Konica Corporation

Yorikatu Miyazawa

Osamu Shibazaki

Toshio Kato

Yoshihiko Goda

A film magazine forming apparatus forms a sheet having printing on a side thereof into an almost cylindrical shape. The film magazine formed into the almost cylindrical shape has separated lip portions for enabling a film to mvoe therethrough. The lip portions have a soft yarn mounted thereon. Transport apparatus transports the sheet to forming means including a core mold, an upper mold, and first and second side molds which form the sheet into an almost cylindrical shape with the printing on the side of the sheet forming an outer cylindrical surface of the almost cylindrical sheet. Transport apparatus transports the sheet with the printed side of the sheet being out of contact with the transport apparatus to prevent damage to the printing on the sheet. In addition, the core mold is used as a guide for transporting the almost cylindrical shape sheet to another operating position. A claw can be mounted on the core mold for transporting the thus formed almost cylindrical shape to another operational position.

Film magazine forming apparatus

The present invention relates to a cartridge for packaging a roll film. The cartridge has a film outlet that is composed of upper and lower lips, each lip has a light-shielding ribbon attached to the inside thereof. Both extended side edge portions of the ribbon attached to the lower lip are slightly bent downwardly. Both extended side portions of the ribbon attached to the upper lip are also bent downwardly at a slightly larger angle than that of the lower lip. Consequently both side edge portions of both upper and lower lips overlap in a more complete manner or are more positively joined together.

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Hachioji, Japan

Yorikatu Miyazawa