Patent ID: 6021697
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: B26D,G03B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of cutting a photosensitive material, comprising the steps of:providing a magazine in which an elongated photosensitive material is accommodated, said magazine being detachably loaded in a main body of a processor for processing the photosensitive material,providing a transporting device disposed in said magazine to transport the photosensitive material from inside said magazine to the main body of the processor while nipping the photosensitive material,providing a driving member connected to said transporting device so as to drive said transporting device,providing a cutting member for cutting the photosensitive material transported from inside said magazine to the main body of the processor,providing a detecting device for detecting a leading end portion of the photosensitive material transported from inside said magazine by said transporting device, the detection being effected at a position upstream of said cutting member in a traveling direction of the photosensitive material, andproviding a controlling device for controlling the operation of said cutting member on the basis of an amount of the photosensitive material transported by said driving member until the photosensitive material is detected by said detecting device, so as to adjust the length of the photosensitive material to be cut by said cutting member;said method further comprising:transporting the photosensitive material by means of said transporting device;detecting the leading end portion of the photosensitive material being transported, by means of said detecting device;detecting the amount of the photosensitive material transported, on the basis of said detection of the leading end portion; andcontrolling the driving of said cutting member on the basis of the detected amount of the photosensitive material transported.