METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LOADING PHOTOSENSITIVE SHEET MATERIAL

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to execute the loading operation of the photosensitive sheet film effectively by automatically loading the sheet film into a sheath member with a lapel. SOLUTION: A suction box 26 is transferred to an insertion station 24 by means of an actuator in a state of having absorbed the sheet film F and forcing it to be bent, and then, the suction box 26 is lowered and both ends F1 and F2 of the sheet film F absorbed and held to the bent holding face 30 of the suction box 26 are brought into contact with the sheath member 14 of the sheath 10, and when the absorption action by the suction box 26 is released, since the sheet film F is driven to restore to its initial flat form by its resilience, both ends F1 and F2 are inserted automatically securely and smoothly into the gap between the lapel members 16a and 16b parallel to each other.