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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2007
Andreas Bode, Munich, DE;
Georg Reiser, Munich, DE;
Marc Weber, Munich, DE;
Ralph Thoma, Augsburg, DE;
Stefan Stallmeister, Gionn, DE;
Stephan Baunach, Munich, DE;
Heike Minwegen, Bad Aibling, DE;
Robert Fasbender, Erlangen, DE;
Rupert Dedler, Jengen-Weinhausen, DE;
Andreas Bode, Munich, DE;
Georg Reiser, Munich, DE;
Marc Weber, Munich, DE;
Ralph Thoma, Augsburg, DE;
Stefan Stallmeister, Gionn, DE;
Stephan Baunach, Munich, DE;
Heike Minwegen, Bad Aibling, DE;
Robert Fasbender, Erlangen, DE;
Rupert Dedler, Jengen-Weinhausen, DE;
Agfa HealthCare N.V., Mortsel, BE;
Abstract
An apparatus () for erasing a storage phosphor layer () with a holding plane () in which the storage phosphor layer () lies or can be moved, a radiation source () for irradiating the storage phosphor layer () with erasing radiation which is suitable for erasing the storage phosphor layer (), and a reflector () for reflecting erasing radiation in the direction of the holding plane (). In order to increase the erasing efficiency, provision is made such that the reflector () is arranged and/or designed such that it reflects erasing radiation, which is reflected by the storage phosphor layer (), in the direction of the storage phosphor layer (), and the radiation source () is disposed on a base (), the base () being disposed closer to the holding plane () than at least part of the reflector ().