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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1994
Yasunobu Shimamura, Wakayama, JP;
Takuya Yamamoto, Wakayama, JP;
Hisashi Negoro, Wakayama, JP;
Yutaka Kiyonaga, Wakayama, JP;
Shigeru Masuda, Wakayama, JP;
Noritsu Koki Co., Ltd., Wakayama, JP;
Abstract
The leader attached to a web of film is cut from the film while processing the film in a photographic processing machine. Before feeding the film to the printing unit, the leader is separated from the film. At a turning point where the film feed direction extending from the film drying unit to the printing unit changes, the film is fed straight ahead and the leader is cut off the film by a cutter. The film is fed back in a reverse direction and its end is turned up by a guide. When the printing unit gets vacant, the film without the leader is fed into the printing unit.