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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2003
Tatsuya Araki, Omihachiman, JP;
Kimihiro Takahama, Ibaraki, JP;
Hiroshi Miyata, Kyoto, JP;
Mitsuhiro Hashimoto, Kyoto, JP;
Toshiaki Nakamura, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Takahiro Kamitake, Osaka, JP;
Tatsuya Araki, Omihachiman, JP;
Kimihiro Takahama, Ibaraki, JP;
Hiroshi Miyata, Kyoto, JP;
Mitsuhiro Hashimoto, Kyoto, JP;
Toshiaki Nakamura, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Takahiro Kamitake, Osaka, JP;
Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An X-ray equipment includes a movable carriage, an X-ray tube for irradiating an X-ray on a subject, and a cassette storage box for storing a cassette with a radiographic storage medium such as a film. In the X-ray equipment, when the cassette storage box is pulled and tilted, a gateway for the cassette is opened. When the cassette storage box is pushed back, the gateway is closed. The X-ray equipment further includes a storage box locking device for locking the cassette storage box in a state where the gateway is closed and for unlocking the cassette storage box when the locked state is released, and a locking release holding device for holding the storage box locking device in a released state.