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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1996
Kenji Todoki, Wakayama, JP;
Noritsu Koki Co., Ltd., Wakayama-ken, JP;
Abstract
A photosensitive material transporting apparatus includes a transport passage for transporting a plurality of developed photosensitive materials in parallel with each other with a phase difference therebetween in a transporting direction thereof, a photosensitive material receiving mechanism disposed downstream of the transport passage for receiving the photosensitive materials, and a transport conveyer disposed between an exit of the transport passage and the photosensitive material receiving mechanism and having a conveying passage extending substantially normal to a discharging direction of the photosensitive materials discharged from the exit. The apparatus further includes a transporting pinch roller mechanism disposed along the transport passage of the photosensitive materials and capable of transporting the materials by pinching them, a discharging pinch roller mechanism disposed at the exit of the transport passage and having a higher transporting speed than the transporting pinch roller mechanism and a torque limiter attached to a roller of of the discharging pinch roller mechanism for rendering the roller freely rotatable in response to a torque greater than a predetermined value.