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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7556426 | Radiation cassette A radiation cassette has a casing for storing a stimulable phosphor plate and a lid openably and closably mounted on the casing. The lid has a guide structure for guiding the stimulable phosphor plate when the radiation image recording medium is removed or inserted ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7331710 | Cassette for use in radiation image forming apparatus A spring is mounted on a side of a stimulable phosphor sheet. A cassette for use in radiation image forming apparatus includes a housing and a lid hinged thereto. When the lid is closed over the housing with the stimulable phosphor sheet inserted in the cassette, th... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7165884 | Grid assembly for use with a cassette A grid assembly for use with an imaging cassette, for example, a computed radiography cassette, particularly an elongated radiography cassette. The grid assembly includes: an anti-scatter grid; a radiographically translucent enclosure housing the anti-scatter grid a... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7146831 | Slide latch The present invention relates to a lockable latch for securing together a first panel to a second panel or keeper on a second panel or frame. The latch has a housing, a lockplug configured for a key, a lock collar and a return spring. When a user turns a key to rota... | 12/12/2006 |
| 6791724 | Imaging device with media clamp An imaging device comprising a transparent, media support platen having a first surface portion and a second surface portion; a media clamp mounted in displaceable, overlying relationship with the first surface portion of the platen; and a lid mounted in displaceabl... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6719457 | Radiation cassette and method of manufacturing same A casing has a flat plate for being irradiated with a radiation from an external source, a plurality of metal plates disposed on edges of inner surfaces of ends of the flat plate, and a plurality of resin frames integrally molded on the ends of the flat plate in emb... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6652140 | X-ray cassette holder apparatus An apparatus to couple rigid items to a patient support including a patient support coupler and a holder.... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6604633 | Combinations of stimulable phosphor sheets and cassettes In combinations of stimulable phosphor sheets and cassettes, at least a stimulable phosphor sheet for single-side reading is prevented from being stored in a cassette for double-side reading. A shape of the stimulable phosphor sheet for single-side readin... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6557705 | Radiation cassette A radiation cassette comprises a casing which accommodates an accumulative fluorescent material sheet, a lid which is installed to a part of the casing so that the lid is openable and closable, a shield plate which is arranged for the casing and which is ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6520692 | Exposure apparatus for printing plates In an automatic exposure apparatus for printing plates, a photopolymer plate is taken out of an accommodating cassette in which stacked photopolymer plates are accommodated, and an image is recorded onto the photopolymer plate. A shutter which opens and c... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6152598 | R/F and chest radiography compatible X-ray imaging table A main body of a diagnostic table apparatus holds a supporting body slidably. The supporting body holds an X-ray tube and an X-ray flat panel detector so as to face each other. A tabletop of the diagnostic table is fitted rotatably to the main body of the... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6068439 | Cassette A cassette comprises a movable member supported on a box member for movement in a direction normal to an swing axis, around which a cover member swings, and an engaging claw combined with the movable member. The movable member is urged to one side of the ... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5924571 | Reclosable film package A reclosable film package consisting of a filmpack (17) and a rectangular tuck-end carton (10) enclosing the filmpack and having a top opening (13) closable by means of a top flap (14) having a flap extension (15) which can be tucked into the body of the ... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5912944 | X-ray cassette A light weight x-ray cassette formed from Hylite which is an metal/polymer/metal material. The cassette comprises: a front panel and a back panel formed from the Hylite composite material with the front and the back panels being operatively hinged togethe... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5773832 | Advanced CCD-based x-ray image sensor system An improved CCD-based x-ray image sensor system enables the use of an uncooled or only slightly cooled CCD array (18a) within a standard size x-ray film cassette (1). The sensor system provides a number of advanced functions such as remote diagnostic capa... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5729586 | Radiographic cassettes and apparatus and method for loading/unloading thereof The present invention relates to a radiographic cassette to be used for exposing a radiographic film to X-ray radiation, the radiographic cassette comprising a base element and an upper element, a front phosphor screen adhered to the inner portion of the ... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5678303 | Apparatus for separating film from x-ray cassettes The present invention relates to apparatus for separating sheets from substrates without substantially moving the sheets and, specifically where the sheets are sheets of X-ray film and the substrates are screens found in conventional X-ray cassettes.... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5652781 | Intensifying x-ray film cassette A x-ray fill cassette for use with radiographic film. The cassette has a tube side unit and a cover unit. The units together define a film space for the film. The units are relatively pivotable between an open state and a closed state. The tube side unit ... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5636961 | Cassette A cassette comprises a movable member supported on a box member for movement in a direction normal to an swing axis, around which a cover member swings, and an engaging claw combined with the movable member. The movable member is urged to one side of the ... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5441251 | Sheet article containing cassette and system Herein disclosed is a sheet article containing cassette which has a holding function to contain a sheet article, even if the cassette is in a vertical position with its ejection slot down, or to eject the sheet article without fail. Also disclosed is a sh... