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US 5,326,983 AGranted
Storage phosphor cassette autoloader having cassette sensor
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorShahram Hejazi
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Abstract
An autoloader for positioning cassettes relative to a storage phosphor reader (i.e. stimulable phosphor). A capacitive sensor located at one or more cassette retaining sites of the autoloader senses the presence of a cassette at the site.
Claims6
A storage phosphor cassette autoloader comprising:
- first and second endless conveyor belts, said conveyor belts being spaced apart and having a plurality of outwardly extending shelves in vertical alignment so as to define a storage phosphor cassette read site and a plurality of storage phosphor cassette retaining sites, said first and second conveyor belts being of nonmetallic material;
- a mounting assembly for movably mounting each of said first and second conveyor belts;
- a drive operatively connected to said mounting assembly for said first and second conveyor belts for driving said first and second conveyor belts in unison to transfer cassettes in said retaining sites serially through said read site;
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- a capacitive sensor located at one of said read or said retaining sites on the opposite side of one of said first and second conveyor belts from said shelves to sense the presence of a cassette at said read or retaining sites, said cassette having a metallic portion which is capable of being sensed by said sensor.
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