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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Juergen Mueller, Munich, DE;
Walter Bauer, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Agfa-Gevaert Aktiengesellschaft, Leverkusen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B54H 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B54H 5/00 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for processing a photostimulatable image plate ( ). The image plate ( ) is taken out of a cassette ( ), processed and placed back in the same cassette ( ), the cassette being conveyed from an input station ( ) to an output station ( ). The cassette ( ) is rotated about a vertical axis during conveyance once the image plate is taken out of the cassette and before said plate is reinserted in the same cassette.