JPH0734108B2 - Image recording and developing device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an image recording / developing apparatus, and more particularly, to an image recording mechanism for irradiating a photographic light-sensitive material with laser light modulated based on image information to record an image thereon. The present invention relates to an image recording / developing apparatus including an automatic developing mechanism for automatically developing a photographic light-sensitive material after image recording is completed.

Recently, a radiation image recording / reproducing system for obtaining a radiation transmission image of a subject by using a stimulable fluorescent substance (stimulable fluorescent substance) has been developed, and in particular, it is being widely spread in the medical field. Here, the stimulable phosphor means radiation (X-ray, α-ray, β-ray, γ
Line, electron beam, ultraviolet ray, etc.) means a phosphor that accumulates a part of this radiation energy, and stimulates emission in response to the accumulated energy by irradiating excitation light such as visible light afterwards. .

The above-mentioned radiation image recording / reproducing system uses this stimulable phosphor, and the radiation image information of the human body or the like is once recorded on a sheet having a layer made of the stimulable phosphor, and this stimulable phosphor sheet. To generate stimulated emission light by scanning with excitation light such as laser light, to obtain an image signal by photoelectrically reading the obtained stimulated emission light, recording material such as a photographic photosensitive material based on the image signal, The image is output to a CRT or the like as a visible image.

Here, when permanently recording the radiation image information once accumulated on the stimulable phosphor sheet on the recording material, an image recording device, for example, an image output laser printer device is adopted. That is, this device stores a film which is a recording material through a magazine and the like, and takes out the films one by one by a sheet-fed mechanism such as a suction plate, and then converts them into image signals obtained from a stimulable phosphor sheet. Based on this, the film is irradiated with laser light to record a predetermined image.

Therefore, in such a structure, the film on which the new image is recorded is conveyed into the automatic developing device. Here, first, the film is conveyed into a developing tank that stores a developing solution for development, and then, the film is passed through a fixing tank that stores a fixing solution to perform a fixing process, and then a water tank that stores washing water. The processing solution is removed by transporting the film to the film or spraying washing water directly onto the film by spraying or the like to perform the developing process of the film.

Next, this film is dried by squeezing the water adhering to the film with a roller or the like that constitutes a squeeze part, then being conveyed to a drying part and being blown with warm air (about 55 ° C.),
After that, it is stored in a predetermined place and used for medical diagnosis and the like as needed.

By the way, in an image recording / developing apparatus including an image recording apparatus and an automatic developing apparatus, conventionally, an introducing section for loading a film is provided in a front portion of the image recording apparatus, while a rear portion of the automatic developing apparatus is provided after completion of development. A lead-out unit for leading out the film is provided. For this reason, the operator must load the film from the front part of the image recording / developing device and take out the film derived after the image recording / developing is completed from the rear part of the device. Or it must be transported to the storage location.

Therefore, the loading and unloading work of the film becomes complicated, and a special space for the unloading work of the film is required in the room where the image recording and developing device is arranged, on the rear side or the side part of the device. That is, there is a drawback that the space occupied by the device in the room becomes considerably large. Moreover, when the image recording / developing apparatus is incorporated into a radiation image recording / reproducing system, a space for taking out the film in the image recording / developing apparatus must be provided, and the radiation image recording / reproducing system is made compact and occupied by this system. There is an inconvenience that it is difficult to reduce the floor area of the floor as much as possible.

The present invention has been made in order to overcome the above-mentioned inconveniences, and an introduction part for introducing an unexposed photographic light-sensitive material into an image recording mechanism and a lead-out part for carrying out a photographic light-sensitive material after development are close to each other. On the other hand, the loading and unloading operations of the photographic light-sensitive material are carried out by the automatic developing mechanism and the outlet side of the drying section for drying the photographic light-sensitive material is made to face the outlet section. Do it all on one side,
Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a more compact image recording / developing apparatus which can perform the above-mentioned work extremely easily and in a short time, secure a work space in this work, and further shorten the conveying route of the photographic light-sensitive material. .

