PHOSPHOR IMAGING PLATE AND CASSETTE HANDLING SYSTEM

摘要

A combined imaging plate scanning and erasing system which includes a housing (11), and imaging plate cassette (20) infeed assembly positioned within the housing. The imaging plate cassette infeed assembly including a mechanism to pull an imaging plate cassette into the housing, a mechanism to open the imaging plate cassette, and a mechanism to remove the imaging plate from the cassette. The imaging plate scanning and erasing system also including a scanner positioned in the housing, a curved path erasing assembly (50) positioned between the imaging plate infeed assembly and the scanner and an imaging plate transportation assembly to move the imaging plate back and forth in a path extending from the imaging plate cassette past the erasing assembly and through a scan area adjacent to the scanner.