Fuji Photo Film Company, Limited

Satoshi Katsuda

Yasuhiro Kawai

Shumpeita Torii

A stacker for stimulable phosphor sheets provided in a conveyance path of a sheet conveyance system comprises a stacker body provided with upright parallel partition plates, each of which has a vertical back surface and a front surface tapered to gradually project forward in the downward direction, and bottom plates each of which is provided at the lower end of each partition plate and moveable between a first position to receive the lower edge of the stimulable phosphor sheet entering between the partition plates and a second position moved to allow the stimulable phosphor sheet to fall by its weight. A feed-in device is provided above the stacker body for feeding the stimulable phosphor sheets conveyed by the sheet conveyance system into the stacker body, and a feed-out device is provided below the stacker body for receiving the stimulable phosphor sheet falling by its weight and transferring it to the sheet conveyance system. The stacker body is moved so that every space between the partition plates in the stacker body can be brought below the feed-in device and above the feed-out device.

Stacker for stimulable phosphor sheets

A stimulable phosphor sheet transfer apparatus for transferring a stimulable phosphor sheet storing therein a radiation image information in a sub-scanning direction when the stimulable phosphor sheet is scanned with a stimulating ray along a main scanning line substantially perpendicular to the sub-scanning direction to emit light in the pattern of the stored radiation energy, the light emitted from the stimulable phosphor sheet being detected to obtain an image information signal, comprises a transfer belt for transferring the stimulable phosphor sheet in the sub-scanning direction, and first and second suction boxes disposed below the transfer belt and adapted to provide a suction force for attracting the stimulable phosphor sheet against the transfer belt. The first and second suction boxes are respectively disposed upstream and downstream of the main scanning line with respect to the sub-scanning direction. Said first and second suction boxes are separately connected to a suction blower respectively by way of switching valves, and a pair of buffer tanks are provided respectively between the first suction box and the switching valve corresponding thereto and between the second suction box and the switching valve corresponding thereto.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Satoshi Katsuda