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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 21, 1998
Tomoya Norinobu, Saitama, JP;
Haruhiko Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Optical Co., Ltd., Saitama, JP;
Abstract
The improved light-sensitive material transporting device includes a belt conveyor for transporting a light-sensitive material as it is placed thereon; and an auxiliary belt conveyor that is driven in the same direction as a transport direction of the belt conveyor and which is spaced above the belt conveyor wherein a distance between the auxiliary belt conveyor and the belt conveyor decrease progressively from upstream to downstream in the transport direction of the light-sensitive material. The light-sensitive material transporting device is capable of transporting the light-sensitive material in a consistent and smooth manner while correcting the 'curls' it has. In addition, by adopting the device in the distributing section which distributes individual sheets of the light sensitive material into a plurality of rows, the pathlength of the light-sensitive material can be shortened while, at the same time, the cost of the apparatus is measurably reduced.