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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1986
Manfred Schmidt, Kirchheim, DE;
Herbert Gebele, Sauerlach, DE;
AGFA-Gevaert AG, Leverkusen, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for automatic charging and discharging an X-ray film sheet into a cassette includes a bar code reader having an illumination device and a rotary scanning mirror. The cassette is provided on its top with a bar code label which irrespective of the format of the cassette is always located at a fixed distance from a leading edge and from a lateral guiding edge of the cassette. The cassette is insertable into an intake compartment and only after the cassette reaches an end position in the compartment a limit switch activates the scanning mirror and the illumination device of the reader, thus eliminating reading errors when reading bar codes on cassettes of different formats.