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5388818 | Near vertical media receive magazine A receive magazine configured to be positioned in a generally upright, vertical orientation for passively collecting a plurality of flexible sheets of media. The top wall of the enclosure has a collection door in the top wall of a light-tight enclosure al... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5388140 | Film cassette A film cassette comprising a base and a cover adapted to close upon and cooperate with the base. A pressure plate is disposed between the cover and the base. The cover, base and pressure plate form a light-tight space for receiving a sheet of film. At lea... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5379997 | Cassette A cassette comprises a movable member supported on a box member for movement in a direction normal to an swing axis, around which a cover member swings, and an engaging claw combined with the movable member. The movable member is urged to one side of the ... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5308994 | Cassette setting device A cassette housing a sheet-shaped image recording medium therein and provided with an opening, through which the image recording medium is to be fed into and out of the cassette, at one end is set at a predetermined position in a cassette utilizing appara... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5288977 | System for imprinting patient-identifying barcodes onto medical X-rays An X-ray cassette 30 has a window 32 for mounting a back-lit LCD 34 to expose the film therein with patient identifying information in the form of a barcode. A strip of lead 38 opposite window 32 shields film 37 when cover 31 is closed. The LCD is activat... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5265865 | Stimulable phosphor sheet feeding and storing mechanism and stimulable phosphor sheet cassette A stimulable phosphor sheet cassette has a light-tight casing which has an opening through which a stimulable phosphor sheet can be got in and out of the casing by moving the stimulable phosphor sheet in a direction parallel to the surface thereof and a l... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5265148 | X-ray sheet film cassette An X-ray sheet film cassette has an upper cassette part, a lower cassette part adapted to face a radiation source and connected with the upper cassette part so that the cassette can be opened and closed. The lower cassette part has a frame and a plate con... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5172905 | Film receive magazine for a laser imager A receive magazine for collecting and transporting sheets of exposed photographic media. The receive magazine includes an elongated, light-tight enclosure having front and back walls, top and bottom walls, and first and second end walls. Sheets of media a... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5170424 | X-ray film cassette having an easily assembled frame hinge joint The X-ray film cassette has an interior portion and two cassette sections pivotally connected with each other by the frame hinge joint. The two cassette sections have opposing small sides positioned remotely from the frame hinge joint lockable with each o... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5145166 | Supply magazaine for X-ray sheet film stack in light-tight envelope A supply magazine has a drawer-shaped, upwardly open box for introducing a sheet film stack in a light-tight envelope and for withdrawing individual sheet films after removal of the envelope, a cover part movable relative to the box, a unit for winding th... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5146484 | Sheet-film cassette A sheet-film cassette (1) comprises a lower portion (2) and a lid (3) hinged to said lower portion by means of a hinge (4). Hinge (4) consists of a flexible material and has a ledge-shaped profile with a thinner portion of the material forming a pivot zon... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5101423 | X-ray cassette An X-ray cassette for retaining an X-ray sheet film or the like. The frame (13) of the X-ray cassette comprises corner members (20) corresponding to corner portions of a front plate and straight members (30), connected to the corner members and correspond... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5086446 | X-ray sheet film cassette The X-ray sheet film cassette has a top part hinged to a base part. The bottom of the base part is provided with a frame enclosing a film supporting plate through which the radiation is transmitted. The supporting plate has a laminated structure including... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5078271 | Flat film cassette A flat film cassette comprises a lower part, an upper part provided with an illumination window, and an element for turnably connecting the lower part and the upper part with one another. The lower part has a bottom with a peripheral edge for receiving a ... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5063583 | Method and apparatus for testing radiographic film processors Methods and apparatus for determining film processor performance. Films for use in radiographic imaging, adapted to evaluate performance of a film processor which develops an image of a structure of interest on the films are provided. The films have expos... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5056770 | Device for releasing a film sheet adhering to the inner surface of the upper cassette portion of an x-ray film cassette Apparatus for loading and unloading x-ray film cassettes of various sizes, using an air jet to release a sheet of film from a pivotally open upper cassette part, the air jet nozzle being carried by a lever arrangement such that the nozzle is moved upwardl... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5046716 | Lighttight film box having a film clasping tray A lighttight box, for automatically delivering a photosensitive sheet of photographic film to an exposure station, and for positively removing the film from the exposure station and returning it to the box. The box includes a lid movable between a closed ... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5025465 | X-ray cassette for foils with phosphor layer An X-ray cassette for foils provided with a stimulatable phosphorous layer comprises two cassette parts turnable relative to one another between open and closed positions, one of the cassette parts being permeable for X-rays, elements for turnably connect... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5018183 | X-ray film magazine An x-ray film magazine has a housing and a cover which in combination form an interior volume having an approximately C-shaped cross section, which receives a number of sheets of x-ray film in a stack made to conform to the C-shaped cross section. A foil ... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5001735 | X-ray dose compensation for radiographic apparatus with kV ripple An x-ray tube (A) is powered by a control circuit (C) for selectively irradiating a sheet of x-ray film (B). An operator selects the operating anode current mA for the x-ray tube, an exposure or dose value (preferably an mAs value), and a tube voltage kV ... | 03/19/1991 |
