Unit for collecting developed films in a film developing machine, particularly of industrial kind

摘要

A film accumulating device for a film developing machine of an industrial kind in which the films are entrained by leaders. The collecting unit is situated at the outlet side of the developing machine and includes a box-like envelope (9), a series of pairs of rollers (19, 20) supported in the envelope which drive the leaders and the subsequent films connected thereto toward a subsequent roller (32). Two lateral guide supports (33, 34) deflect the leaders upwardly into guide slots (16) of lateral forks (10, 11), which are substantially extended from the end portion of the box-like envelope (9). When the leaders are completely disengaged from the roller (32) and the relative lateral guide supports (33, 34) they fall into recesses (17, 18) provided at the lower ends of the lateral forks (10, 11) and the trailing ends of the leaders are laterally supported by such recesses (17, 18). The subsequent films, which are pushed by the pairs of rollers (19, 20), are progressively folded as they are fed out from an opening provided in the lower side of the box-like envelope (9), between the lateral forks, (10, 11), until they are vertically extended and hung from the respective leaders which are collected progressively within the guide slots (16).