| 摘要 |
<p>A lens-fitted photo film unit (13) has front, rear, top and bottom surfaces. In an orientation regulating apparatus, the lens-fitted photo film unit aligned in one line is supplied in a conveying direction. The lens-fitted photo film unit while conveyed has one of a front-forward/top-upward orientation, a rear-forward/top-upward orientation, a rear-forward/bottom-upward orientation, and a front-forward/bottom-upward orientation. It is discriminated which of the four orientations the lens-fitted photo film unit has. The lens-fitted photo film unit is guided to first, second, third and fourth conveying paths (23-26) when the lens-fitted photo film unit has respectively the front-forward/top-upward, rear-forward/top-upward, rear-forward/bottom-upward, and front-forward/bottom-upward orientations. In the second conveying path (23), the lens-fitted photo film unit is turned over to replace the front and rear surfaces with one another, so as to set the lens-fitted photo film unit regularly in the front-forward/top-upward orientation. In the third conveying path (24), the lens-fitted photo film unit is turned over to replace the top and bottom surfaces with one another and to replace the front and rear surfaces with one another, so as to set the lens-fitted photo film unit regularly in the front-forward/top-upward orientation. In the fourth conveying path (25), the lens-fitted photo film unit is turned over to replace the top and bottom surfaces with one another, so as to set the lens-fitted photo film unit regularly in the front-forward/top-upward orientation. <IMAGE></p> |
