Cassette for storage phosphor plate and apparatus for removing storage phosphor plate from cassette

US7432512B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Agfa-Gevaert Healthcare GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Anton Pirmann · Munich, DE
• Rudolf Loistl · Unterhaching, DE
• Jürgen Heinz · Marktoberdorf, DE
• Thomas Hartmann · Uffing am Staffelsee, DE
• Alfons Kastl · Munich, DE
• Günther Schindlbeck · Munich, DE
• Hans Ketterer · Putzbrunn, DE
• Otto Butz · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 25, 2006
• Grant date: Oct 7, 2008
• Expiry date: Oct 25, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G03B42/045
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A cassette (1) for a storage phosphor plate (2) comprises a cassette housing (4) with an opening (7) and a support (3) disposed movably within the cassette housing (4), wherein the storage phosphor plate (2) lies on the support (3). In order to simplify the structure of the cassette (1) and of the corresponding removal mechanism, provision is made such that the support (3) can be moved, together with the storage phosphor plate (2) lying on top of it, through the opening (7) of the cassette housing (4), at least partially from the inside of the cassette housing (4), and the storage phosphor plate (2) lying on the support (3) can be taken from the support (3) when the support (3) is located, with the storage phosphor plate (2) lying on top of it, at least partially outside of the cassette housing (4).