Noritsu Koki Co., Ltd.

Junichi Yamamoto

Yoshihisa Higashimoto

Hiroshi Miyawaki

Hironori Masutani

Masaaki Tsuji

Yoshihiko Nakashima

Hiroto Nakao

Junji Yamada

Nobuaki Nakaoka

Teruhito Oka

Toru Yoshikawa

Yasuto Kimura

A laminating apparatus and a laminating method for finely finishing laminate processing without performing edge processing after the laminate processing is performed to a recording medium. A laminate material having a size larger than that of the recording medium is placed to cover the recording medium, bonded with heat and pressure, and a laminate layer protruding from the recording medium is transferred to a means to be transferred to, which is arranged on an opposite plane side to a recording plane of the recording medium. When the means to be transferred to is arranged apart on the opposite plane side to the recording medium, the laminate layer is pulled into the opposite plane side to the recording medium. As a result, an edge of the laminate layer formed on the recording plane of the recording medium becomes fine, matching with an edge of the recording medium.

Laminating method for forming a laminate layer on a recording surface of a recording medium

Many holes are formed in a platen that supports a paper. A suction fan generates suction force through these holes to thereby bring the paper into close contact with a surface of the platen. Ink ejection regions to which printing heads eject ink are set on a paper supporting side of the platen. The holes are formed in other regions in the platen than regions corresponding to vicinities of longitudinal ends of the ink ejection regions.

Ink-jet printer

Printed papers discharged through a discharge port of an ink-jet printer can be sorted in accordance with their sizes either on an A4-size paper tray or on a L-size paper tray. Sorting openings with a determined width w are formed in the A4-size paper tray, on which printed papers are firstly held, each along a conveyance path for the papers. The width of the sorting opening is smaller than that of the A4-size paper and larger than that of the L-size paper. Therefore, A4-size papers stay on the A4-size paper tray. On the other hand, L-size papers pass through the sorting opening of the A4-size paper and then conveyed to the L-size paper tray by a conveyor.

Sorter for ink-jet printer

A cutting mechanism for sheet-like conveyed material comprising: a unit provided across the transfer path for conveying the long sheet-like conveyed material in a lengthwise direction; a movable member provided in the unit for moving forward and backward along a crosswise direction of the transfer path; and a blade mounted on the movable member for cutting the sheet-like conveyed material widthwisely thereof as the movable member is moved.

Cutting mechanism for sheet-like conveyed material and photographic processing apparatus

In a magazine mounting device for a photographic processing system, first and second magazines each have a reel shaft for holding a roll of printing paper and first to fourth side walls, and the distance between the first and third side walls is made approximately equal to the distance between the second and fourth side walls. The first and second magazines are mounted in first and second magazine mounting unit, respectively, in such a way that a printing paper outlet formed in the first magazine and a printing paper outlet formed in the second magazine are oriented at right angles to and situated close to each other.

Magazine mounting device for photographic processing system and

A film magazine includes a take-up mechanism for a take-up mechanism for taking up a film in the form of roll, with the film being releasable therefrom. The magazine further includes a support mechanism for supporting the film roll formed by the take-up mechanism in such a manner as to allow a rotational axis of the formed roll to be adjustable in position in accordance with variation in the outer diameter of the roll resulting from the take-up or unwinding operation of the film.

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Wakayama, Japan

Junichi Yamamoto