Short U-flow multicassette autoloader for a storage phosphor reader
US7368747B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 17, 2004 |
| Grant date | May 6, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 30, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2701/1719
- 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 said cassette faces face front and back; wherein each of said cassettes contains a storage phosphor which is removable from said cassette; and an output bin located beside said input bin, said output bin having a storage phosphor read location at which a storage phosphor is removed from and replaced in a storage phosphor cassette positioned at said storage phosphor read location, and having an output region for read cassettes to be subsequently removed from said output bin.
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