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides an image recording mechanism for irradiating the unexposed film with light having image information to record a predetermined image on the unexposed film, and an automatic film recording mechanism after the image recording is completed. An image recording / developing device comprising an automatic developing mechanism for developing selectively, wherein the image recording mechanism and the automatic developing mechanism are respectively made of individual casings, and the casings are arranged side by side in the lateral direction, The image recording mechanism includes an introduction part for loading a plurality of unexposed films, and a laser beam irradiation for irradiating the unexposed films taken out one by one from the plurality of unexposed films with light having image information. Means and a lead-out portion provided above the image recording mechanism for discharging the film after completion of image recording and development, wherein the automatic developing mechanism is the image recording mechanism. A processing unit including a developing unit, a fixing unit, and a water washing unit, which are sequentially arranged in a direction away from the processing unit; and a drying unit disposed above the processing unit. It is characterized in that it has a transport path for transporting the developed film in a direction substantially opposite to the direction in which it is transported from the image recording mechanism to the automatic developing mechanism while being dried, and delivering it to the lead-out section.

Next, preferred embodiments of the image recording / developing apparatus according to the present invention will be given and described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 to 3, reference numeral 10 denotes an image recording / developing apparatus according to the present invention, the image recording / developing apparatus 10 includes an image recording mechanism 12 and an automatic developing mechanism 14, and the automatic developing mechanism 14 is It basically comprises a film processing section 16 and a film drying section 18 which are processing means.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a film loading port (introduction part) 20 is provided on the front upper surface of the image recording mechanism 12, and a film accumulating part (outlet part) is provided on the upper part of the image recording mechanism 12. ) 22 is formed. A chamber 24 defined in the image recording mechanism 12 communicates with the outside through the film loading port 20, and a film magazine 26 is detachably attached to the image recording mechanism 12 from the film loading port 20.

A plurality of films F are stacked and stored in the film magazine 26, and the film take-out opening 27 provided in the film magazine 26 is opened in the chamber 24. In this case, a single-wafer mechanism including a suction plate 28 facing the opening 27 is provided in the chamber 24, and a roller pair is provided below the suction plate 28.
29 is arranged, and below the roller pair 29, two pairs of rollers 30 and 31 for conveying the film F are provided.
A drum 32 is arranged vertically below the roller pair 31, and a pair of rollers 34 and 36 arranged in parallel to each other are arranged on the drum 32 so as to face each other in the vertical direction. Further, an endless conveyor belt 38 is provided extending from below the drum 32 in the vertical direction.

In this case, the upper portion and the lower portion of the conveyor belt 38 are bent and extend in the horizontal direction and in the opposite directions, respectively, and the roller 39 contacts the lower bent portion of the conveyor belt 38. Further, an endless transfer belt 40 is slidably contacted with the transfer belt 38. The upper end portion side of the conveyor belt 40 is bent in the horizontal direction and extends to face the film carry-out port 42 which communicates with the adjacent automatic developing mechanism 14. A detection sensor 43 for detecting the presence / absence of the film F being conveyed is provided at the film outlet 42, and an outlet closing means, that is, a shutter member 44 is provided. In addition, roller pair
Between 29 and 30, between roller pair 31 and drum 32 and drum
If a guide plate or the like is provided between 32 and the conveyor belt 38, the film F can be suitably conveyed.

Further, in the image recording mechanism 12, a laser device (laser beam irradiation means) 46 for irradiating the film F conveyed to the drum 32 with a laser beam from between the rollers 34 and 36 is provided. The laser device 46 is basically a laser tube 48.
It includes an optical modulator 50, an optical deflector 52, a scanning lens 54, and reflecting mirrors 56 and 58.

The image recording mechanism 12 thus configured is provided with a control unit 60 for controlling the drive of the image recording mechanism 12 and the automatic developing mechanism 14.

On the other hand, in the film processing section 16 which constitutes the automatic developing mechanism 14, a film detection section 66 is provided near the upper end side of the conveyor belt 40. The detection unit 66 includes an insertion roller 68, a detection roller 70, and a micro switch 72. The detection roller 70 is provided when the conveyed film F is inserted between the detection roller 70 and the insertion roller 68. It is configured to be displaced vertically upward. The micro switch 72 detects that one film F is inserted between the detection roller 70 and the insertion roller 68.

