Sheet film loading apparatus
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroshi Kushima, Mikio Tsuyuki
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Abstract
A loading apparatus for selectively taking out a sheet film from among sheet films accommodated in a plurality of magazines and loading the sheet film into a cassette. The sheet taken out from the magazine is adapted to be held in a holding device in a curved state. In a holding section, the sheet film is received from a lower end thereof and is taken out from an upper end thereof so as to be located into the cassette. Hence, even if there are a multiplicity of magazines, the film can be fetched speedily and loaded into the cassette, and the apparatus can be made compact. The magazine is drawn out from the apparatus body in a cantilevered manner so as to load the films, thereby facilitating the loading operation.
Claims12
A sheet film loading apparatus for selectively taking out a sheet film from a plurality of magazines and loading the sheet film into a cassette, comprising:
- taking-out means for taking out a sheet film from one of said magazines;
- holding means which is vertically movable separately from said taking-out means, and which is adapted to receive via an end of said holding means the sheet film supplied from said taking-out means, hold the sheet film in a state in which at least part of the sheet film is curved, and supply the sheet film from the other end of said holding means into said cassette;
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- driving means which is adapted to align said taking-out means and said holding means with one of said magazines and space said holding means from said taking-out means so as to cause said holding means to be aligned with said cassette, wherein said taking-out means in set in a stationary state to be aligned with a specific one of said magazine, and only said holding means is driven to allow the sheet film to be loaded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.