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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1985
Isao Utsumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A stimulable phosphor sheet conveyance apparatus has a first conveyance path for receiving a stimulable phosphor sheet from an image read-out section and conveying it in the forward direction, a third conveyance path for receiving the stimulable phosphor sheet from the first conveyance path and then conveying it in the reverse direction, a second conveyance path for receiving the stimulable phosphor sheet conveyed from the third conveyance path, conveying it to an erasing section with its side for recording an image facing erasing light sources in the erasing section, and, after the stimulable phosphor sheet has been erased, conveying the stimulable phosphor sheet in the forward direction to return it to the third conveyance path. A roller for conveying the stimulable phosphor sheet is positioned at the branching point between the first and second conveyance paths, the third conveyance path is provided with a belt for guiding the stimulable phosphor sheet received from the first conveyance path to the third conveyance path, and the third conveyance path is positioned to lie on an imaginary extension of the second conveyance path.