A first rack 74 is provided adjacent to the detection unit 66.
The first rack 74 includes a curved guide plate, and functions to send the film F passing through the detecting unit 66 to the developing unit 76 with its traveling direction deviated by 90 °.

A developing solution is stored in a tank 78 that constitutes the developing section 76, and a developing rack 80 including a plurality of rollers and guide plates is provided in the tank 78. A second rack 82 composed of rollers and guide plates is provided at the end of the developing rack 80, and a fixing portion 84 is formed on the outlet side of the second rack 82 and has a plurality of rollers and guide plates. It is close to the fuser rack 86. The fixing rack 86 is a tank 88.
Installed in the fixing solution stored in the fixing rack 86, and at the end of the fixing rack 86, a third member including a roller and a guide plate.
Racks 90 are provided. A washing rack 94 that constitutes a washing section 92 is disposed on the outlet side of the third rack 90, and the washing rack 94 is immersed in the washing water stored in a tank 96, and its exit side is made into a squeeze section 98. I am facing. The squeeze unit 98 is composed of rollers and guide plates, and functions to move the film F conveyed vertically upward from the water washing unit 92 to the film drying unit 18 by displacing the direction.

As shown in FIG. 2, the film drying section 18 is disposed above the film processing section 16 and closes the opening 99 of the film processing section 16. The upper surface of the film drying unit 18 is inclined downward as it is directed rearward,
Supporting pins 100a and 100b are attached to the inside of the rear part of the film 18, and the film drying part 18 is pivotally supported with respect to the film processing part 16. Although the film drying unit 18 is inclined vertically upward with respect to the image recording mechanism 12 side, if the support pins 100a and 100b, which are the center of rotation, are arranged a predetermined distance above the illustrated position, It will be readily appreciated that the film dryer 18 could be provided to extend horizontally from the film stack 22.

The film drying unit 18 includes a roller group 102a composed of a plurality of rollers contacting one surface side of the film F, and a plurality of rollers contacting the other surface side of the film F and arranged alternately with the roller group 102a. And a roller group 102b composed of the above are arranged so as to be directed toward the image recording mechanism 12 side and be inclined upward in the vertical direction. A transport path for transporting the film F to the film stacking unit 22 is formed by the roller groups 102a and 102b.
A plurality of air blowing tubes 104a facing the respective rollers of the roller group 102b are provided on the roller group 102a side, and a plurality of air blowing tubes 104b facing the respective rollers of the roller group 102a are provided on the roller group 102b side. Are installed. In this case, slit-like dry air blowing openings 106a, 106b for ejecting warm air toward the film F conveyed between the roller groups 102a, 102b are formed in the air blowing tubes 104a, 104b. .

A dry air supply unit 110 is connected to the film drying unit 18 via a duct 108. The dry air feeding unit 110 has a thermostat, an electric heater, etc., and the film drying unit 18
It is configured to supply warm air of a predetermined temperature (about 55 ° C) to the. In this case, the film drying unit 18 is the film processing unit 16
Since it is swingable with respect to the duct 108, the duct 108 is formed of, for example, a bellows-shaped heat-resistant resin material, or the duct 108 and the film are connected to the duct 108 through a rotary joint or the like at the swing center of the film drying unit 18. It is desirable to configure the connection with the drying unit 18.

A pair of rollers 112 is provided on the exit side of the film drying section 18, and the film carry-out port 114 is provided close to the pair of rollers 112.
To form. The film outlet 114 faces the film stacking section 22 of the image recording mechanism 12.

In the automatic developing mechanism 14 configured in this manner, vibration generated when operating the automatic developing mechanism 14 is transmitted to the image recording mechanism 12 so as not to cause disturbance of the laser light and the like. It is preferable to provide the following vibration absorbing means. Further, it is desirable to interpose a light shielding member between the film processing section 16 and the film drying section 18.

The image recording / developing apparatus of this embodiment is basically constructed as described above. Next, its operation and effect will be described.

First, when the film magazine 26 is attached to the image recording mechanism 12 from the film loading port 20, the opening 27 of the film magazine 26 is opened into the chamber 24. Then, the sheet-fed mechanism including the suction plate 28 is driven under the driving action of the control unit 60, and the film F is taken out from the film magazine 26 one by one by the suction plate 28. The film F taken out is a roller pair 2
Drum 32 and rollers 34, 3 conveyed by 9, 30 and 31
It is sandwiched between 6 and.

