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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2005
Koichi Mizuno, Kanagawa, JP;
Koichi Mizuno, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A film sheet feeding mechanism which can be reduced in size, and which can stably conduct a feeding operation, and a thermal development recording apparatus having such a mechanism are provided. A film sheet feeding mechanism that, from a tray on which plural film sheets are stacked, takes out one by one a uppermost film sheet, and that feeds the film sheet toward a downstream side in a direction of transporting the film sheet, includes: a feeding arm having film sucking unit for taking out the film sheet in the tray; arm moving unit for, while supporting the feeding arm, moving the feeding arm between a film taking out position of the tray and a film supplying position on the downstream side in the transportation direction; and a lifting and lowering amplification mechanism which is disposed in the feeding arm, and which lifts and lowers the film sucking unit.
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