Method and apparatus for feeding film-loaded cartridges

Details Method and apparatus for feeding film-loaded cartridges Method and apparatus for feeding film-loaded cartridges

1997-02-19

1999-07-27

Werner, Frank E.

Material or article handling

Device for emptying portable receptacle

With jarring means

414412, 4147981, 414413, 414417, 29806, B65G 6540

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059279290

ABSTRACT:
A film feed apparatus in which cartridge panels capable of carrying a plurality of films in cartridges are used to store films and feed them continuously into a photoprinter. The film feed apparatus includes a cartridge storage unit, a panel mover, a cartridge separator, a cartridge conveyor, a panel storage unit. Cartridge panels are sent to a specific cartridge separating station, where separating arms are inserted in openings formed in each panel to separate cartridges from the panel and drop them through an opening. The cartridges separated from the panel are sent on a conveyor belt onto another conveyor belt and fed in a single file. The empty panels are stacked in the panel storage unit by a panel stacker.

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