Patent ID: 6729237
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A device for removing an image recording material in order to feed an image recording material out to a subsequent process from a cassette which accommodates, in an alternately stacked state, image recording materials, in each of which an image recording surface is provided on a support, and interleaf sheets, each of which is thin-film-like and protects the image recording surface, said image recording material removing device comprising:a take-out device for simultaneously taking out from the cassette a pair of the image recording material and the interleaf sheet in a state in which the interleaf sheet is superposed on top of the image recording material; a conveying device for conveying the image recording material and the interleaf sheet, which have been taken out by the take-out device, along a predetermined conveying path to the subsequent process; a peeling device which peels the interleaf sheet from the image recording material while the interleaf sheet and the image recording material, which have been simultaneously taken-out, are in the midst of being conveyed along the conveying path to the subsequent process by the conveying device; and an interleaf sheet discarding device for discarding the interleaf sheet, which has been peeled off, along a path which is different from the conveying path to the subsequent process.