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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerard Boeve, Edegem, BE;
Jan Heyen, Wilrijk, BE;
Assignee:
Agfa-Gevaert N.V., Mortsel, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250589 ; 250581 ;
Abstract
A scanning apparatus is described with a transport device for conveying a cassette past a scanning and erasing station, which transport device comprises a scanning carriage (31), a carriage carrier (63) on the top surface of the carriage near its leading end, an endless belt (26) which has an upper stretch which runs through a groove in the top surface of the carriage, belt carrier device (60) on said endless belt, a coupling mechanism (64) for coupling the upper stretch of the belt to the carriage, and control unit (86, 78) for controlling the operation of said coupling mechanism.