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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1987
Jurgen Muller, Munich, DE;
AGFA Gevaert Aktiengesellschaft, Leverkusen, DE;
Abstract
A device for loading and unloading an X-ray film cassette comprises a housing which has a light-proof closable compartment receiving a film cassette and provided with a sucker for removing a film from and inserting a new film into the cassette, a device for determining a format of the cassette being loaded and unloaded, and a plurality of compartments accommodating film dispensing magazines containing film stacks of different formats. The loading device further includes a control for controlling movements of the dispensing magazines and a drive arrangement provided for each of the compartments for moving an assigned dispensing magazine in an open position thereof from the respective compartment to a region of the transport rollers and back into the respective compartment.