Patent ID: 7767148

Claim:
A staining/covering system comprising: a staining apparatus for staining a specimen sample sliced and pasted to a glass slide; and a covering apparatus being arranged in close proximity to said staining apparatus and covering a cover film or a cover glass onto the specimen sample of the glass slide subjected to desired staining in said staining apparatus, transferring means for transferring a movable tank from inside of said staining apparatus to inside of said covering apparatus, said transferring means being provided in said covering apparatus, said staining apparatus includes a basket wherein one or a plurality of glass slides having specimen samples are inserted perpendicular to a bottom part; a plurality of stationary tanks storing staining liquid or cleaning liquid, in which the basket is soaked so as to stain or clean the specimen sample or samples of said plurality of glass slides; said movable tank being reciprocally moved between said staining apparatus and said covering apparatus by said transferring means; and means for conveying the basket to at least one of said plurality of stationary tanks and conveying the basket, in which the glass slide or glass slides having the specimen sample or samples stained or cleaned are stored, to said movable tank that is located at a predetermined position in said staining apparatus by said transferring means.