Apparatus for assembling photographic film cassette

An apparatus for assembling a photographic film cassette having at least a pair of shell halves and a spool assembly mounted coaxially rotatable between said shell halves, said apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of pallets having the same construction;
• a pallet conveyer for stepwise conveying said pallets to seriatim stop at a series of stations for sequentially feeding parts of said photographic film cassette to each of said pallets, and/or assembling said parts into 9 photographic film cassette;
• a spool holder provided on each of said pallets for holding said spool assembly with its axis oriented vertically as said spool assembly is assembled;
• a shell holder provided on each of said pallets for holding one of said shell halves with its axis oriented horizontally;
• an intermediate holder provided on each of said pallets for supporting said spool assembly with its axis oriented horizontally;
• a first device disposed in one of said stations, for moving said spool assembly from said spool holder to said intermediate holder within the same pallet after assembly of said spool assembly is complete;
• and
• a second device disposed in a following one of said stations, for removing said spool assembly from said intermediate holder and mounting said spool assembly in said one shell half that is held in said shell holder of the same pallet.