Claims
- 1. A restoration assembly for the erasure of images on photo-stimulable phosphor imaging plates, said restoration assembly comprising:
a cover member, said cover member in the form of an inverted rectangular tray having a plurality of light sources and reflective sources mounted therein behind a diffuser glass member; a base member, complimentary with said cover member said base member having a support surface for the placement of said exposed photo-stimulable phosphor imaging plates, exposure side fading upwardly, said cover member cooperative with said base member to form a closure; and a control means to activate said light sources for a time sufficient to erase said images on said photo-stimulable surface of said photo-stimulable phosphor imaging plate.
- 2. The restoration assembly in accordance with claim 1 wherein said base and cover members are hingeably secured about said support area.
- 3. The restoration assembly in accordance with claim 1 wherein said base member and said cover member are in slidable relationship with each other.
- 4. The restoration assembly in accordance with claim 1 wherein said support surface is resilient so as to permit the placement and removal of said photo-stimulable phosphor imaging plates by engaging the edges of said photo-stimulable phosphor imaging plates.
- 5. The restoration assembly in accordance with claim 1 wherein support surface is formed with a plurality of parallel ripples forming consecutive parallel troughs and crests to permit the placement and removal of said photo-stimulable phosphor imaging plate by engaging the edges of said photo-stimulable phosphor imaging plates.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] Applicant claims the benefit of provisional application No. 60/354,463, filed Feb. 5, 2002.