Patent ID: 6437359
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A computed radiography (CR) reader comprising:an image plate loading and unloading station for receiving in a vertical orientation a CR cassette including a light tight cassette shell and an image plate supported by an extrusion closing off said shell, said image plate having a support side and an image storing side storing a latent radiographic image; a scanning station located below said loading and unloading station at which said image plate is scanned; an image plate transport assembly for removing said image plate from said cassette shell and for vertically transporting said image plate along a path past said scanning station while said image plate is being removed from said cassette; wherein said assembly includes an image plate extraction bar which locks said image plate to said bar and further includes a support assembly for supporting said support side of said plate during said transport along said path, and wherein said extraction bar tilts said plate against said support assembly.