Patent ID: 8106373

Claim:
An apparatus for reading out X-ray information stored in storage phosphor plates, comprising: an input unit in which a plurality of cassettes, in which a storage phosphor plate to be read out is respectively located, can be stacked one behind the other in a direction of stacking, an oblong accommodation well for accommodating one of the cassettes, the accommodation well being adjacent to the input unit and having an oblong input opening through which the storage phosphor plate, which is located in the cassette accommodated by the accommodation well, can be conveyed to within the apparatus, a moving device for horizontally moving the cassette located within the accommodation well along a path of movement, and a deflection element for deflecting a next cassette, said next cassette being located within the input unit and projecting at least partially into the path of movement, the deflection element being positioned and/or designed such that by a horizontal movement of the cassette located within the accommodation well along the path of movement a force is exerted upon the next cassette causing the next cassette to move in the direction of stacking due to a contact between the cassette located within the accommodation well and the next cassette projecting at least partially into the path of movement so that the latter is moved out of the path of movement.