine 3, The photographic film F is discharged. Then, the discharged photographic film F is sent back to the receiving device 4.

The film sending device 6 of this embodiment is provided with a plurality of terminals 15 for film supply signals, and when connected to the printer processor 8 or the digital printer processor 9, the printer processor 8 or the digital printer A plurality of terminals 23 for a film supply signal provided in the processor 9 are connected. When a new photographic film can be used, the printer processor 8 and the digital printer processor 9 send a film supply signal to the film sending device 6 through these terminals 15 and 23. When a film supply signal is sent, the film delivery device 6 drives the first drive motor 54 and the second drive motor 51 to rotate, and transmits the drive force to the photographic film magazine 3 so that one photographic film F is photographed. One photographic film F sent from the film magazine 3 is sent to the printer processor 8 or the digital printer processor 9.

Next, an example of a photographic film utilization system provided with the film supply device 6 and the film delivery device 5 using the above-described film magazine 3 is shown in FIG. 7 which shows a schematic configuration diagram of the photographic film utilization system of the present embodiment. It will be described based on the following.

The photographic processing system of this embodiment inputs reprint information written on the negative sheet 92, takes out the short photographic film F from the negative sheet, and stores it in the film magazine 3.
And photographic film utilization systems D and E for taking out the photographic film from the film magazine 3 containing the photographic film F at the reorder station C, printing the photographic film on photographic paper, and developing the baked photographic paper.

The reorder station C inputs the reprint information written on the negative sheet, receives the photographic film F from the negative sheet, and accepts the reprint. , Film magazine 3 set in holding section 2
And a film accommodating device 5 for accommodating the film.

The photographic film utilization systems D and E are provided with a film delivery device 6 for receiving photographic film F from the film magazine 3 set in the holding section 2 and containing a photographic film at the reorder station C. Using the supplied photographic film F, the printer processor 8 for printing on the photographic paper and developing the baked photographic paper or the photographic film F supplied from the film sending device 6 is imaged, and the captured image is image-processed. A digital printer processor 9 for exposing the obtained digital image to photographic paper and developing the exposed photographic paper;

Next, regarding reorder station C,
This will be described with reference to FIG. 8 which is a schematic perspective view of the reorder station C. Based on the reprint information 93 (“1” in FIG. 8) written in the negative sheet 92, the reorder station C inputs the horizontal position of the ordered piece and the number of ordered pieces with the button 420, and the photographic film F from the negative sheet 92 is input. Is a station for taking out the film magazine and storing it in the film magazine 3.

The reorder station C has a negative sheet 9
Based on the reprint information 93 (“1” in FIG. 8) entered in 2, the horizontal position of the ordered piece and the number of ordered pieces input from the button 420 are sent to the central storage device 7.
Receiving device 4 which detects information relating to the relationship between the frame number of the ordered frame of photographic film F and the screen position while transporting photographic film F taken from negative sheet 92 to film storage device 5 and sends it to central storage device 7. And the receiving device 4
Photo Film F sent from Photo Film Magazine 3
And a film accommodating device 5 for accommodating the film.

The negative sheet 92 has a plurality of rooms of the same shape for accommodating the photographic film F, and is arranged in the width direction of the photographic film F in which the rooms are accommodated. Thereby, the negative sheet 92 accommodates the plurality of photographic films F arranged in the width direction of the photographic film F so as not to contact each other.

The receiving device 4 includes a negative sheet table 410 on which the negative sheet 92 is placed, and a main body forming a lane 441 for sending the photographic film F taken out of the negative sheet 92 placed on the negative sheet table 410 to the film storage apparatus 5. Part 440 and the lid of the lane 441, and the main body part 440
There is a cover member 430 attached to the opening and closing freely, and a cover holding portion 460 that accommodates the electrical unit of the reception device 4 and holds the cover member 430 so as to be able to open and close.

The negative sheet 92 is placed on the negative sheet table 410 with one end opposite to the film entrance 91 aligned with the reference guide 411. Then, for each order (for each negative sheet 92), (Negative sheet 9
Among the photographic films F stored in the photographic film F, the frame number "00" is recorded first.
The photographic film F on which the ordered pieces are recorded
Are sequentially aligned with the position of the photographic film F in the film insertion port 431 of the film storage device, and the photographic film F is taken out and inserted into the film insertion port 431. Then, the photographic film F inserted from the film insertion port 431 is sent to the film storage device 5 through the lane 441 by a roller (not shown). At this time, the DX code reader 442 provided on the bottom of the lane 441,
At 443, the DX code, the frame number code, and the front and back are detected. The screen position of each frame and the length of the photographic film F are detected by a screen detection sensor 444 provided on the bottom surface of the lane 441.

