APPARATUS FOR CUTTING AND STACKING OF PHOTOGRAPHIC FILMS OR THE LIKE

摘要

An apparatus for subdividing webs of interconnected exposed and developed photographic films into sections of desired length embodies a stacking device which is located downstream of the severing station and accumulates stacks of two or more superimposed film sections which can be removed by hand for insertion into customer envelopes. Pairs of upper and lower conveyor bands between the severing station and the stacking device serve to loosely grip the film sections and to advance them into a chamber provided in the stacking device and having an open side to facilitate withdrawal of stacks. A wheel at the discharge end of the gap between the upper and lower conveyor bands straightens out the leaders of successively formed film sections to counteract their tendency to curl during introduction into the chamber of the stacking device.