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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1986
Ryoichi Yoshimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Shumpeita Torii, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for recording a radiation image on a stimulable phosphor sheet and reading out the stored radiation image comprises a recording section provided with a sheet stacker, a read-out section, and an erasing section disposed on a circulation path of a conveyance system. The sheet stacker is provided with a tray unit comprising a casing and a plurality of trays housed in the casing so that every tray may be positioned on the circulation path, allows the stimulable phosphor sheet to be conveyed by the conveyance system into the tray, holds the stimulable phosphor sheet in the tray, and allows the stimulable phosphor sheet to be conveyed by the conveyance system out of the tray. The sheet stacker is also provided with a conveyance mechanism for taking the stimulable phosphor sheet out of an arbitrary tray housed in the casing, conveying the stimulable phosphor sheet to an image recording position exposed to a radiation, and conveying the stimulable phosphor sheet from the image recording position into an arbitrary tray.