Here, the image signal obtained from the accumulative phosphor sheet in the image reading unit (not shown) is previously sent to the control unit 60, and the driving operation of the control unit 60 is performed based on this image signal. The laser device 46 operates properly. That is,
The laser light emitted from the laser tube 48 by the image signal is modulated by the optical modulator 50 based on the image information, and the modulated laser light reaches the optical deflector 52 and is subjected to main scanning deflection, and further collected by the scanning lens 54. After being illuminated, the reflection mirror 5
The film F is irradiated from between the rollers 34 and 36 via 6, 58. At this time, the optical deflector 52, the scanning lens 54, the reflecting mirrors 56, 58, etc. are displaced by a predetermined amount, and a predetermined image is recorded on the film F.

After the image recording is completed, the film F is sandwiched between the conveyor belts 38 and 40 and is conveyed vertically upward from the lower side of the image recording mechanism 12 and then formed between the image recording mechanism 12 and the automatic developing mechanism 14. After passing through the film carry-out port 42, it reaches the detection unit 66.

Next, the detection sensor 43 detects the film F, and the shutter member 44 is driven to open the film outlet 42. The shutter member 44 is closed again when the detection sensor 43 detects the completion of passage of the film F, that is, when the film F is completely conveyed to the automatic developing mechanism 14 side. In this way, the image recording mechanism 12 and the automatic developing mechanism
It will be isolated from 14 except when necessary.

When the film F passes through the detecting section 66, the micro switch 72 is turned on and the film F is automatically developed.
Determine that it has been loaded into And the detection unit
The film F that has passed through 66 is first driven by the control unit 60.
It is transferred vertically downward through the rack 74, then sandwiched by the developing rack 80 and immersed in the developing solution in the tank 78. Further, the film F is conveyed to the side of the second rack 82 with its traveling direction deviated by 180 ° in the tank 78. The film F reaching the second rack 82 is transferred to the fixing rack 86 with its traveling direction deviated by 180 ° via a guide plate and rollers provided inside the second rack 82, and then the fixing unit 8
It is introduced into the fixer stored in the tank 88 inside the tank 4. Then, the film F is transferred vertically upward similarly to the developing unit 76 and further vertically downward via the third rack 90, and then in the tank 96 of the water washing unit 92 via the water washing rack 94. To be washed with water. After being washed with water, the film F is conveyed to the squeeze unit 98 and water adhering thereto is squeezed,
It is introduced into the film drying section 18.

In this case, the film F has roller groups 102a and 102b on both side surfaces.
Water transferred to the film F by the hot air of about 55 ° C. ejected from the dry air blowing openings 106a and 106b of the plurality of air blowing tubes 104a and 104b on the way. All evaporate. Therefore, finally, the film stacking unit 22 from the film discharge port 114 via the roller pair 112.
When the film F is conveyed to, the film F is preferably dried after finishing the developing process.

In this way, after operating the image recording / developing apparatus 10 for a predetermined time, the rack which constitutes the automatic developing mechanism 14 is regularly arranged.
Maintenance management of 82, 90, squeeze section 98, etc. is performed. In this case, as described above, the film drying unit 18 is the film processing unit.
Therefore, the opening 99 of the film processing unit 16 is opened to the outside when the film drying unit 18 is lifted in the direction of arrow A (see FIG. 3). Therefore, it is sufficient to remove the developer, the fixer, and other stains attached to the racks 82, 90 and the squeeze portion 98. At this time, replenishment or replacement of the developing solution, the fixing solution, and the washing water can be carried out as required.

When the above work is completed in this way, the film drying unit
18 is rocked in the direction of arrow B and placed on the film processing unit 16.

In this case, in this embodiment, since the film loading port 20 and the film stacking unit 22 are provided in the image recording mechanism 12 so as to be close to each other, the film loading / unloading work is simplified and the image recording / developing is performed. The device 10 can be easily incorporated into a radiation image recording / reproducing system.

