Image recording apparatus

An image recording apparatus which allows an image to be formed on an image receiving material by transferring an image recorded on a heat developable light-sensitive photographic material thereto in the presence of an image forming solvent, comprising:

• coating means having at least one coating roller for coating the image forming solvent onto the heat developable light-sensitive material or the image receiving material;
• conveying means for conveying said light-sensitive material for said image receiving material above said coating roller;
• first driving means for rotating said coating roller so as to perform said coating;
• and
• control means for controlling the speed at which said coating roller is rotated, wherein said control means is adapted to control the rotational speed of said coating roller at a predetermined value or below when a rear end of said light sensitive material or said image receiving material approaches said coating roller, and wherein said control means controls the rotational speed of said coating roller on the basis of the equation:
• ##EQU2## where Q:
• the amount of image forming solvent to be applied, T:
• the temperature of the solvent, D:
• the diameter of the roller, n:
• the number of revolutions of the roller, and v:
• the rotational velocity of the roller.

An image recording apparatus which allows an image to be formed on an image receiving material by transferring an image recorded on a heat-developable light-sensitive photographic material thereto in the presence of an image forming solvent, comprising:

• coating means having at least one coating roller for coating the image forming solvent onto the heat-developable light-sensitive material or the image receiving material;
• conveying means for conveying said light-sensitive material or said image receiving material above said coating roller;
• first driving means for rotating said coating roller so as to perform said coating;
• control means for controlling the speed at which said coating roller is rotated, and
• sensing means for detecting a light-sensitive material or image receiving material being conveyed so that said control means controls said first driving means on the basis of the detecting signal of said sensing means;
• wherein said control means is adapted to control said rotational speed of said coating roller at a predetermined value or below when a rear end of said light-sensitive material or said image receiving material approaches said coating roller;
• and
• wherein said conveying means includes:
• a pair of guide plates for holding and guiding said light-sensitive material or said image receiving material;
• at least a pair of shafts for supporting said guiding plates;
• a second driving means for driving said shafts so as to pivot said guiding plates toward or away from said coating roller;
• and a press roller pivotably supported on said guide plates for pressingt said light-sensitive material or said image receiving material toward said coating roller;

An image recording apparatus which allows an image to be formed on an image receiving material by transferring an image recorded on a heat-developable light-sensitive photographic material theeto in the presence of an image forming solvent, comprising:

• coating means having at least one coating roller for coating the image forming solvent onto the heat-developable light-sensitive material or the image receiving material;
• conveying means for conveying said light-sensitive material or said image receiving material above said coating roller;
• first driving means for rotating said coating roller so as to perform said coating;
• control means for controlling the speed at which said coating roller is rotated;
• wherein said control means is adapted to control said rotational speed of said coating roller at a predetermined value or below when a rear end of said light-sensitive material or said image receiving material approaches said coating roller;
• and
• wherein said coating means includes:
• a water tank for containing said solvent;
• and two coating rollers having a portion immersed in said solvent and aligned in the direction in which said light-sensitive material or said image receiving material is conveyed, and said conveying means includes:
• a pair of conveying rollers respectively disposed ahead of and to the rear of said water tank in the direction of conveyance;
• and a pressing member for pressing the conveyed light-sensitive material or image receiving material toward said two coating rollers;

An image recording apparatus which allows an image to be formed on an image receiving material by transferring an image recorded on a heat-developable light-sensitive photographic material thereto in the presence of an image forming solvent, comprising:

• a vessel for containing said solvent;
• at least one coating roller having a portion immersed in said solvent in said vessel;
• a first motor for rotating said coating roller;
• conveying means for conveying said light-sensitive material or said image receiving material above said coating roller as well as pressing said light-sensitive material or said image receiving material toward said coating roller;
• a second motor for driving said conveying means toward said coating roller when turned in the forward direction and away from said coating roller when reversed;
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• control means for turning said second motor in the forward and reverse directions and controlling the rotational speed of said coating roller.