Patent ID: 8087334

Claim:
A sectioning instrument comprising a sample base for fixing an embedded block embedded with a living body sample, a cutter for fabricating a section by sectioning the embedded block fixed to the sample base, carrying means for carrying the section fabricated by the cutter to a rear side of the cutter to deliver to a next step, and a feed mechanism for moving the embedded block to the cutter, at a cutting speed, the sample base in a predetermined feed direction and sectioning the embedded block by the cutter; wherein the carrying means comprises: a belt for carrying the section; a direction switching portion provided on an upper side of the cutter substantially in parallel with a direction of a cut blade of the cutter, proximate to the cut blade and having a gap capable of inserting the belt between the cutter and the direction switching portion; and a rear roller provided in the rear side of the cutter; wherein the belt is made to travel, at a carrying speed that is substantially equal to the cutting speed during fabrication of the section, from the rear side of the cutter to the cutter, inserted between the cutter and the direction switching portion, folded back to an upper side by the direction switching portion, and reeled back to the rear side of the cutter by the rear roller, wherein the belt is further made to travel continuously after fabrication of the section at least until the fabricated section is carried to the rear side of the cutter to deliver to the next step; and wherein the belt is wet at a portion on the belt at which the section comes into contact with the belt.