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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2002
Hideyuki Karaki, Minamiashigara, JP;
Chiaki Suzuki, Minamiashigara, JP;
Yoshinobu Misumi, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Kambara, Minamiashigara, JP;
Susumu Sato, Minamiashigara, JP;
Nobuyasu Akiyoshi, Minamiashigara, JP;
Masazumi Ogawa, Minamiashigara, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for processing a film has a cutting mechanism for cutting an elongate film, first and second feed mechanisms disposed on respective opposite sides of the cutting mechanism, an inserting mechanism for inserting an end of the film into a spool, and a cam switching mechanism for changing the timing of operation of the cutting mechanism depending on sized films having various different lengths. The sized films having various different lengths can automatically and easily be inserted into spools with a simple arrangement.