Patent ID: 7952798

Claim:
A holding device for retaining a number of microscope slides with tissue specimens, wherein: (i) the surfaces of the microscope slides in retained position are located in a common plane; (ii) an elongated hanger having a common plan and a clamping means for releasable clamping of microscope slides in a hanging position with the surfaces in said plane, the microscope slides being clamped at their upper end and by release from the clamping means being free to fall from the hanger because of their own weight; and (iii) the clamping means of the hanger comprises a number of clamping springs that each clamp one or more microscope slides, the hanger being arranged to cooperate with an actuating means that can be moved between a first position in which the clamping springs are moved to a clamped position so that they clamp the microscope slides, and a second position in which the clamping springs are moved to an open position in which the microscope slides are released.