Patent ID: 6948237
Filing Date: 2005-09-27
Classification: G03B,G03C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for manufacturing a film cartridge comprised of a ribbon plate rounded to a cylindrical shape so as to leave a gap for taking out a film, and a cap clinched to an end of the rounded ribbon plate, by an apparatus including: a plurality of assembly chucks, each for detachably holding the ribbon plate; an index unit rotatable about a rotation axis as center and adapted for holding the assembly chucks at a preset angular interval about the rotation axis; and a driving unit for intermittently rotating the index unit at an angular pitch equal to the preset angular interval; said method comprising: a first step of introducing a ribbon plate, rounded to a cylindrical shape, to an assembly chuck capable of receiving the ribbon plate, when the assembly chuck is halted at a halt position; a second step of inserting a cap to a side end of the ribbon plate, in conjunction with the first step, when the assembly chuck, holding the ribbon plate in the cylindrically rounded state, is halted at a different halt position; and a third step of clinching said cap to said ribbon plate, in conjunction with said first step, when said assembly chuck, holding the ribbon plate, having said cap inserted therein, is halted at a further different halt position.