JPH055105B2 - - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (Field of Industrial Application) This invention is a method for recording image information such as a face photograph and/or visible information such as a name, address, and other characters, symbols, and codes on the card surface using a photographic method. In addition to this information, identification cards, credit cards, and other cards (hereinafter referred to as ID cards) may have invisible information recorded using optical or electrical methods to prevent counterfeiting and theft. abbreviated)
A mechanism for transporting photographic materials using the diffusion transfer method used in production devices, more specifically, a mechanism for transporting photographic materials using the diffusion transfer method while adapting them to the diffusion transfer conditions of the photosensitive element and image-receiving element. It is related to.

(Prior technology) Traditionally, when creating an ID card, improvements have been made since the initial method of pasting a face photo onto a card mount and typing in text information such as name, address, date of birth, etc. This is based on a photographic method in which these different kinds of information are printed on the card surface using a photographic method.

The applicant of this application has been researching the creation of ID cards using the photo method for a long time, and has
Utility Model Publication No. 28144, JP-A-49-123016, JP-A No. 55
−17577, No. 59-15923 No. 59-17546, Japanese Patent Application No. 58-45819, No. 58-45820, No. 58-
We have proposed a device as described in the specification of No. 53844,
In actual use, ID card creation consists of a direct photographing machine type 2 (MODEL IDC 9111), an automatic developing machine type 2 (MODEL IDC 9411), and an automatic laminating/cutting machine (MODEL IDC 9911). There is a device.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In the conventional apparatus described above, a roll of photographic material is used, and the photographing machine, automatic developing machine, and automatic laminating/cutting machine are each independent devices. Because of this, the rolled photographic materials had to be moved manually, which was a complicated process and took too much time to create the cards.

This invention was created as part of research and development aimed at making ID card creation devices more compact, labor-saving, and faster using the photographic method. The purpose of this project is to satisfy these demands by using a photographic material that has been developed by the diffusion transfer method. The main purpose of this invention is to clarify the mechanism by which the present invention operates, and other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description and accompanying drawings.

(Structure of the Invention) To achieve the above object, the photographic material conveying mechanism according to the present invention has a pair of right-hand shelves of approximately the same height at opposing positions on the inner wall of a frame forming a certain partitioned space. A and left shelf/B are prepared, and in the middle position between the left and right shelves A and B, the standard height is about half of the height of the left and right shelves A and B, and the upper or lower direction is set. A central shelf C that moves in height is prepared, and three actuating plates are prepared that sequentially move four places on the left and right shelves A and B and both ends of the central shelf C. Each time the central shelf C is moved horizontally one position, the central shelf C is moved upward or downward, and the photographic materials on each shelf are transferred from the right shelf A to the lower central shelf C.
The photographic materials are transported in the order of lower left shelf B or left shelf B → lower central shelf C → lower right shelf A, and the photographic materials are maintained in a partitioned space for a certain period of time. The material is a photographic material produced by a diffusion transfer method, and is characterized in that it is a bonded body of a photosensitive material and an image-receiving paper.

The specific configuration will be explained below.

Before explaining the configuration of this invention in detail, first,
An example of an ID card production device to which the present invention is applied will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 5.

ID card production device using photographic material produced by color diffusion transfer method 1 This device uses photographic material (including monochrome, hereinafter the same) produced by color diffusion transfer method, photosensitive material (photosensitive element) and image receiving paper (image receiving element). The photosensitive material is prepared in the form of a roll, which is attached to the image receiving paper during transfer, and is then peeled off. An example is the seventh
As shown in the figure, a photosensitive material 205 is attached to a support 20
5A and a photographic emulsion layer 205B.
It is formed of an 8B write layer 202. 204
is a protective layer formed later.

1 and 2 are schematic side views of the apparatus, which is composed of a photographing section A, a developing section B, and a protective layer forming section C. The explanation will be given below.

The photographing section A is a part that compositely photographs (exposes) the face photograph (person image) of the person to whom the card is issued and information such as name, date of birth, address (data image) on the photosensitive surface of the photographic material. .

