Patent ID: 7254878

Claim:
An apparatus for manufacturing a film, comprising: a supply unit for supplying a film strip from a film roll; a winding unit for cutting the film strip supplied from said film roll into a fixed-length film and winding the fixed-length film around a spool to produce a wound-film assembly; an assembling unit for introducing the wound-film assembly into a cartridge and mounting a cap on said cartridge to produce a wound-film-loaded cartridge; and a housing for holding said supply unit, said winding unit, and said assembling unit in a light-shielded manner, said housing being movable, wherein said winding unit comprises a buffer mechanism for adjusting a rate at which said film strip is supplied, a cutting mechanism for cutting the film strip into said fixed-length film, a spool supply mechanism for supplying said spool, and a winding mechanism for winding said fixed-length film around said spool to produce said wound-film assembly, and further comprising a spool feeder for supplying said spool from outside said housing, said spool feeder being connected to said spool supply mechanism, and an air-conditioning facility that air conditions said housing by air supplied and discharged through supply ducts connected to said housing, said air-conditioning facility configured to maintain the inside of said housing at a constant temperature and a constant humidity.