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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael Thoms, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Assignee:
Durr Dental GmbH & Co. KG, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 4/204 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 4/204 ;
Abstract
A device for reading flexible storage foils. The devices includes a foil support, a reading light source which provides a reading light beam which has a wave length suitable to excite metastable storage centers of the storage foil. Drive mechanisms are employed to provide relative movement between the reading light beam and the storage foil. A light detector is responsive to fluorescence light of the storage foil generated by the reading light beam.