US 6,778,256 B2Granted

Image recording device having a conveying mechanism

AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.

InventorNaoyuki Morita

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Abstract

An image recording device which cuts an elongated photosensitive material, and disposes plural rows of photosensitive material sheets in parallel, and simultaneously conveys the photosensitive material sheets. The elongated photosensitive material pulled-out from a magazine is cut by a cutter into a plurality of sheet-shaped photographic printing papers of predetermined widths. The photographic printing papers are conveyed by first conveying roller pairs to predetermined positions on a conveying path. Due to nipping of the first conveying roller pairs being released, the photographic printing papers, which have been conveyed to conveying positions of respective rows, abut a stopper such that trailing ends of the photographic printing papers are aligned. Further, due to the plurality of photographic printing papers being nipped by second roller pairs, the plurality of photographic printing papers are conveyed toward an exposure position simultaneously in plural rows on the conveying path.

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Dependent claims

An image recording device for exposing a photosensitive material, which is being conveyed, and recording an image on the photosensitive material, said image recording device comprising:

a housing for housing the photosensitive material;
a conveying path of the photosensitive material, which includes an intersection region, extends in a first direction towards the intersection region, and at the intersection region, further extends in a second direction, which intersects the first direction;
a first conveying mechanism for pulling the photosensitive material out from the housing, conveying the photosensitive material in the first direction along the conveying path, and positioning at least one photosensitive material sheet at the intersection region;
and
a second conveying mechanism for conveying the at least one photosensitive material sheet, which is at the intersection region, from the intersection region in the second direction along the conveying path, wherein the first conveying mechanism positions an edge of one photosensitive material sheet at one of different positions over the intersection region according to at least one of a size of the one photosensitive material or a number of photosensitive material sheets, and a leading edge of the at least one photosensitive material sheet when conveyed in the first direction is substantially parallel to the second direction.

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