Further, information on the print size and print quality for this order is input from the button 450 of the main body 440. Then, when the film use information on the order such as the print size and print surface quality information for the order of the negative sheet 92 is input from the button 450, the film use information is transmitted to the central storage device 7 in correspondence with the ID information of the order. . Then, the central storage device 7 stores the order of the order processing in the order processing stage H, the ID information of this order, and the film use information relating to this order in a corresponding manner. The film use information includes information specifying the ordered image frame, information on the number of reprints of the image frame, and information on the print size and print surface quality for this order.

The length of the sent photographic film F is
It is detected whether or not there is a predetermined length Lc.
If it is not (for example, 75 mm), the photographic film F of that order is not accommodated. Therefore, the piece number "0
Until the photographic film F in which "0" is recorded is sent, a film discharge signal is sent to the film accommodating device 5, and the film accommodating device 5 sends out the photographic films F one by one from the photographic film magazine 3 and reverses them. The reversely fed photographic film F is returned through the lane 441 and returned to the negative sheet table 410 from the film insertion port 431.

Even if a jam of the photographic film F occurs in the lane 441, the jammed photographic film F can be immediately removed from the lane 441 simply by opening the cover member 430. It is easy to respond to the occurrence of

Then, the photographic film F is sequentially sent from the lane 441 of the reception device 4 to the film storage device 5, and the photographic film F on which the frame number "00" is recorded and the photographic film F on which the ordered frame is recorded are sequentially transmitted. It is stored in one film magazine 3. In this way, the photographic films F belonging to a plurality of orders are stored in one film magazine 3.

In this way, the relationship between the photographic film recording the plurality of ordered frames to be accommodated and the photographic film recording the frame number "00" of the order is represented by the photographic film accommodated and the order. This will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 9A shows the relationship between a plurality of orders of the photographic film F stored in the film magazine 3 of the present embodiment and the orders, and a plurality (four in FIG. 9) belonging to one order N. ) Photographic film F _N1 , F _N2 , F _N3 , F _Nf
Photographic film F _N1 with frame number “00” recorded at the beginning of
There is. Similarly, the leading photographic film of the photographic film of another order is a photographic film on which a frame number "00" is recorded. For example, the leading photographic film F _{N + 11} of the photographic film of order N + 1 is also a photographic film on which the frame number “00” is recorded.

Therefore, the film magazine 3 of the present embodiment
As shown in FIG. 9B showing the relationship between a plurality of photographic films F of orders and the order, the frame numbers "0"
The photographic film next to the photographic film on which the “0” is recorded to the photographic film on which the frame number “00” is recorded next corresponds to the photographic film belonging to one order. For example, a photographic film belonging to one order corresponds to a photographic film F _Nf following the photographic film F _{N + 11} recording the frame number “00” to a photographic film F _N1 recording the next frame number “00”. . In this way, it is possible to easily determine which order each of the photographic films sequentially sent from the film magazine belongs to, and according to a simple rule, so that the determination can be made with little erroneous determination.

Then, the printer processor 8 or the digital printer processor 9 recognizes the break of the order based on the frame number "00" read from the photographic film, recognizes one of the photographic films belonging to the order, and transmits the photographic film. By counting the number of photographic films on which the frame number "00" is recorded, it is possible to determine the order of the stored photographic film F from the stored photographic film F later, and to use the film use information of the order in the determined order. Read and reprint based on the read film usage information.

As shown in FIG. 7, the printer processor 8 has a reading section 81 for reading the ID information recorded on the photographic film F sequentially taken out by the film sending device 6.
From the position of the photographic film F in which the ID information is recorded among the photographic films F sequentially taken out by the film sending device 6, which is determined from the reading result by the reading unit 81, which order each photographic film F belongs to Using the film usage information read from the central storage device 7 based on the ID information read by the reading unit 81 of the determined order, the photographic paper magazine 82 is obtained from the frame image recorded on the photographic film F. Exposure unit 83 for printing on the photographic paper supplied from the printer unit, and photographic paper development processing unit 85 for developing the photographic paper exposed by the exposure unit 83 to obtain a photographic print
And an inserter 84 for accommodating the photographic film printed in the exposure unit 83 in a new negative sheet 92, a negative sheet 92 for accommodating the photographic film in the inserter 84, and a photographic print obtained in the photographic paper development processing unit 85 for each order. And a sorter 86 for sorting.

