Film carrier

A film carrier comprising:

• a cartridge loading section having a winding shaft for winding a photographic film in a layered state;
• a film accommodating section for accommodating said photographic film, provided spacedly on an opposite side to said cartridge loading section;
• said film accommodating section comprising:
• a spool shaft for winding or unwinding said photographic film, including a shaft main body and a first boss which extends from a side end of said shaft main body and has a smaller diameter than a diameter of said shaft main body;
• a rotating shaft including a flange and a second boss axially aligned with said first boss of said spool shaft and passing through each axial center of said shaft main body and said first boss provided so as to be relatively rotatable with respect to each other;
• and
• a coil spring engaged to said bosses of said spool shaft and of said rotating shaft between said side end of said shaft main body of said spool shaft and said flange of said rotating shaft;
• guiding means for guiding said photographic film transported from said cartridge loading section toward a periphery of said spool shaft to wind said photographic film on said spool shaft;
• a driving means for driving said rotating shaft to wind or unwind back said photographic film;
• driving-force transmitting means disposed between said driving means and said rotating shaft for transmitting rotatable force of said driving means to said rotating shaft such that a rotating speed of said driving means is adjusted to a conveying speed for said photographic film and is transmitted to said spool shaft through said coil spring from said rotating shaft by a predetermined frictional force generated between said rotating shaft and said spool shaft so as to enable said spool shaft to relatively rotate to said rotating shaft;
• a base section having an opening for processing said photographic film provided at a predetermined printing position of said photographic film between said cartridge loading section and said film accommodating section for support said photographic film;
• and
• transporting means disposed along said base portion for transporting said photographic film from said cartridge loading section to said film accommodating section.