Radiation image recording, read-out and reproducing apparatus

A radiation image recording, read-out and reproducing apparatus which comprises:

• i) a case for housing a stimulable phosphor sheet capable of storing a radiation image thereon, and provided at one case end with an opening though which a light shielding cover is to be passed,
• ii) the light shielding cover housed in said case for projection out of said case through said opening for passage of the light shielding cover, and provided with a sheet passage opening at an end on the side supported by said case at the time said light shielding cover is projected out of said case,
• iii) an image recording section for exposing said stimulable phosphor sheet, which is disposed at an exposure position inside of said light shielding cover projected out of said case, to radiation carrying image information, thereby to have the radiation image stored on said stimulable phosphor sheet,
• iv) an image read-out section provided with a read-out sub-scanning means for moving said stimulable phosphor sheet between said exposure position and a position in said case to which said stimulable phosphor sheet advances through said sheet passage opening, and a read-out main scanning means for scanning said stimulable phosphor sheet by a beam of stimulating rays in a main scanning direction at a position inside of said case in the vicinity of said opening for passage of the light shielding cover, wherein said stimulable phosphor sheet carrying said radiation image stored thereon is exposed to the beam of stimulating rays which cause said stimulable phosphor sheet to emit light in proportion to the stored radiation energy, and the emitted light is detected by a photoelectric read-out means to obtain image signals,
• v) an erasing section for releasing the radiation energy remaining on said stimulable phosphor sheet, for which the image read-out has been carried out at said image read-out section, before the image recording is carried out on said stimulable phosphor sheet, and
• vi) an image reproducing section for conveying a recording sheet housed in said case to feed said recording sheet out of said case through a recording sheet feed-out opening of said case and, at the same time, reproducing the image, which said image signals represent, on said recording sheet.