Patent ID: 8796643

Claim:
A radiographic image erasing device comprising: a first light source that applies first erase light including a wavelength component in the ultraviolet region to a storage phosphor sheet in which a radiographic image has been stored and recorded; a second light source that is placed at a height identical to that of the first light source with respect to the storage phosphor sheet and applies second erase light including a wavelength component of a longer wavelength than that of the wavelength component of the first erase light to the storage phosphor sheet to which the first erase light has been applied by the first light source; drive mechanisms that switch the orientations or positions of the first light source and the second light source; and a controller that controls the drive mechanisms in accordance with a conveyance direction of the storage phosphor sheet such that the first erase light and the second erase light are applied in this order to the storage phosphor sheet.