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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1985
Kaoru Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A stimulable phosphor sheet recording and read-out apparatus comprises, as integrated in a single unit, an image recording section, an image read-out section, an erasing section and a circulation and conveyance system for conveying a plurality of different types of stimulable phosphor sheets along a circulation path passing through these sections. At least the part of the circulation path between the read-out section and the image recording section is provided with a set of parallel branch paths consisting of a number of paths equal to the number of types of stimulable phosphor sheets used, and with a sorting means for sorting the stimulable phosphor sheets into prescribed ones of the branch paths. When it is desired to use a particular type of stimulable phosphor sheet in an image recording and read-out operation, the desired type of sheet can be quickly and efficiently forwarded to the image recording section from the branch path prescribed for that type of sheet.