Apparatus for handling coverslips for specimen slides
US6796353B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 22, 2002 |
| Grant date | Sep 28, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 29, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T156/1785
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus (1) for handling coverslips (20) for specimen slides (9) comprises a transport arm (8), a base block (3) mounted on the transport arm and having a having a notional center axis (3a), and at least two suction devices (4 and 5) carried by the base block (3), each suction device (4 and 5) having an end (4a and 5a) that comes into contact with a coverslip (2) and points away from the notional center axis (3a) of said base block (3). The base block (3) both removes a single coverslip (2) from a magazine (24), and deposits the removed coverslip (2) onto a specimen slide (9).
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