Sheet storing apparatus

Abstract

A film storage device that is placed between an X-ray film cassette and X-ray film processor. The device is capable of storing three X-ray films at a time and enables an operator to reduce the waiting time for a typical set of three films per patient to be made available. Each film drops from the cassette into a light tight enclosure where it engages the nip of a S shaped system of rollers and belts. The film is carried fast to the end of the belt system where a curved plate and roller system delivers it to a slower travelling set of rollers which are part of the processor. The curved plate and rollers ensure that the X-ray film is appropriately curved and in compression as it awaits processing. An electrical indicating device on the processor is connected electrically to a switch on the fast S shaped roller system. The operation of these controls ensures that the delivery of film to the processor can be halted if necessary while the first film is being processed. If a third film is introduced to the system the set of controls ensures that the films are stored either in the S-shaped roller-and-belt assembly or in the light tight delivery enclosure until the processor is capable of handling them.