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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tohru Yoshikawa, Wakayama, JP;
Hiroshi Miyawaki, Wakayama, JP;
Assignee:
Noritsu Koki Co., Ltd., Wakayama-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 40 ; 355 75 ; 396315 ;
Abstract
A piece negative feeding apparatus for successively feeding piece negatives to an exposing section. The apparatus includes a piece negative storage 10 for storing piece negatives 2 in a plurality of orders, as divided into the orders each consisting of at least one piece negative, a negative transport mechanism 20 for transporting the piece negatives from the piece negative storage 10 to the exposing section 8, and an order demarcation recognizing device 7a for recognizing demarcations between the orders based on order identifiers 3 storable in the piece negative storage 10 and transportable by the negative transport mechanism 20.