Patent ID: 8152603

Claim:
A slide holder for mounting a slide to a sample holder for use in a grinder/polisher, the sample holder having a pair of openings therein spaced from one another a predetermined distance and having a thickness, the slide holder comprising: a plate for carrying the slide; a pair of stems extending from the plate, the stems spaced from one another a distance equal to the predetermined distance between the sample holder openings, the stems configured for receipt in the sample holder openings, the stems having an axis and an outer periphery and having a height; a locking element mounted to each stem, the locking elements having an outer periphery, the locking elements mounted on their respective stems to move relative to the axis of its respective stem between a first position in which the periphery of the locking element is coincident with or within the periphery of the stem and a second position in which the periphery of the locking element is, in part, outside of the periphery of the stem, wherein the stems are inserted into the sample holder openings with the locking elements in the first position and wherein the locking elements are moved to the second position to lock the slide holder to the sample holder and to prevent the stems from disengaging from the sample holder.