Method and apparatus for facilitating the packaging and pricing of photographic prints |
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| 申请号 | US3718807D | 申请日 | 1971-04-16 | 公开(公告)号 | US3718807A | 公开(公告)日 | 1973-02-27 |
| 申请人 | EASTMAN KODAK CO; | 发明人 | BRACKEN T; LAUGHON T; SMITH G; | ||||
| 摘要 | A FINISHING OPERATIONS WORKCENTER INCLUDES APPARATUS FOR CUTTING AND SORTING PRINTS, CUTTING AND STACKING NEGATIVE FILMSTRIPS, CORRELATING "MARKED" PRINTS WILL THE NEGATIVE FILMSTRIP CONTAINING THE CORRESPONDING PRINT, COUNTING THE PRINTS AND DISPLAYING THE PRICE TO BE CHARGED FOR THE PRINTS. THE PRINT CUTTER AND SORTER APPARATUS ADVANCES A STRIP OF PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS FROM A PRINT ROLL THROUGH A PRINT CUTTING BLADE THAT SERVES EACH PRINT. PRIOR TO THE SEVERANCE OF EACH PRINT, THE STRIP OF PRINTS ARE SCANNED FOR UNACCEPTABLE PRINTS DENOTED BY A MARK PLACED THEREON BY A PRINT INSPECTOR. UNACCEPTABLE PRINTS ARE AUTOMATICALLY SEPARATED FROM ACCEPTABLE PRINTS IN RESPONSE TO THE DETECTOR MARKS. SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE NEGATIVE FILMSTRIP OF EACH CUSTOMER ORDER OF PRINTS IS CUT INTO A NUMBER OF PREDETERMINED LENGTHS AND STACKED IN A PREDETERMINED MANNER BY THE AUTOMATIC FILMSTRIP CUTTING AND STACKING APPARATUS. A MARKED PRINT IS CORRELATED WITH THE NEGATIVE FILMSTRIP IN THE STACK THAT CONTAINS THE CORRESPONDING NEGATIVE. FURTHERMORE, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PRINTS MADE FROM EACH CUSTOMER''S ORDER IS COUNTED OAND DISPLAYED ON THE PRICE DISPLAY APPARATUS WHICH ALSO INDICATES THE PRICE TO BE CHARGED FOR PRINTING THE CUSTOMER ORDER. WHEN THE LAST OF EACH CUSTOMER''S ORDER OF PRINTS AND NEGATIVE FILMSTRIPS ARE CUT, THE RESPECTIVE CUTTING APPARATUS CEASE OPERATION. THE OPERATOR OF THE FINISHING OPERATIONS WORKCENTER GATHERS THE ACCEPTABLE PRINTS, INSERTS THEM INTO AN ENVELOPE OBTAINED FROM AN ENVELOPE DISPENSER, REMOVES THE STACKED NEGATIVE FILMSTRIPS FROM THE PRINT CUTTING APPARATUS, INSERTS THE NEGATIVE FILMSTRIPS INTO THE ENVELOPE, NOTES THE PRICE DISPLAYED BY THE AUTOMATIC PRINT COUNTING AND PRICE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND MARKS THE ENVELOPE WITH THE INDICATED PRICE. WHEN MARKED PRINTS HAVE BEEN DETECTED, THE OPERATOR SEPARATES THE MARKED PRINTS AND CORRESPONDING NEGATIVE FILMSTRIPS, INSERTS THE GOOD PRINTS AND NEGATIVE FILMSTRIPS INTO THE ENVELOPE AND ATTACHES THE MARKED PRINTS AND CORRESPONDING NEGATIVE FILMSTRIPS TO THE EVELOPE. THESE ORDERS ARE SET ASIDE FOR REPRINTING. UPON THE REMOVAL OF THE STACK OF NEGATIVE FILMSTRIPS FROM THE AUTOMATIC FILM CUTTING AND STACKING APPARATUS, THE PRINT COUNTER AND THE CORRELATOR DISPLAY ARE RESET AND THE PRINT AND FILM CUTTING APPARATUS ARE ENERGIZED TO CUT THE NEXT CUSTOMER ORDER OF PRINTS AND NEGATIVE FILMSTRIPS. | ||||||
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