To photograph a person image, the subject person is positioned in front of the photographing section A, the focal length is measured by the light beam generator 110, and the strobe device 120 is used.
Take a photo of your face. The incident light is projected onto the photosensitive material 205 through the path of the mirror 111, lens 112, shutter 113, mask plate 114, and built-in screen 134. In addition, the aperture and color correction are done by the lens 112.
The exposure time is determined by a shutter 113. In addition, in the illustrated apparatus, photographing of a person image and photographing of a data image, which will be described later, are performed separately, and the mask plate 114 is separated from the mask section for photographing a person image and the mask section for data image photographing. Becomes,
When photographing a person image, a mask section for photographing a person is arranged so that only the portion of the photosensitive material 200 where the person image is printed is released and other photosensitive surfaces are not exposed, and is moved when the photographing of the person image is completed.
A data image photographing mask section is placed at an exposure position, and a data image is photographed.

Reference numeral 130 is a CRT, on which information necessary for card issuance from among the computer information previously entered is displayed in a predetermined arrangement, with black letters and a luminous background, on an upright statue. Is displayed. The spectral characteristics of the phosphor of the CRT 130 are set so that the light-emitting portion is white compared to the photosensitive material. Therefore, the screen of the CRT 130 is
A shutter 132, a frame, an item name, a red stamp, etc. are formed, and when projected onto the photosensitive material 205 through the built-in screen 134, personal information is printed as black characters on a white background.

Exposure amount correction and color correction are performed by the aperture and filter built into the lens 131, and the exposure time is adjusted by the shutter 132, but these may also be performed by adjusting the CRT screen. .

In this device, the photosensitive material (photosensitive element) and the image receiving paper (image receiving element) are separate pieces of photographic material (including monochrome, hereinafter the same) produced by the color diffusion transfer method, and are pasted together with the image receiving paper during transfer. Since the photosensitive material 205 is of a type that is later peeled off, the photosensitive material 205 is exposed to a reverse image.

The photographic material supply/transport mechanism and processing device are constructed as follows.

The photosensitive material 205 is prepared in the form of a roll in a magazine 280, and is transported by a transport roller 281 of a transport device.
Accordingly, it is transported and sent to the exposure position where the built-in screen 134 is located. In addition, the magazine 280
The portion of the photosensitive material 205 that was exposed to the outside before being set is cut by the cutter 282 and discharged to the outside via the discharge roller 283.
A person image and a data image are photographed at the exposure position, and when the photographing is completed, the cutter 282 cuts the image to a size slightly larger than the ID card.
The activator is introduced into the dipping section 285 via the conveyance roller 284, and then the activator is immersed in the activator.
86. Card-shaped image receiving paper 2 prepared in the stocker 287 is placed on the roller 286.
88 is guided one by one to the upper surface of the bonding adjustment plate 291 according to the take-out roller 289 and the guide roller 290 and is on standby. At the roller 286 part,
When the exposed photosensitive material 205 is held on the lower surface of the image receiving paper 288, the bonding adjustment plate 291 moves in the direction of the arrow and guides it to the pressure roller 292. The exposed photosensitive material 205 and the image receiving paper 28 are pressed together by the pressure roller 292.
Once the crimping (bonding) of step 8 is completed, the saucer 3
After being dropped into 00, it is synchronously transferred to a heat-retaining tank 293. The bonded body of the exposed photosensitive material 205 and the image receiving paper 288 transferred to the heat-retaining tank 293 is moved alternately on the central shelf and the shelves on both sides, which are configured at different levels, in accordance with the left-right movement of the drive plate. During this time, the image on the photosensitive material 205 is transferred to the image receiving paper 288. The bonded body of the photosensitive material 205 and the image-receiving paper 288 side that has left the bottom stage of the heat-retaining tank 293 is guided by a guide roller 294 and sent to the peeling section 295, where the photosensitive material 205 and the image-receiving paper 288 are separated.
Peeling is performed. Peeled photosensitive material 205
is disposed of in a waste box 296, and the image-receiving paper 288 with the image transferred thereto is conveyed to a neutralization section 297, where a neutralizing solution stored in a neutralization tank is roll-coated onto the image surface, and then transferred to a drying section 298. It is transported and dried with hot air using a heater and fan.

Note that the hot air from the drying section 209 is used to heat the heat retention tank 293.