That is, the worker mounts the film magazine 26 on the image recording mechanism 12 from the front of the image recording mechanism 12, and further takes out the film F after development from the film accumulating section 22 at the same position, and then the film F is removed. It may be transferred to a predetermined place. Therefore, unlike the conventional case, the worker does not have to move to the rear of the device to take out the film, and the device can be more easily used by the worker.

Moreover, as described above, since the loading and unloading operations of the film F are performed from the front of the image recording mechanism 12, it is not necessary to provide a space on the side or the rear side of the image recording and developing apparatus 10 when the film is unloaded. Therefore, the space occupied by the image recording / developing apparatus 10 can be suitably reduced, and, for example, a radiation image recording / reproducing system can be configured by arranging other apparatuses in parallel on both sides of the image recording / developing apparatus 10. .

Furthermore, the film drying section that constitutes the automatic developing mechanism 14
Since the exit side of 18 faces the film accumulating portion 22, it is possible to shorten the conveying path of the film F in the apparatus and efficiently transfer the film F.

Next, another embodiment of the image recording and developing apparatus according to the present invention is shown in FIGS.

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 120 indicates an image recording / developing apparatus according to the second embodiment, and the image recording / developing apparatus 120 includes an image recording mechanism 122 and an automatic developing mechanism 14. In this case, the magazine mounting table 126 is mounted on the side surface 124 of the image recording mechanism 122 so as to be drawn out from the image recording mechanism 122. Then, the film magazine 26 is loaded on the mounting table 126, the mounting table 126 is housed in the image recording mechanism 122 so as to close the film loading port 128, and the sheet is separated from the film magazine 26 in the image recording mechanism 122. A predetermined image is recorded on the film F to be recorded, and the film F after the image recording is completed is automatically developed by the automatic developing mechanism 14, and the film F is dried and the rear film outlet 130 is formed. It is configured to be sent from the film stacking unit 132 to the film stacking unit 132.

Therefore, the configuration of the image recording mechanism 122 will be described in detail below with reference to FIG.

That is, in the chamber 134 inside the image recording mechanism 122, there is provided a sheet-fed mechanism including a suction plate 136 which faces the film taking-out opening 27 of the film magazine 26 loaded into the image recording mechanism 122 via the mounting table 126. . Under the action of the driving source 138, the suction plate 136 is displaced on the orbit shown by the broken line in the figure and comes close to the first roller pair 140 for film transport. One end of a chain 142 is stretched around a sprocket that is axially mounted on one roller that constitutes the first roller pair 140. This chain 142 has a sprocket 144 that is axially mounted on a rotary drive shaft (not shown) of a rotary drive source 143. The sprocket (not shown) is engaged with and is stretched around a sprocket (not shown) that is axially attached to one roller of the second roller pair 146. In this case, a pair of guide plates 148 having a bent shape is provided between the first roller pair 140 and the second roller pair 146.
a and 148b are provided.

On the other hand, similarly, a pair of curved guide plates 150a and 150b are provided below the second roller pair 146.
A third roller pair 152 is arranged below the 150a and 150b.
One end of a chain 154 is stretched around a sprocket (not shown) that is axially attached to a pair of rollers of the third roller pair 152,
The other end of the chain 154 is stretched around a sprocket 158 that is mounted on a rotary drive shaft (not shown) of the rotary drive source 156.

Further, from the third roller pair 152, a sub-scanning conveyance unit 160 is provided at the lower left in the figure. The conveying means 160 includes a pair of rollers 162, 164 provided at a predetermined interval.
One roller 162a forming the roller pair 162 is pivotally attached to a rotary drive shaft (not shown) of the rotary drive source 166. The roller 162a is the other roller pair via a driving means such as a belt.
The other rollers 162b and 164b are connected to the roller 164a which constitutes 164, and are provided slidably in contact with the rollers 162a and 164a, respectively. Further, a laser device 168 for irradiating a laser beam from between the roller pairs 162 and 164 is arranged above the conveying means 160.

Guide plates 170a and 170b having a bent shape are arranged between the roller pair 164 and the third roller pair 152, while a guide plate bent toward the upper side in the vertical direction is bent near the roller pair 162. 172 is provided.

