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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1996
Yasunobu Shimamura, Wakayama, JP;
Masayuki Kobayashi, Wakayama, JP;
Noritsu Koki Co., Ltd., Wakayama, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for recovering film containers is disclosed. The apparatus includes a separating device for withdrawing a film stored in a wound state within a film container held at a holding portion from the film container and then separating the film from the film container and a recovering section for recovering into a collecting section the film container from which the film has been separated. According to the spirit of the invention, the recovering section includes a classifying device for classifying the film container according to the type and a plurality of collecting sections for collecting a plurality of film containers type-classified by the classifying device separately from each other according to the type.