Method of and apparatus for manufacturing rolled medium products
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorsTomohiro Nakata, Takayuki Fujiwara
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Abstract
Core data required to manufacture rolls in a film processing and cutting machine are obtained, and core data of cores supplied by a core supply apparatus are also obtained. These core data are compared with each other, and cores having the conforming core data are selected and supplied to the film processing and cutting machine. When supplied with the cores, the film processing and cutting machine winds films cut to a given length and width around respective cores, and then supplies obtained products to a main feed unit according to the sequence of address information established on a film roll.
Claims18
A method of manufacturing products in a plurality of types having different specifications, the method comprising:
- a) manufacturing rolled medium products from intermediate products;
- b) rolling a medium;
- c) adding address information to the products, each address information uniquely identifying a respective intermediate product;
- and
- d) transferring the products together with the address information from a plurality of feed means to a common feed line via a transfer means;
- wherein a sequence of the transferring in step d) is determined by
- storing a preceding address information in a memory associated with the transfer means, the preceding address information being the address information of a preceding one of the products that has been transferred to the common feed line, and
- transferring a subsequent one of the products selected from said plurality of feed means to the common feed line, the subsequent one of the products having address information in a predetermined sequential relationship to the preceding address information.
A method of manufacturing products in a plurality of types having different specifications, the method comprising:
- a) manufacturing products from intermediate products;
- b) adding address information to the products, each address information uniquely identifying a respective intermediate product before the intermediate product is used in step a);
- and
- c) transferring the products together with the address information from a plurality of feed means to a single feed line via a transfer means;
- wherein a sequence of the transferring in step c) is determined by
- storing a preceding address information in a memory associated with the transfer means, the preceding address information being the address information of a preceding one of the products that has been transferred to the single feed line, and
- transferring a subsequent one of the products to the single feed line, the subsequent one of the products having address information in a predetermined relationship to the preceding address information,
- wherein the address information comprises positional information on the intermediate products which become the products,
- wherein the positional information comprises slit numbers successively defined in a first direction of cut webs as said intermediate products and block numbers successively defined in a second direction which is substantially perpendicular to the first direction.
An apparatus for manufacturing products in a plurality of types having different specifications, the apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of feed means for feeding rolled medium products manufactured from intermediate products;
- a common feed line for feeding said products fed by said feed means;
- transfer means for transferring said products fed by said feed means to said common feed line;
- address information holding means for holding address information that is associated with said products, each address information uniquely identifying a respective intermediate product;
- preceding address information holding means for storing a preceding address information, said preceding address information being said address information of a preceding one of said products that has been transferred to said common feed line;
- and
- product selecting means for selecting a subsequent one of said products from said plurality of feed means to be transferred to said common feed line, said subsequent one of said products having address information in a predetermined sequential relationship to said preceding address information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.