Title:
MULTICASSETTE AUTOLOADER FOR A STORAGE PHOSPHOR READER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2006065487
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A multicassette autoloader (202) for vertically oriented storage phosphor cassettes (66) includes a front (201), a back (203) and opposite (205, 207) sides. The autoloader includes an input bin for receiving multiple vertically oriented storage phosphor (74) cassettes stacked together in face-to-face contact, wherein the cassettes are oriented front-to-back with faces facing the autoloader sides, and wherein each of the cassettes contains a storage phosphor which is removable from the cassette; a storage phosphor read location (208) at which a storage phosphor is removed from and replaced in a storage phosphor cassette positioned at the storage phosphor read location; and an output bin (206) for receiving storage phosphor cassettes from the storage phosphor read location for subsequent removal. The input bin, the storage phosphor read location, and the output bin are configured in the autoloader such that the input bin and the output bin are side-by-side but spaced apart and the storage phosphor read location is positioned in a path between the input bin and the output bin.
Inventors:
WENDLANDT WILLIAM CARL (US)
KRALLES CHRISTOPHER JOHN (US)
KENIN MICHAEL (US)
KRALLES CHRISTOPHER JOHN (US)
KENIN MICHAEL (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2005/042617
Publication Date:
August 17, 2006
Filing Date:
November 23, 2005
Export Citation:
Assignee:
EASTMAN KODAK CO (US)
WENDLANDT WILLIAM CARL (US)
KRALLES CHRISTOPHER JOHN (US)
KENIN MICHAEL (US)
WENDLANDT WILLIAM CARL (US)
KRALLES CHRISTOPHER JOHN (US)
KENIN MICHAEL (US)
International Classes:
G03B42/00
Foreign References:
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| EP0698813A1 | 1996-02-28 | |||
| US5340995A | 1994-08-23 | |||
| US4908514A | 1990-03-13 | |||
| EP1104892A1 | 2001-06-06 |
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