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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1996
Kohji Seki, Wakayama, JP;
Yoshiyuki Yamaji, Wakayama, JP;
Noritsu Koko Co., Ltd., Wakayama-ken, JP;
Abstract
A photographic film processing apparatus for processing long developed film (10b) formed by joining photographic films with a splicing material (13). The apparatus includes a first transport device (40a) for transporting the long developed film. A region of the splicing material in the long developed film is detected in order to cut the long film. A main cutter (60) cuts the long developed film transported by the first transport device, in the region of the splicing material into short films (10a) prior to an exposing process. A second transport device (40b) is provided for transporting the short films to exposure processing units (20, 30). Further, an auxiliary cutter (70) is provided for cutting lateral portions of the region of the splicing material in the long developed film. The region of the splicing material is cut such that a width of an upstream short film is contained within a width at a forward end of a downstream short film.