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Blade holder for microtome for cutting frozen sample

US4472989A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 17, 1982
Grant dateSep 25, 1984
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 17, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T83/9493
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A blade holder for microtome for cutting frozen samples, in which a replaceable blade is clamped between a holder body and an urging member, and which comprises a bracket mounted on a rear portion of the holder body, a rotary shaft supported in the bracket to extend parallel to the holder body, an anti-roll plate secured to the front end of a shaft member penetrating a see-through hole formed in the rotary shaft so that the anti-roll plate is disposed above the urging member, said anti-roll plate being spring biased in a direction to cause its displacement to the front, and a nut fitted on the rear end of the shaft member.

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