Patent ID: 6739368
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: B31D,G03H,Y10T

Abstract:
A print producing apparatus for producing a print on which a holographic image is exposed and recorded, the apparatus comprising:recording medium conveying means for intermittently conveying a strip-like hologram recording medium on which a plurality of holographic images are exposed and recorded; cutting out means for cutting out a region including said plurality of holographic images from said hologram recording medium intermittently conveyed by said recording medium conveying means; positioning means for determining a position where a piece of said recording medium is cut out by said cutting out means; film retaining means for retaining a plurality of pieces of protecting film for protecting both sides of said piece of said hologram recording medium; film supplying means for supplying a single piece from among said plural pieces of said plastic film retained by said film retaining means to a predetermined position and for folding said single piece in two; film opening and closing means for opening and closing said single piece of said protecting film folded in two along a folding line by said film supplying means supplied to said predetermined position; and heating and pressure-bonding means for heating and pressure-bonding said piece of said plastic film folded along said folding line by said film opening and closing means, whereby said hologram recording medium is sandwiched by said plastic film.