Patent ID: 6382693
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: B25J,G02B

Abstract:
A device for automatically attaching cover slips to microscope slides carrying a specimen for microscopic examination and a mounting medium, comprising a lifting means having a holder in which there are mounted a pair of mutually spaced suction cups extending in a vertical plane, and an abutment body arranged between and outside of the suction cups and having a downwards convexly curved abutment surface for abutment against a cover slip retained by the suction cups, wherein the abutment body, at and end portion thereof situated laterally outside of the suction cups, is rotatably mounted in the holder about an axis extending transversely relative to said vertical plane, and wherein a limiting means is provided causing the abutment body to be limitedly rotatable in the holder to each side of an essentially horizontal intermediate position.