The image receiving paper 288 that has been processed in the developing section B is automatically transferred to the protective layer forming section C, where a protective layer 204 is formed on the print surface.

To form the protective layer 204, a laminate film is conventionally heat-sealed, but setting materials etc. is very complicated, so it is preferable to form the protective layer 204 using, for example, a UV curable resin. , is desirable from the viewpoint of improving work efficiency and forming a protective layer with good stability.

As shown in FIG.
The coating mechanism 420 applies UV to the photosensitive surface of 88.
A monomer (including oligomer) that forms a curable resin is applied, and the resin is sent to an ultraviolet irradiation device 440 along a conveyor belt 430 and irradiated with ultraviolet rays.
This is done by curing a UV curable resin.

In addition, in the illustrated device, the protective layer is formed using UV curable resin, but the patent application
It is also possible to form the protective layer 204 using the resins described in Nos. 58-24092 and 59-40567, other photocurable resins, electron beam curable resins, and reactive polymer resins.

Furthermore, if an ultraviolet absorber is added to the resin forming the protective layer 204, even if the card is accidentally exposed to sunlight for a long period of time, the printed surface will not change color or fade. Preventable.

If the image-receiving paper 288 is cut to the size of the ID card from the beginning, there is no need to use a conventional cutter device, and the card creation is completed by curing the UV curing resin.

In the above, the present invention uses a type of photosensitive material 205 prepared in a roll as a photographic material and an image receiving paper cut into a card shape, which can be peeled off after pasting the two together. However, the present invention is also applicable to the following devices.

ID card production device using photographic material by color diffusion transfer method 2 The photosensitive material 205 itself is also cut into card shapes in advance. In this case, the mechanism for storing, supplying, and transporting the photosensitive material 205 naturally needs to be changed.

ID card production device using photographic material by color diffusion transfer method 3 In ID card production devices 1 and 2 using photographic material by color diffusion transfer method described above, the photosensitive material 205 and image receiving paper 288 are of a peelable type. However, it is also possible to use a type that does not separate the two.

ID card production device using photographic material produced by color diffusion transfer method 4 A card-like type photographic material produced by color diffusion transfer method in which a photosensitive element (photosensitive material) and an image receiving element (image receiving paper) are integrally formed in advance. It uses Further, both a type that allows the photosensitive element (photosensitive material) and the image receiving element (image receiving paper) to be peeled off and a type that does not require peeling are both available. In these cases, the bonding mechanism shown in FIG. 1 is not necessary.

Next, embodiments of the invention will be described in detail.

In FIG. 1, a person image and a data image are photographed on the photosensitive material 205 through the steps described above;
When the bonding of the image-receiving paper 288 is completed, the bonded body is dropped from the pressure roller 292 onto the tray 300 and held therein in order to temporarily synchronize the supply timing, and then placed in the heat-retaining tank 293 according to the timing signal. It will be relocated.

The heat retaining tank 293 has a structure shown in FIGS. 3 to 6. That is, three shelves 302, 303, 304 are formed on the longitudinal inner wall of the frame 301, the left and right shelves 302, 304 have the same height, and the center shelf 303 is located between the left and right shelves 302, 304. is set to a height of . Reference numeral 305 denotes three actuating plates whose arrangement intervals correspond to the arrangement of the shelves 302, 303, and 304. As shown in FIG. 5, they are arranged in the center of the shelves and reach the bottom. This actuating plate 305 is held by slide shafts 306, 306 fixed to the side surface of the frame 301, and is reciprocated in the direction of the arrow by a mechanism that converts the rotational motion of the motor 307 into linear reciprocating motion, and its movement amount is is shelf 3
This approximately corresponds to the lengths of 02, 303, and 304.
Next, the mechanism of the heat-retaining tank 293 will be explained with reference to FIG. When the actuating plate 305 is actuated to the left, the bonding plate of the photosensitive material 205 dropped from the tray 300 to the top A of the central shelf 303 and the image receiving paper 288 is moved as the actuating plate 305B moves to the left. It is pushed and moved to the left shelf B. At this time, since the actuating plates 305A, 305B, and 305C move in the same way, the bonded body (photographic material)
03 A to the left shelf B pushed by the actuating plate 305B
As the actuating plate 305A is moved to the left side of the left shelf 302, the actuating plate 305C escapes to the left side of the left shelf 302, and the actuating plate 305C moves to the left side of the left shelf 302.
will be moved to the position. Next, the actuating plate 3
When 05 is actuated to the right, the bonded body that was fed first is pushed by the actuating plate 305A and moves to 302.
is moved from B to C of the central shelf 303. At this time, after the actuating plate moves to the left, the second bonded body fed into A of the central shelf 303 is the actuating plate 3.
It is pushed by 05B and moved to a on the right shelf. Thereafter, in the same manner, the preceding bonded body is changed from D→E→
The second bonded body is transferred to F→G→H→I→J→K in the order of b→c→d→e→f→g→h→i→j, and is transferred to the peeling mechanism according to the conveyance roller 294. 29
5. Note that in the above description, the bonded body always moves from the tray 300 to the central shelf 303.
It is assumed that the bonded body is supplied to the shelves 302 and 3 if the supplies are synchronized.
It may be dropped on either of the top rows of 03 and 304.

