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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1998
Giang T Ngo, Hilton, NY (US);
Vincent B Dethier, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
In a storage phosphor reader having a receiving station for receiving a cassette containing a removable storage phosphor, the storage phosphor having an end cap with an alignment opening and access openings, an extraction bar assembly comprising: an extraction bar; a locator pin and spaced hook members projecting from the extraction bar toward a received cassette; a slider for mounting the locating pin, the slider being slidably mounted on the extraction bar; an over center spring connected between the slider and the extraction bar; mechanism for moving the extraction bar towards a received storage phosphor so that the locator pin and hook members are respectively inserted into the alignment opening and the access openings of the storage phosphor end cap and then for moving the extraction bar laterally of the storage phosphor so that the hook members engage the end cap of the storage phosphor, the slider slides in the extraction bar, and the over center spring locks the hook members in the engaged position; and a wedge mechanism that is movably mounted on the extraction bar to engage the storage phosphor end cap when the hook members engage the end cap, the wedge member stabilizing the engagement.