US Patent Issued to J. MORITA on May 5 for "Radiation image scanner" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,990, issued on May 5, was assigned to J. MORITA MFG. CORP. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Radiation image scanner" was invented by Yusuke Fujii (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiation image scanner is a radiation image scanner that reads a radiation image from a front surface of an image plate (IP), and includes a stage that supports the IP from a back surface side and a setting guide including a first IP guide surface that guides the IP obliquely downward. At least one of the setting guide and the stage includes an inclined surface (second IP guide surface), which is a surface inclined downward to the opposite side with respect to ...