Next, the fourth roller pair 176 is disposed at the end of the guide plate 172, and the fifth roller pair 178 is provided above the fourth roller pair 176.
Is provided. In this case, the fourth roller pair 176 and the fifth roller pair
The roller pair 178 engages a sprocket rotatably attached to one of the rollers with a chain 184 stretched on a sprocket 182 rotatably attached to a rotation drive shaft (not shown) of the rotation drive source 180. Is configured to rotate in the direction of the arrow under the action of. A pair of guide plates 18 are provided between the fourth roller pair 176 and the fifth roller pair 178 and between the fifth roller pair 178 and the film carry-out port 186 of the image recording mechanism 122.
8a, 188b and 190a, 190b are arranged.

The film carry-out port 186 communicates with the inside of the automatic developing mechanism 14, and the automatic developing mechanism 14 has been described in detail in the first embodiment. Therefore, in this second embodiment, the detailed description will be omitted. Omit it.

In such a configuration, first, the mounting table 126 is pulled out from the side surface portion 124 of the image recording mechanism 122, the film magazine 26 is loaded on the mounting table 126, and then the mounting table 126 is stored in the image recording mechanism 122. .

Next, as shown in FIG. 5, the opening 27 of the film magazine 26 is opened in the chamber 134, and the suction plate 136 is displaced under the driving action of the driving source 138 on the track indicated by the broken line in the figure. 1 film F stored in the film magazine 26
The films F are taken out one by one, and the film F is exposed to the first roller pair 140. At this time, when the sprocket 144 is rotated under the driving action of the rotary drive source 143 and the first roller pair 140 is rotated in the arrow direction via the chain 142 stretched around the sprocket 144, the first roller pair 140 is rotated. Film F sandwiched between
The second roller pair 146 through the respective guide plates 148a and 148b.
Is transported to the side. Like the first roller pair 140, one end of a chain 142 is stretched around the second roller pair 146,
Therefore, the rotary drive source 143 rotates in the arrow direction under the driving action. Therefore, the film F sandwiched by the second roller pair 146 is further conveyed vertically downward through the second roller pair 146, passes through the guide plates 150a and 150b, and is transferred to the third roller pair 152 side. To be done. The third roller pair 152
A chain 154 stretched around a sprocket 158 connected to a rotary drive source 156 is engaged with the third roller pair 152.
Is rotated in the direction of the arrow under the drive of the rotary drive source 156 to guide the conveyed film F to the guide plates 170a and 170b.
It is sent to the conveying means 160 via.

Therefore, when the roller 162a engaged with the rotary drive source 166 is rotated in the arrow direction under the driving action of the rotary drive source 166, the roller 162a is rotated.
The roller 164a, which is engaged via a driving means (not shown), similarly rotates in the direction of the arrow. Then, the film F is first sandwiched by the roller pair 164 to be in the arrow C direction (scanning direction).
The laser device 168 is driven while being transported to. Therefore, the laser light 168 derived from the laser device 168 is
A is irradiated onto the film F from between the roller pairs 162 and 164 in the main scanning direction substantially orthogonal to the sub-scanning direction, and a predetermined image is recorded on the film F.
At this time, the film F is sandwiched between the roller pairs 164 and 162 and conveyed in the sub-scanning direction, and thereafter, the traveling direction thereof is deviated upward in the vertical direction via the guide plate 172.

Further, the fourth roller pair 176 is rotationally driven through the chain 184 stretched around the sprocket 182 which is rotated by the rotation of the rotary drive source 180, and the film F conveyed vertically upward is It is sandwiched by the four roller pair 176, passes between the guide plates 188a and 188b, and reaches the fifth roller pair 178. Next, the film F is sent out from the film carrying-out port 186 to the automatic developing mechanism 14 side while the traveling direction of the film F is deviated to the horizontal direction via the guide plates 190a and 190b under the rotating action of the fifth roller pair 178. Be done.

The film F conveyed into the automatic developing mechanism 14 is the first
Similar to the image recording / developing apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 to 3, after the predetermined developing process is finished and the film is suitably dried, the film outlet 130 to the film accumulating portion 132 are used.
To be transported to. That is, the image-recorded film F is transferred from the film outlet 130 to the film loading port 128.
Will be led out in the direction orthogonal to the film loading direction.

