Patent ID: 9079735
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: B01L,B41J,B65H,G01N

Abstract:
1. A method for feeding histology specimen slides from a structure supporting a stack of the slides in a slide printer, including: providing a stack of rectangular histology specimen slides having sides and ends, including first and second slides having adjacent major surfaces in contact with one another, wherein the slides are provided in a cartridge having a side wall, a feed opening, and a gas flow opening in the sidewall; removing the first slide from the stack by moving the first slide with respect to the second slide in a direction generally parallel to the sides of the slides through the feed opening in the cartridge; and applying a flow of gas to the sides of the first and second slides through the gas flow opening in the side wall of the cartridge and through a nozzle pointing to the sides of the slides and to a location that the adjacent major surfaces of the first and second slides contact one another when removing the first slide from the stack.