The digital printer processor 9 has a reading section 81 for reading ID information recorded on the photographic film F sequentially taken out by the film sending device 6.
From the position of the photographic film F in which the frame number "00" is recorded in the photographic films F sequentially taken out by the film sending device 6, which is found from the reading result by the reading unit 81, each photographic film F And reads the film usage information of the order from the central storage device 7 and, using the read film usage information,
A scanner 87 that captures a frame image recorded on a photographic film F exposed on photographic paper, an inserter 84 that stores the photographic film captured by the scanner 87 in a new negative sheet 92, and a frame image captured by the scanner 87. A digital exposure unit 88 for printing a digital image obtained by the processing onto photographic paper supplied from a photographic paper magazine 82; and a photographic paper development processing unit for developing a photographic print by developing the photographic paper exposed by the digital exposure unit 88 85, and a sorter 86 that sorts a negative sheet 92 containing a photographic film by the inserter 84 and a photographic print obtained by the photographic paper development processing unit 85 for each order.

The sorters 86 and 96 sort the photographic films F for each order from the position of the photographic film F where the frame number "00" is recorded in the photographic film F taken out in order. In the sorting of photographic prints, the exposure unit 83 prints the order identification number on the photographic paper at the top of the order, and the sorter 86 sorts the photographic prints for each order based on the printing of each photographic print.

In this way, a photographic print is produced,
A photographic product is produced by sorting the photographic print and the photographic film used for each order.

In this embodiment, the photographic film on which the frame number "00" is recorded is used as an order delimiter. However, for example, the photographic film on which the frame number "E" is recorded is used as an order delimiter. The photographic film on which the frame number is recorded may be used as an order break, or the photographic film F on which specific information other than the frame number is recorded may be used as the order break.

The printer processor 8 of the present embodiment
The digital printer processor 9 is connected to the film supply device 6 and can be operated in a form in which photographic film is stably and efficiently supplied, but can also be operated as a single unit. Therefore, even if a trouble occurs in a drive source or a transmission system for transmitting the driving force to the photographic film magazine of the film supply device 6, if the film supply device 6 is disconnected, the printer processor 8 or the digital printer processor 9 can be used. Can be operated as a single unit, and if another film supply device 6 is connected, operation in a form in which photographic film is supplied stably and efficiently can be continued, and the driving force can be transmitted to the photographic film magazine. The problem that the printer processor 8 or the digital printer processor 9 stops due to troubles such as the drive source or the transmission system of the printer can be prevented, and the function of the printer processor 8 or the digital printer processor 9 can be prevented from being unavailable. Further, since the film supply device 6 is separate, the cost of the printer processor 8 and the digital printer processor 9 can be prevented from increasing, and the printer processor 8 and the digital printer processor 9 can be operated as a single unit. As a result, the cost can be reduced.

Embodiment 2 This embodiment is different from Embodiment 1 in that the film supply device 6 and the printer processor 8 used in the photographic film utilization system D are integrated. Less than,
First Embodiment of the Present Embodiment Based on FIG. 10, which is a schematic configuration diagram of a printer processor 800 of the present embodiment in which a film supply device 6 and a printer processor 8 are integrated,
All of the differences will be described.

The printer processor 800 of the present embodiment
Sends the photographic films F one by one from the photographic film magazine 3 set in the holding unit 2 and sends the photographic films F one by one.
20 and a film supply unit 8
A film scanner 820 for reading an image recorded on the photographic film F sent from the camera 10;
The photographic film F from which the image recorded at 20 is read is sent to an exposure position 881 illuminated by the printing light source unit 830,
The printable frame of the photographic film F is set at the exposure position 88.
1, a film transport unit 880 for sending the baked photographic film F to the discharge tray 889, a printing light source unit 830 for illuminating the frame of the photographic film F positioned at the exposure position 881, and illumination by the printing light source unit 830. An image forming lens unit 840 for forming an image of the frame of the photographic film F on the printing photosensitive material such as photographic paper at the printing position 855 and a magazine 801 containing the printing photosensitive material such as photographic paper in a roll shape. Magazine holding part 8 to be held
02 and the magazine 8 held in the magazine holding unit 202
A feed unit 803 that feeds the leading end of the roll-shaped printing photosensitive material supplied from 01, and a cutter that cuts when the leading end of the printing photosensitive material fed from the feeding unit 803 has a predetermined length. 852 and the leading end of the photosensitive material for printing fed from the feeding unit 803 together with the holding table 851, and the printing photosensitive material cut to a predetermined length by the cutter 852 is fed onto the holding table 851. Roller 853
Then, the supplied photosensitive material for printing is transported while being vacuum-sucked, the photosensitive material for printing is positioned and held at the printing position 855, and when printing is completed, the supplied photosensitive material for printing is vacuum-sucked. While transporting the intermediate transport section 86
0, and a roller 8 for sending the photosensitive material for printing to the intermediate conveyance section 860 together with the holding table 851.
54, an intermediate transport section 860 that sends the photosensitive material for printing sent from the holding table 851 to the developing section 870, and a photosensitive material for printing sent from the intermediate transport section 860 is developed, dried and printed. A development processing unit 870 that discharges to the discharge tray 890 and a discharge tray 890 that receives prints discharged from the development processing unit 870 are provided.

