A carrier for a package containing a stack of sheets of x-ray film has a first wall located along one side of the stack of sheets and a second wall located along the opposite side of the stack of sheets. The dimensions of the walls relative to the film sheets is such that the first wall extends less than the full width of the sheets and the second wall extends less than the full length of the sheets. This enables a sheet removing device to engage and remove a sheet from either side of the stack of sheets. The package can be loaded in either of two kinds of equipment which require the package to be oriented in different ways when sheets are to be fed from the stack.
A package for a stack of film sheets includes a pouch that encloses the stack of film sheets, and a leader that is positioned over a face of the pouch and is secured to a leading edge of the pouch so that the leader remains over the ouch until an operator pulls it away from the pouch and feeds it into a spindle to remove the package from the stack of film sheets.
A package for a stack of X-ray film sheets has a pouch and a leader secured to the pouch. Heat seals secure side edge portions of the leader to edges of outer faces of sheets forming the pouch. Rows of perforations and slits in the leader adjacent the heat seals enables tearing of the leader from the pouch edges.
The present invention provides a load bag and carrier board design that will allow the user to load film in a darkroom load magazine in room light. This is accomplished by tearing the bag open along the perforations and pulling off the outer bag. The bag and film are loaded into the magazine; as the access door is closed, the outer bag is pulled off. A label is placed at the bottom panel of the outer bag to identify package orientation and alert the user when the end of the bag is reached. At this point the package allows film to be loaded in room light conditions with a high risk of light fog on the edge (1/8") of the film. The fog is concentrated on the top edge of the film closest to the cassette door. With the addition of the cassette cover, the end user can load film in white light with no fog concerns.
