Patent ID: 9417337
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: G01T,G03B

Claim Text:
1. A device for reading out exposed imaging plates, comprising: retaining means for retaining in a given geometry an imaging plate to be read out, with a reading unit which generates a reading light beam which is moved in a first scanning direction, the reading unit including a detection device for detecting fluorescent light released in the imaging plate by the reading beam, and with a drive device for generating a relative motion between the imaging plate and the reading unit in a second scanning direction, different from the first scanning direction, wherein an erasing unit is arranged behind the reading unit in the second scanning direction, the erasing unit being aligned with the reading unit, wherein the drive device extends over both the reading unit and the erasing unit and moves the imaging plate through the reading unit first and the erasing unit second, and in that a light barrier is arranged between the reading unit and the erasing unit.