Instant film pack and device using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10488736-B2
Application number	US-201815892093-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 8, 2018
Priority date	Feb 10, 2017
Publication date	Nov 26, 2019
Grant date	Nov 26, 2019

Abstract

The film cover constituting the instant film pack includes a cover member, a pair of accompanying prevention ribs, a pair of outer light shielding ribs, and a pair of inner light shielding ribs. The accompanying prevention ribs are arranged in parallel with a discharge direction from a distal end of the film cover in the discharge direction. Similarly to the accompanying prevention ribs, since the outer light shielding ribs are formed on a front surface of the cover member, the outer light shielding ribs together with the accompanying prevention ribs can prevent the film unit from accompanying. A tilt surface of which a protruding height gradually decreases toward a distal end from a proximal end of the cover member is formed on the accompanying prevention rib.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An instant film pack comprising:
a plurality of instant film units each having a developer pod which contains a developer;
a film cover having stiffness higher than that of the instant film unit; and
a case that accommodates the plurality of instant film units and the film cover laminated on top of each other, and includes a discharge port from which the instant film unit or the film cover is discharged,
wherein the film cover includes:
a cover member that is overlapped in front of the instant film unit positioned in the foremost layer,
accompanying prevention ribs that are arranged in parallel with a discharge direction in a case where the film cover is discharged from the discharge port and prevent the instant film unit positioned in the next layer from being discharged together with the film cover in a case where the film cover is discharged through the discharge port,
a pair of first light shielding ribs that is arranged in parallel with each other in a width direction perpendicular to the discharge direction, and
bending guide grooves each of which is formed on an outside of each of the accompanying prevention ribs in the width direction and along each of the accompanying prevention ribs, so that a portion at the distal end of the film cover and outside the accompanying prevention ribs can tilt in a protruding direction of the accompanying prevention ribs,

wherein
the accompanying prevention ribs and the first light shielding ribs are formed on a front surface of the cover member, and
the accompanying prevention ribs tilt so as to gradually increase from a distal end of the film cover in the discharge direction toward a proximal end.

2. The instant film pack according to claim 1 ,
wherein the accompanying prevention rib tilts at a tilt angle of 7° to 30° with respect to the cover member.

3. The instant film pack according to claim 1 ,
wherein the film cover includes a pair of second light shielding ribs that is formed on the front surface and is arranged in parallel with each other in the width direction, and
the second light shielding ribs are positioned inside the first light shielding ribs in the width direction.

4. The instant film pack according to claim 3 ,
wherein the first light shielding ribs and the second light shielding ribs are positioned closer to the proximal end than the accompanying prevention ribs in the discharge direction.

5. The instant film pack according to claim 4 ,
wherein the first light shielding rib includes a portion overlapped with the accompanying prevention rib in the discharge direction.

6. The instant film pack according to claim 4 ,
wherein the first light shielding ribs and the second light shielding ribs are positioned outside the accompanying prevention ribs in the width direction.

7. A developer spreading device comprising:
the instant film units of the instant film pack according to claim 1 , the instant film unit including a mask sheet, a photosensitive sheet which is pasted onto the mask sheet, a cover sheet which is pasted onto the photosensitive sheet and includes a front surface as an exposure surface, and the developer pod which is formed at a distal end portion in a transport direction perpendicular to a width direction of the exposure surface and contains the developer;
a transport roller pair that transports the instant film unit discharged through the discharge port while pinching the instant film unit; and
a spreading roller pair that is arranged on a downstream side of the transport roller pair in the transport direction, and spreads the developer between the photosensitive sheet and the cover sheet by crushing the developer pod while pinching the instant film unit.

8. The developer spreading device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the spreading roller pair ejects the film cover to an outlet while pressing the accompanying prevention ribs or the first light shielding ribs.

9. A printer comprising:
the developer spreading device according to claim 7 ; and
an exposure head that is provided on an upstream side of the developer spreading device in the transport direction, and irradiates the exposure surface of the instant film unit transported by the transport roller pair with line-shaped print light parallel to the width direction of the exposure surface.

10. The printer according to claim 9 , further comprising:
an imaging unit that includes an imaging optical system and captures a subject image to obtain image data to be printed.

Assignees

• Fujifilm Corp

Inventors

• Nakai Yuki
• Sugiyama Kenji

Classifications

• H04N23/57

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