Apparatus for introducing strip-shaped material into cassettes or the like

Apparatus for transporting a web, particularly a web of photosensitive material, from a copying machine into a receptacle having a rotary component, and a catcher mechanism activatable to direct the leader of the web into engagement with the rotary component, comprising a signal-responsive operating device associated with the copying machine and arranged to assume first and second conditions in which said device respectively activates and deactivates the catcher mechanism, said operating device including a projection provided on the copying machine and movable between first and second positions in which said operating device respectively assumes said first and second conditions, and the receptacle being movable to and from a predetermined position in which said projection activates the catcher mechanism as long as said projection remains in the first position thereof, the catcher mechanism comprising a plurality of mobile members arranged to assume operative positions under the action of said projection while the latter is held in said first position and the receptacle dwells in said predetermined position, and the catcher mechanism further including resilient means for moving the mobile members to inoperative positions in response to movement of said projection to said second position;

• and means for changing the condition of said operating device to thus initiate deactivation of the catcher mechanism, comprising means for scanning the progress of engagement between the web and the rotary component, and for transmitting signals to said device in response to completion of engagement between the web and the rotary component, said condition changing means being operative to effect movement of said projection to said second position.

Apparatus for transporting a web, particularly a web of photosensitive material, from a copying machine into a receptacle having a rotary component, and a catcher mechanism activatable to direct the leader of the web into engagement with the rotary component, comprising a signal-responsive operating device associated with the copying machine and arranged to assume first and second conditions in which said device respectively activates and deactivates the catcher mechanism;

• and means for changing the condition of said operating device to thus initiate deactivation of the catcher mechanism, comprising means for scanning the progress of engagement between the web and the rotary component, and for transmitting signals to said device in response to completion of engagement between the web and the rotary component, said condition changing means including a rotary element associated with the copying machine, first and second monitoring means for respectively monitoring the peripheral speeds of the rotary component and said rotary element, and means for generating said signals when the ratio of the monitored speeds of the rotary component and said rotary element is outside of a predetermined range, said rotary element comprising a motor-driven member, a rotor which is engaged by the web, and a freewheel interposed between said motor-driven member and said rotor so that the latter can be rotated by said motor-driven member when the speed of the web is below a predetermined value to thereby advance the web toward the rotary component of the receptacle, said rotor being rotated by the web when the latter is engaged by the rotary component of the receptacle and its speed exceeds said value.

Apparatus for transporting a web, particularly a web of photosensitive material, from a copying machine into a receptacle having a rotary component, and a catcher mechanism activatable to direct the leader of the web into engagement with the rotary component, comprising a signal-responsive operating device associated with the copying machine and arranged to assume first and second conditions in which said device respectively activates and deactivates the catcher mechanism;

• and means for changing the condition of said operating device to thus intiate deactivation of the catcher mechanism, comprising means for scanning the progress of engagement between the web and the rotary component, and for transmitting signals to said device in response to completion of engagement between the web snd the rotary component, said condition changing means including a rotary element associated with the copying machine, first and second monitoring means for respectively monitoring the peripheral speeds of the rotary component and said rotary element, and means for generating said signals when the ratio of the monitored speeds of the rotary component and said rotary element is outside of a predetermined range, said signal generating means comprising an up-down counter having first and second inputs connected with the respective monitoring means, and an output arranged to transmit said signals to said operating device when the monitored speed of said rotary element reaches a predetermined value, said monitoring means being arranged to transmit first and second signals respectively denoting the peripheral speeds of the rotary component and of said rotary element, and said counter being arranged to subtract the first signals from the second signals and to transmit a signal to said operating device when the number of second signals exceeds the number of first signals by a preselected value.

Apparatus for transporting a web, particularly a web of photosensitive material, from a copying machine into a receptacle having a rotary component, and a catcher mechanism activatable to direct the leader of the web into engagement with the rotary component, comprising a signal-responsive operating device associated with the copying machine and arranged to assume first and second conditions in which said device respectively activates and deactivates the catcher mechanism, the receptacle being movable to and from a predetermined position in which said operating device activates the catcher mechanism as long as said operating device remains in said first condition;

• and means for changing the condition of said operating device to thus initiate deactivation of the catcher mechanism, comprising means for scanning the progress of engagement between the web and the rotary component, and for transmitting signals to said device in response to completion of engagement between the web and the rotary component, said condition changing means further comprising a rotary element associated with the copying machine and said scanning means comprising first and second monitoring means for respectively monitoring the peripheral speeds of the rotary component and said rotary element, and means for generating said signals when the ratio of monitored speeds of the rotary component and said rotary element is outside of a predetermined range.