| US 7,498,599 B2 | ||
| Apparatus and method for reading out storage phosphor plates | ||
| Anton Pirmann, Munich (Germany); Rudolf Loistl, Unterhaching (Germany); Otto Butz, Neufahrn (Germany); and Alfons Kastl, Aying (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Agfa HealthCare N.V., Mortsel (Belgium) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 09, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/836,464. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 06119719 (EP), filed on Aug. 29, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0054199 A1, Mar. 06, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G03B 42/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 250—589 | 25 Claims |
| 1. An apparatus for reading out storage phosphor plates for storing X-ray information, comprising:
one or more rotating conveyance rolls for conveying the storage phosphor plate;
at least one alignment edge to which the storage phosphor plate is aligned, the storage phosphor plate being conveyed by the
rotating conveyance rolls in a direction towards the alignment edge;
a read-out device for reading out the X-ray information stored in the storage phosphor plate; and
a control device for setting a pressure with which the conveyance rolls press onto the storage phosphor plate, the control
device reducing the pressure enabling slippage to occur between the rotating conveyance rolls and the storage phosphor plate
being conveyed when the storage phosphor plate comes into contact with the at least one alignment edge to orient the storage
phosphor plate to align to the at least one alignment edge.
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