Film magazine forming apparatus

A film magazine forming apparatus for forming a sheet having printing on a side thereof into an almost cylindrical shape, the film magazine forming apparatus comprising:

• supply means for supplying sheet having a shape for forming into a film magazine;
• transport means for transporting the sheet from the supply means;
• forming means for forming the sheet into the almost cylindrical shape with the printing on the side of the sheet forming an outer cylindrical surface of the almost cylindrical shape, said forming means including:
• a core mold, an upper mold, and first and second side molds;
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• moving means for moving the upper mold and the first and second side molds to form the almost cylindrical shape around the core mold so that said upper mold and first and second side molds surround said core mold when the transport means moves the sheet into a position between said molds;
• the transport means transporting the sheet with the printed side of the sheet being out of contact with and facing away from the transport means;
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• a claw means mounted on the core mold and movable through the forming means for transporting the thus formed almost cylindrical shape from between the core mold and the upper mold and the side mold to another operation position.

A film magazine forming apparatus for forming a sheet having printing on a side thereof into an almost cylindrical shape, the film magazine having spaced apart lip portions for enabling a film to move therebetween, the lip portions having a soft yarn mounted thereon, the film magazine forming apparatus comprising:

• supply means for supplying sheet having a shape for forming into a film magazine;
• transport means for transporting the sheet from the supply means;
• the transport means transporting the sheet with the printed side of the sheet being out of contact with the transport means;
• forming means for forming the sheet into the almost cylindrical shape with the printing on the side of the sheet forming an outer cylindrical surface of the almost cylindrical shape with the lip portions being at a bottom portion of the thus formed cylindrical shape so that the lip portions face downward, said forming means including:
• a core mold, an upper mold, and first and second side molds;
• moving means for moving the upper mold, and the first and second side molds to form the almost cylindrical shape around the core mold so that upper mold and first and second side molds surround said core mold when the transport means moves the sheet between the molds;
• the core mold also acting as a guide for transporting the thus formed almost cylindrical shape to another operational position;
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• a claw mounted on the core mold and movable through the forming means for transporting the thus formed almost cylindrical shape along the core mold to another operational position.