Agfa-gevaert Ag

Agfa-gevaert Healthcare Gmbh

Agef-gevaert Ag

Hans Ketterer

Alfons Kastl

Rudolf Loistl

Günther Schindlbeck

Thomas Hartmann

Otto Butz

Jürgen Heinz

Jurgen Muller

Helmut Schausberger

Adolf Fleck

Anton Pirmann

Nikolaus Jelinek

Franz Kocourek

Gerald Pietsch

Markus Atzenbeck

A cassette () for a storage phosphor plate () comprises a cassette housing () with an opening () and a support () disposed movably within the cassette housing (), wherein the storage phosphor plate () lies on the support (). In order to simplify the structure of the cassette () and of the corresponding removal mechanism, provision is made such that the support () can be moved, together with the storage phosphor plate () lying on top of it, through the opening () of the cassette housing (), at least partially from the inside of the cassette housing (), and the storage phosphor plate () lying on the support () can be taken from the support () when the support () is located, with the storage phosphor plate () lying on top of it, at least partially outside of the cassette housing ().

Cassette for storage phosphor plate and apparatus for removing storage phosphor plate from cassette

An apparatus and a corresponding method for reading out a storage phosphor plate () with an insertion device for inserting a cassette () in which a movably disposed support () is located, on top of which the storage phosphor plate () lies, a read-out device () for reading out the storage phosphor plate () and a conveyance device () which takes the storage phosphor plate () from the support () and conveys it in a first direction (R) to the read-out device (). In order to achieve the most precise and reliable alignment possible of the storage phosphor plate () relative to the read-out device () in a simple way, a positioning device () is provided for shifting the support (), on which the storage phosphor plate () lies, in a second direction (A) which is different from the first direction (R) so that the support () and the storage phosphor plate () are aligned relative to the read-out device ().

Apparatus and method for reading out storage phosphor plate

A sheet film developing device with a dark chamberside introduction of sheet films to be developed comprises a developing unit, a unit for moving a sheet film to the developing unit, a sheet film supplying unit for supplying sheet films to the developing unit, the sheet film supplying unit including a sheet film stacking device provided with a loading flap openable from outside for inserting a sheet film stack, a pulling device for pulling individual sheet films at a side of a stack opposite to the loading flap, an individual sheet supporting surface associated with the loading flap, a sheet film transporting unit arranged after the pulling device and the individual sheet supporting surface operative for guiding a sheet film from one of the individual sheet supporting surface and the sheet film stacking device in a transporting direction, and a sheet film sensing unit located in a transporting path defined by the sheet film transporting unit and operative for determining the presence of a sheet film on the individual sheet supporting surface and operative for turning off the pulling device and a part of the sheet film transporting unit located at a side of the stack and turning on the individual sheet supporting surface in response to the determining.

Sheet film developing device

A storage canister for process liquid includes a receptacle having a top side formed with two apertures. The receptacle houses two leakage proof pouches of elastic material each having an opening closed by a control valve. An upper part of respective valve housing projects through the aperture and is secured thereto while the lower part of the valve housing within the corresponding pouch extends up to the bottom of the receptacle. The pouches are arranged one above the other between the top cover and the bottom of the receptacle and being extendable to such an extent that their combined volumes correspond approximately to the volume of the receptacle. Preferably, the receptacle has the form of a flat parallel epiped so that a plurality of equal storage canisters are inserted into a drawer of wet processing apparatus and the normally closed control valves are activated by suction or by over-pressure from suction or pressure devices in the processing apparatus.

Storage canister for process liquids for use in an apparatus for wet

A conveying arrangement in a developing apparatus for photographic material has pairs of conveying rollers as well as guiding and/or deflecting sheets which extend between two opposite sidewalls. Fastening elements are provided on both sidewalls and are adapted to hold the ends of a guiding and/or deflecting sheet against movement in all directions except for an unlocking direction. A removable, deformable locking element is further provided and is adapted to prevent movement of the sheets in the unlocking direction. The fastening element for a guiding and/or deflecting sheet includes a cutout in each of the sidewalls and a positioning pin in at least one of the cutouts. The positioning pin cooperates with an opening in the corresponding guiding and/or deflecting sheet.

Locking arrangement for guides in photographic material developer

A transporting device for advancing photosensitive material through a processing bath has an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion has an inlet region via which the photosensitive material is introduced into the bath and an outlet region via which the photosensitive material is withdrawn from the bath. The inlet and outlet regions are located above the level of the bath. The inlet region has a pair of directing rollers which convey and guide the photosensitive material to the lower portion of the transporting device while the outlet region similarly has a pair of directing rollers which convey and guide the photosensitive material away from the lower portion. The lower portion of the transporting device has several sets of transporting rollers which advance the photosensitive material through the bath. The upper and lower portions of the transporting device are designed as separable units. This permits the upper portion, which requires more frequent cleaning than the lower portion, to be removed from the latter for cleaning purposes.

Rack for transporting photosensitive material through a bath

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Hans Ketterer