Patent · US Expired

X-ray cassette for foils with phosphor layer

US5025465A · kind A · utility

12Cited by

5References

17Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Agfa-Gevaert NV · BE

Inventors

Walter Bauer · Munich, DE
Roland Muller · Weiling, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 31, 1989
Grant date	Jun 18, 1991
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 31, 2009

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03B42/04
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An X-ray cassette for foils provided with a stimulatable phosphorous layer comprises two cassette parts turnable relative to one another between open and closed positions, one of the cassette parts being permeable for X-rays, elements for turnably connecting the cassette parts with one another, and elements for holding a foil on the X-ray permeable cassette part, the holding elements including an X-ray permeable elastic pad arranged on the X-ray permeable cassette part and having a surface facing toward a phosphorous layer of a foil inserted into the cassette, and a thin elastic foil applied on the surface of the pad and having a smooth, wear-resistant outer surface.

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