Patent ID: 7119352

Claim:
A radiation image information reading apparatus comprising: a cassette loader for loading a plurality of cassettes each storing a stimulable phosphor panel with radiation image information recorded therein; a reading unit for applying stimulating light to said stimulable phosphor panel and photoelectrically reading light emitted from said stimulable phosphor panel to acquire the radiation image information recorded in the stimulable phosphor panel; an erasure unit for applying erasing light to said stimulable phosphor panel to erase remaining radiation image information from the stimulable phosphor panel; a detector for detecting a state of a cassette; an abnormal cassette storage unit for storing a cassette which is detected by said detector as being in an abnormal state; a normal cassette storage unit which stores a cassette including a stimulable phosphor panel from which radiation image information has been read by said reading unit; and a discharging mechanism for discharging the cassette detected as being in the abnormal state into said abnormal cassette storage unit.