Patent ID: 6044623
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: B65B,G03B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of processing and packaging a photographic film, comprising the steps of:unreeling and cutting off a film roll of an elongate photographic photosensitive film;detecting whether said elongate photographic photosensitive film is defective or not;cutting off said elongate photographic photosensitive film to a predetermined length thereby to supply a sized film;detecting whether a spool is defective or not;coiling said sized film around said spool thereby to produce a film coil;inserting said film coil into a single-open-ended cartridge with a cap crimped on an end thereof, and thereafter crimping another cap on an opposite open end of said single-open-ended cartridge thereby to produce an assembled cartridge;detecting whether said assembled cartridge is defective or not while the assembled cartridge is being produced;detecting whether a case is defective or not; andplacing said assembled cartridge into said case and mounting a case cap on an open end of said case thereby to manufacture a packaged product.