U-flow multicassette autoloader for a storage phosphor reader
US7358519B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 17, 2004 |
| Grant date | Apr 15, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 17, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B42/04
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A storage phosphor reader includes a multicassette autoloader for vertically oriented storage phosphor cassettes, the autoloader having a front, back, and opposite sides. The autoloader includes an input bin for receiving multiple vertically oriented storage phosphor cassettes stacked together in face-to-face contact such that the cassette faces face front and back; wherein each of the cassettes contains a storage phosphor which is removable from said cassette; an output bin located beside but spaced from the input bin; and a storage phosphor read location at which a storage phosphor is removed from and replaced in a cassette positioned at the storage phosphor read location; wherein the storage phosphor read location is located at the back of the autoloader and located in a path in line with the backs of the input bin and the output bin.
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