Patent ID: 6463213
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A film unit picking device comprising:a picking claw configured to engage an edge of a film unit loaded in a film unit cassette, subsequent to exposure by an exposure unit, and configured to advance the film unit from a first position of the picking claw into a bite of a pair of processing liquid spread rollers; a shifting assembly to shift the picking claw between the first position at which the picking claw is one of off and slightly touching the film unit and a second position at which the picking claw is engaged with the edge of the film unit in association with the movement of the picking claw to advance the film unit; and a stopping member arranged separately from the shifting assembly; wherein the picking claw is configured to engage with the stopping member in order to position the picking claw in the first position so as to prevent the picking claw from being urged against the film unit.