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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1997
Takayoshi Muranaka, Wakayama, JP;
Hiroshi Miyawaki, Wakayama, JP;
Masanori Nakano, Wakayama, JP;
Toshio Doi, Wakayama, JP;
Kozo Mano, Wakayama, JP;
Noritsu Koki Co., Ltd, Wakayama-ken, JP;
Abstract
A photograph collating system for combining and collating negative films and prints. The system includes a conveyer mechanism (70) extending through a negative film intake station (71) for receiving the negative films from a negative film outlet (60), a print intake station (73) for receiving the prints from a print outlet (50), and a collating station (74) for collating the negative films and prints. The conveyer mechanism (70) includes trays (100) for transporting the negative films (2) and the prints (3), a guide circuit (80) defining a transport passage of the trays, and a drive device (90) for moving the trays along the guide circuit (80). Each of the trays having moved to the collating station (74) is disengaged from the drive device by contact with a preceding one of the trays in a direction of transport.