As described above, the image recording / developing device 12 according to the second embodiment.
At 0, the mounting table 126 for loading the film magazine 26
Is configured so that it can be drawn out from the image recording mechanism 122,
A film accumulating portion 132 is provided near the placing table 126. Therefore, similarly to the first embodiment described above, it will be easily understood that the advantages such as the film loading and unloading operations can be simplified at once.

In this case, the mounting table 126 is attached to the side surface of the image recording mechanism 122.
Although it is provided in 124, the drawing direction of the mounting table 126 and the conveying direction of the film F from the film outlet 130 to the film stacking unit 132 are selected to be the same direction, as shown by the chain line in FIG. Of course, you can. Further, also in the image recording / developing apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment, the film outlet 20 can be provided on the side of the image recording mechanism 12.

As described above, according to the present invention, the image recording mechanism is provided with the introducing section and the extracting section for loading and unloading the photographic photosensitive material in close proximity. Therefore, the work of loading and unloading the photographic light-sensitive material can be performed quickly and the work can be extremely simple. Moreover, it is not necessary to provide a space for carrying out the photographic light-sensitive material in the peripheral portion of the image recording / developing device, and the floor area occupied by the image recording / developing device can be narrowed as much as possible, and other devices can be installed in parallel with this device. Can be installed, especially,
It is possible to effectively use the small space in a hospital or the like. Further, since various processings are effectively performed on the photographic light-sensitive material during transportation in the apparatus, the processing time of the photographic light-sensitive material by the apparatus can be shortened.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment,
It goes without saying that various improvements and design changes can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an image recording / developing apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of the image recording / developing apparatus according to the present invention in which a part is omitted, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a schematic explanatory view during maintenance and management of the mechanism, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an image recording / developing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is an image recording mechanism constituting the image recording / developing apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 10 ... Image recording / developing device, 12 ... Image recording mechanism 14 ... Automatic developing mechanism, 16 ... Processing section 18 ... Drying section, 20 ... Film loading port 22 ... Film stacking section, 24 ... Chamber 26 ...... Film magazine, 46 ...... Laser device 66 …… Detecting unit, 76 …… Developing unit 92 …… Washing unit, 102a, 102b …… Roller group 104a, 104b …… Air blowing tube 120 …… Image recording and developing unit 122 …… Image recording mechanism, 126 …… Standing table 132 …… Film stacking unit

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Kenji Tajima Kenji Tajima, Kaisei-cho, Kanagawa Prefecture, 798, Miyadai, Fujinai Photo Film Co., Ltd. Incorporated (56) References JP-A-55-106450 (JP, A) JP-A-50-147717 (JP, A) Actual development 52-95428 (JP, U) JP-B-45-553 (JP, A) B1)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An image recording mechanism for irradiating an unexposed film with light having image information to record a predetermined image on the unexposed film, and an automatic developing mechanism for automatically developing the film after completion of image recording. An image recording / developing device consisting of the image recording mechanism and the automatic developing mechanism, each of which is composed of an individual housing, and the respective housings are juxtaposed side by side with each other, and the image recording mechanism comprises a plurality of sheets. An introduction part for loading an unexposed film, a laser beam irradiation means for irradiating the unexposed film taken out one by one from the plurality of unexposed films with light having image information, and an image recording mechanism of the image recording mechanism. And a lead-out section provided on the upper side for discharging the film after the image recording and developing is completed, and the automatic developing mechanism is sequentially arranged in a direction away from the image recording mechanism. A developing unit, a fixing unit, and a water washing unit, and a drying unit disposed above the processing unit, wherein the drying unit includes a film developed by the processing unit. An image recording / developing apparatus having a transporting path for transporting in a direction substantially opposite to a transporting direction from the image recording mechanism to the automatic developing mechanism during a drying process and sending it to the lead-out section. 2. The image recording / developing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the introduction section includes a mounting table on which the film can be mounted and pulled out. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the direction in which the film after the image recording and development is finished is led out to the leading portion is a direction orthogonal to the loading direction of the unexposed film. Image recording and developing device.