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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1988
Satoshi Katsuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Shumpeita Torii, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A stacker for stimulable phosphor sheets provided in a conveyance path of a sheet conveyance system comprises a stacker body provided with upright parallel partition plates, each of which has a vertical back surface and a front surface tapered to gradually project forward in the downward direction, and bottom plates each of which is provided at the lower end of each partition plate and moveable between a first position to receive the lower edge of the stimulable phosphor sheet entering between the partition plates and a second position moved to allow the stimulable phosphor sheet to fall by its weight. A feed-in device is provided above the stacker body for feeding the stimulable phosphor sheets conveyed by the sheet conveyance system into the stacker body, and a feed-out device is provided below the stacker body for receiving the stimulable phosphor sheet falling by its weight and transferring it to the sheet conveyance system. The stacker body is moved so that every space between the partition plates in the stacker body can be brought below the feed-in device and above the feed-out device.