Patent ID: 8866115

Claim:
A device for reading out exposed imaging plates comprising: retaining means for retaining in given geometry an imaging plate to be read out, a reading unit which generates a reading light beam which is moved in a first scanning direction and exhibits detection means for detecting fluorescent light released in the imaging plate by the reading beam, and 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 in the direction of the second scanning direction behind the reading unit and aligned with the latter, in that the drive device is designed in such a way that it also extends over the erasing unit, and wherein a first portion of the imaging plate is erased at the same time a second portion of the imaging plate, different than the first portion, is read, and wherein a light barrier is arranged between the reading unit and the erasing unit, and wherein the light barrier comprises a guidance unit which predetermines a step in a conveying path of the imaging plate such that the plate is deflected by the guidance unit.