The structure and relationship between the photographic film macadin 3 and the photographic film macadin 3 and the film supply unit 810 are as follows. The structure and the relationship with the film supply device 6 are the same.

For example, in this embodiment, as in FIG.
The outermost circumference 1 of the belt-shaped material 102 wound by the first roller 110 of the photographic film magazine 3 held by the holding unit 2
The distance LL between the take-up position LD where the belt-like material 102 is taken up by the belt 12 and the photographic film contact center position LE of the pair of the entrance conveyance rollers 13 and 14 is the shortest photograph of the photographic film accommodated in the photographic film magazine 3. Film length 75
The photographic film magazine 3 is held by the holding unit 2 so that the length becomes 74 mm or less. This allows the photographic film F to be stored in the photographic film magazine 3 in a predetermined direction at a predetermined timing without causing a jam, regardless of the curl of the 35 mm size photographic film, such as the curl. It is the same that it can be easily and stably performed.

However, the film supply unit 810 is a part of the printer processor 800 and is integrated. This can prevent the supply of the photographic film F from becoming unstable due to incorrect connection between the film supply unit 810 and other members.

The film supply section 810 is directly connected to the control section of the printer processor 800 and is directly controlled. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the connection between the film supply unit 810 and another member from being inaccurate, thereby preventing the transmission of the film supply signal from becoming unstable.

[0097]

According to the first aspect of the invention, even if a trouble occurs in the drive source of the photo document storage container or the transmission system of the driving force to the photo document storage container, it is possible to prevent the automatic printing machine from using its original function. In addition, it prevents the cost of the main body of the automatic printing machine from increasing, and can be applied to the configuration that uses the photo original storage container for the automatic printer main body and the type that does not use the photo original storage container that handles the photo originals naked. As a result, the overall versatility of the automatic printing machine body can be increased, so that the total cost can be reduced.

According to the second invention, the photographic original can be stably sent from the photographic original container to the automatic printing machine.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a photographic film magazine according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1 showing a state before accommodating a photographic film.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 1 showing a state before accommodating a photographic film.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1 showing a state in which a maximum amount of photographic film is accommodated.

FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged view of a film storage device and a film sending device according to the first embodiment. (Corresponding to the AA cross-sectional view in FIG. 1)

FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged view of a film storage device and a film sending device according to the first embodiment. (Corresponding to the BB cross-sectional view in FIG. 1)

FIG. 7 is a schematic configuration diagram of a photographic film utilization system according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a schematic perspective view of a reorder station C according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram showing the relationship between the photographic film and the order contained in the first embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a schematic configuration diagram of a printer processor 800 according to a second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

