Method for automated laboratories of developing photographic films and a magazine for storing rolls of film for implementing the method
AssigneeFotolabo S.A.
InventorClemens Weibel
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Abstract
The whole of the technical and commercial data relative to each film is picked up by means of an electronic processing unit and these data are memorized on a data base. The rolls of film are stored in a structured storage member with the position of each roll being identified and memorized on the data base, the said storage member serving as intermediary between the pick-up unit and the splicer, so as to dissociate the pick-up and the splicing and render these two operations not immediately interdependent in time. The magazine comprises one compartmented container of circular shape, each compartment being arranged to receive one roll. The compartments for receiving the rolls are arranged in a spiral along one face of a disc.
Claims24
A method for automated laboratories of developing photographic rolls of film, in which rolls of film of the same format are and are treated in groups as the result of an operation of splicing, including automatic opening of the rolls of film and automatic connection of the films end-to-end, comprising the following steps:
- by means of an electronic processing unit the whole of the technical and commercial data relative to each roll of film is picked up and this data is memorized on a data base, and the rolls of film are stored in a structured storage member with a position for each roll of film being identified and memorized on the data base, the said storage member serving as intermediary between the pick-up unit and the splicing, so as to dissociate the pick-up unit and the splicing and to render these two operations not immediately interdependent in time.
A magazine for storing rolls of film, comprising at least one compartmented container mounted within a casing, said container being designed for receiving a plurality of the rolls of film, each compartment of said container being arranged to receive one roll of film, and further comprising at least one opening in said casing the dimensions of which are substantially larger than those of one roll of film, the said opening being designed for the loading and unloading of the rolls of film, and said container and said opening being arranged so as to be able to be displaced with respect to one another so that the opening may be positioned opposite each compartment of the container in succession.
A device for automated laboratories of developing photographic rolls of film, in which a plurality of rolls of film of the same format are treated in groups as the result of an operation of splicing, including automatic opening of the rolls of film and automatic connection of the films end-to-end, comprising at least one electronic processing means arranged for picking up the whole of the technical and commercial data relative to each roll of film and for memorizing this data on a data base, and storage means for storing the rolls of film, and means for identifying and memorizing the position of each roll of film on the data base, the said storage means serving as an intermediary between the pick-up unit and the splicer, so as to dissociate the pick-up and the splicing and render these two operations not immediately interdependent in time.
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