Patent ID: 8945662
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: B01L,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A slide stainer comprising: a slide carrier that is configured to carry one or more laboratory slides; a vessel that is capable of carrying fluid for staining the one or more laboratory slides and sized to accommodate the one or more laboratory slides; a slide transporter that is configured to move the slide carrier in a vertical direction into and out of the vessel, the slide transporter comprising a bracket, the bracket being either directly or indirectly attached to the slide carrier; and a spring loaded pin that is moveable in a horizontal direction with respect to the slide carrier between an extended position and a retracted position, wherein, in the extended position, the spring loaded pin engages with a surface of the bracket of the slide stainer to limit free-fall vertical translation of the slide carrier in an event of a power loss.