AB Axis of the first roller 110 AC Axis of the third roller 130 A1 Axis of the conveying roller 11 A2 Axis of the conveying roller 12 A3 Axis of the inlet conveying roller 13 A4 Axis of the inlet conveying roller 14 B1 Axis of the conveying roller 21 B2 Conveying roller 22 Axis C reorder station D, E photographic film utilization system F photographic film LB photographic film contact center position (of transport rollers 21 and 22) LD winding position LE photographic film contact center position (of entrance transport rollers 13 and 14) LF ( Photo film contact center position of transport rollers 11 and 12 LL (LD and LE) interval LM (LE and LF) interval LN (LF and LB) interval PA Container body 170 can freely rotate supporting members 150 and 160 Of the support shaft supported by the PB first roller 110 by the first roller 110
Position of the rotating shaft of the first roller 110 when the roll 2 is wound PC Position of the rotating shaft of the first roller 110 when the strip-shaped film 102 is wound by the first roller 110 at a minimum 1 Inlet transport unit 2 Holding Unit 3 photographic film magazine 4 receiving device 5 film storage device 6 film sending device 7 central storage device 8 printer processor 9 digital printer processor 11,12 transport roller 13,14 entrance transport roller 15 terminal 21,22 transport roller 23 terminal 51 second Drive motor 52 Second drive gear 53 Second transmission gear 54 First drive motor 55 First drive gear 56 First transmission gear 57 Serrated gear 61 Light source for detector 62 Detector 81 Reading unit 82 Photo paper magazine 83 Exposure unit 84 Inserter 85 photographic paper development processing unit 86 sorter 87 scanner 8 Digital exposure unit 91 Film entrance 92 Negative sheet 93 Reprint information 102 Strip film 103 Origin mark 110 First roller 111 axis 112 Outermost circumference of the strip film 102 wound by the first roller 110 120 Second roller 121 axis 123 No. Seventh gear 124 Eighth gear 125 Rotating shaft 126 Driving hole 130 Third roller 131 Axis 140 Fourth roller 141 Axis 150, 160 Support member 151, 152, 153, 154 Hole 155 Coil spring 156, 157 Holder 164 Support shaft hole 170 container body (170A: exterior cover, 170B:
Side plate, 170C: side plate, 170D: exterior cover) 171,172,173,174,175,176,1
77, 178, 179 holes 180 Guide 185 Separating claw 186 Leaf spring 190 Rack 191 First gear 192 Second gear 193 Third gear 194 Fourth gear 195 Rotation axis 196 Fifth gear 197 Sixth gear 198 Rotation axis 199 Drive hole 410 Negative sheet table 411 Reference guide 420 Button 430 Cover member 431 Film insertion slot 440 Main body 441 Lane 442, 443 Code reader 444 Screen detection sensor 450 Button 460 Cover holding member 800 Printer processor 802 Magazine holding unit 803 Feeding unit 810 Film supply unit 820 Film scanner 830 Printing light source unit 840 Imaging lens unit 851 Holder 852 Cutter 853 Roller 854 Roller 855 Printing position 860 Intermediate transport unit 870 Development processing unit 881 Exposure position 880 Film transport unit 889 Discharge tray 890 Discharge tray

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A photo document storage container capable of accommodating a plurality of photo documents without being joined to each other and transmitting the stored photo documents by a driving force transmitted from the outside, so that the driving force can be detachably transmitted. The photograph source can be set, has a drive source for transmitting the driving force to the photo document storage container, and can be detachably connected so as to be able to supply a photo document to a photo document utilizing device that uses a photo document; When connected to the device that uses the original so that the photo original can be supplied,
When the photo document storage container is set, transmitting the driving force to the set photo document storage container, receiving the photo document sent from the photo document storage container, and supplying the photo document to the photo document utilization device. A photo document supply device. 2. When connected to at least the photo original utilizing device, photo original supply information relating to the supply of a photo original to the photo original utilizing device can be received from the photo original utilizing device. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: transmitting a driving force to the set photo document container to receive the photo document sent from the photo document container and supplying the photo document to the photo document utilization device.
2. A photo original supply device according to claim 1. 3. A set of the photo document storage container which is “a portion at the most exit side of the photo document storage container for transmitting the conveyance driving force to the photo document” and transmitting the conveyance driving force to the photo document. So that the distance to the portion on the exit side of the photo document storage container is shorter than the length of the shortest photo document stored in the photo document storage container,
The photo document supply device according to claim 1, wherein the photo document storage container can be set. 4. A portion of the connected photo original utilization device that is "the portion on the supply port side of the photo original utilization device that transmits the transport driving force to the photo original" and transmits the transport driving force to the photo original. Connected to the photo original utilizing device so that the distance from the portion closest to the supply port side of the photo original utilizing device is shorter than the length of the shortest photo original stored in the set photo original receiving container. The photographic document supply device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the photographic document supply device is capable of performing the following. 5. The photographic original supply device according to claim 1, which is connected to the photographic original supply device,
And a photo document utilization device utilizing the photo document supplied from the photo document supply device. 6. The photographic original utilization system according to claim 5, wherein said photographic original utilization device is an automatic printing machine. 7. A photo document storage container capable of storing a plurality of photo documents without joining them together and detachably setting a photo document storage container for sending out the photo documents stored by a driving force transmitted from the outside. A portion of the container “the portion at the most exit side of the photo document storage container that transmits the transport driving force to the photo document”, and the most portion of the container that transmits the transport drive force to the photo document at the exit port side of the photo document storage container. The drive force can be set so that the driving force can be transmitted so that the distance from a certain portion is shorter than the length of the shortest photo document stored in the photo document storage container, and the driving force transmitted to the photo document storage container When the photo document storage container is set, a driving force is transmitted to the set photo document storage container to print and expose the photo document sent from the photo document storage container. An automatic printing machine characterized by the following.