PURPOSE: To prevent a film from being caught and jammed by arranging a film sending means and a separating means corresponding to the same sending- out opening part of a cartridge.
CONSTITUTION: A rotary solenoid 26 is turned on to rotate clockwise and then the tip part 38 of the 2nd arm 313 of a driving arm 25 is inserted into a cartridge A through the sending-out opening part 7 to face a film F. Simultaneously, a feed roller 23 and a separating roller 14 arranged at the tip part 38 of the arm 31 are pressed against the surface of the film F. The feed roller 23 and separation roller 24 are driven by a driving motor 47 to rotate counterclockwise and clockwise respectively. The film F is rotated clockwise by being pressed against the roller 23 and the rotating film F is separated from its tip F by being pressed against the separation roller 24 positioned at the upstream side of the feed roller 23 in the rotational direction and guided to the outside.
SAITO TAKANORI