Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for loading and unloading a film cassette, in particular an X-ray film cassette

US4590738A · kind A · utility

12Cited by

4References

13Claims

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Assignee

Agfa-Gevaert NV · BE

Inventors

Peter Hosel · Munich, DE
Herbert Plaschke · Gernlinden, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 29, 1983
Grant date	May 27, 1986
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 29, 2003

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03B42/045
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for loading and unloading of film cassette, in particular X-rays cassettes has a housing which defines a compartment in which the cassette is to be positioned, means for transporting the cassette into the compartment and for discharging therefrom, and means for removing the film from the cassette and loading the cassette with a new film. For recognizing the size of the cassette first and second identifying means are provided which determine the length and the width of the cassette. These determining means are in communication with comparing means which compare the determined values with nominal values corresponding to predetermined length-and-width values.

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