Patent ID: 7153474

Claim:
A system ( 100 ) for staining and coverslipping specimen slides, said system comprising: a stainer ( 1 ) including an individual housing ( 2 ) and a transport device ( 5 ) for handling racks ( 4 ) carrying specimen slides, wherein said housing ( 2 ) of said stainer ( 1 ) has a lateral opening ( 33 ); a coverslipper ( 20 ) including an individual housing ( 22 ), wherein said housing ( 22 ) of said coverslipper ( 20 ) also has a lateral opening ( 23 ); said stainer ( 1 ) and said coverslipper ( 20 ) being arranged such that said lateral openings ( 33 and 23 ) are located directly opposite one another; and wherein said housing ( 2 ) of said stainer ( 1 ) and said housing ( 22 ) of said coverslipper ( 20 ) include respective side walls ( 32 ) and ( 21 ) opposing one another, each of said side walls ( 32 and 21 ) having respective attachment elements ( 21 a and 34 ) thereon, wherein said attachment elements ( 21 a ) of said stainer ( 1 ) coact with said attachment elements ( 34 ) of said coverslipper ( 20 ).