Apparatus for classifying photographic films
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorKatsuhiko Tanaka
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Abstract
An apparatus for classifying photographic films in which cartridges are classified according to a customer's order information, each cartridge storing a photographic film having a recording portion on which a customer's order information is magnetically recorded. The apparatus includes a plurality of classifying portions, a selector unit for selecting one of the plurality of classifying portions based on the customer order information read from the recording portion of the film, and a transfer unit for moving the cartridge into the selected classifying portion. In consequence, the cartridge can be automatically classified.
Claims20
Apparatus for classifying photographic films in which cartridges are classified according to a customer's order information, each cartridge storing a photographic film provided with a recording portion on which the customer's order information is magnetically recorded, said apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of classifying portions;
- a driving means, for driving said photographic film, which delivers said photographic film out of a corresponding said cartridge;
- a read means for reading said order information from said recording portion of the delivered photographic film, said driving means being operative for winding and storing said delivered photographic film into said cartridge after said order information is read by said read means;
- a selector means for selecting one of said plurality of classifying portions based on said order information read by said read means;
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- a transfer means for transferring said cartridge in a predetermined direction into the selected classifying portion.
Apparatus for classifying photographic films in which substantially cylindrical cartridges are classified according to a customer's order information, each cartridge storing a rolled photographic film having a recording portion on which the customer's order information is magnetically recorded, said apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of classifying portions;
- a film driving means, for driving said photographic film, which delivers said photographic film out of a corresponding said cartridge and winds the delivered photographic film into said cartridge;
- a read means for reading said order information from said recording portion of said delivered photographic film;
- a selector means for selecting one of said plurality of classifying portions based on said order information read by said read means;
- a transfer means for transferring said cartridge in a predetermined direction into the selected one of said plurality of classifying portions;
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- a control means for controlling driving of said film driving means so as to deliver said photographic film out of said cartridge and for controlling driving of said film driving means after said order information is read by said read means so that said photographic film is wound into said cartridge, and further for controlling said transfer means so that said cartridge is moved into said selected classifying portion based on the selection made by said selector means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.