(Effects of the Invention) The photographic material conveying mechanism according to the present invention can be used in a heat-retaining tank 2 in an ID card producing device, for example.
93 etc., by repeatedly starting and stopping the motor 307, it is possible to transport a large number of photographic materials to the next peeling process while keeping them warm for a certain period of time in a narrow space. This is useful for making the device more compact, and
Since the heated air in the drying section 298 is used for heat retention, there is also an advantage in energy saving, so the above-mentioned purpose can be achieved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an ID card production device to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a protective layer forming device, FIG. 3 is a plan view showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is also a front view, and Figure 5 is Figure 3 V.
6 is a functional explanatory diagram; FIG. 7 is a sectional diagram of a photographic material obtained by color diffusion transfer;
It is. In the figure, 110 is a light beam generator;
1 is a mirror, 112 is a lens, 113 is a shutter, 114 is a mask plate, 120 is a strobe device,
130 is a CRT, 131 is a lens, 132 is a shutter, 133 is a reflector, 134 is a built-in screen, 202 is a writing layer, 204 is a protective layer, 20
5 is a photosensitive material (photographic material made by color diffusion transfer method), 205A is a support, 205B is a photosensitive emulsion layer, 280 is a magazine, 281 is a conveyance roller, 2
82 is a cutter, 283 is a discharge roller, 284 is a conveyance roller, 285 is a dipping section, 286 is a roller, 2
87 is a stocker, 288 is an image receiving paper (for photographic materials made by color diffusion transfer method), 288A is a support, 2
88B is an image receiving layer, 289 is a take-out roller, 29
0 is a guide roller, 291 is a bonding adjustment plate, 29
2 is a pressure roller, 293 is a heat-retaining tank, 294 is a guide roller, 295 is a peeling part, 296 is a waste box, 29
7 is a neutralization section, 298 is a drying section, 300 is a saucer,
301 is a frame body, 302, 303, 304 are shelves, 3
Reference numeral 05 indicates an operating plate, 306 a slide shaft, 307 a motor, 410 and 430 conveyor belts, 420 a coating mechanism, and 440 an ultraviolet irradiation device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A pair of right-hand shelves A and left-hand shelves/B of approximately the same height are prepared at opposing positions on the inner wall of the frame that forms a certain partitioned space, and a pair of right-hand shelves A and left-hand shelves/B are provided at positions midway between the left and right shelves A/B. prepares a central shelf C that moves upward or downward with a standard height of approximately half the height of the left and right shelves A and B, and also
Prepare three actuating plates that sequentially move four places on both ends of B and central shelf C, and each time the actuating plates are moved one place in the horizontal direction, Move the photographic materials on each shelf upward or downward, from right shelf A to lower central shelf C to lower left shelf B.
Alternatively, the photographic material is transported in the order of left shelf B → lower central shelf C → lower right shelf A, and the photographic material is maintained in a divided space for a certain period of time, and the photographic material is transferred by diffusion transfer. 1. A conveying mechanism for a photographic material, which is a photographic material produced by the method, and is characterized by being a bonded body of a light-sensitive material and an image-receiving paper.