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Ronald D White

John Gibson

Harold Dwaine Palmer

James Robert Hellerman

An applicator device comprising a main head having a surface bearing protrusion elements of specified dimensional character. The disclosed device has superior utility for the application to the skin of materials such as skin lotions, tanning oils, salves, massage oils, depilatory creams, shaving creams and gels, personal lubricants, and the like.

Applicator device

A plurality of glass slides having specimens such as blood smears disposed thereon are prepared for microscopic viewing by an apparatus which automatically applies preparation solutions to the slides such as stains and buffers and thereafter automatically drys the completed slides. The staining and buffering solutions are deposited evenly over the surfaces of the slides carrying the specimens by a timed operation of one or more electro-mechanically actuated aerosol dispensers which produce fine sprays of the desired preparation solutions. Simultaneously with the generated spray, the plurality of slides are rotated at a relatively slow rate to cause a uniform distribution of the spray particles on the slide surfaces. Following the staining and buffering mode, an automatic drying mode is initiated in which the plurality of slides are rotated at a relatively higher speed for a timed interval after which the apparatus automatically turns off and the completed slides may be removed from the apparatus.

Method for preparing microscope slides by rotating during coating

A springy one-piece wire element is mounted on one arm of a wire cutter to hold a section of wire as it is clipped from a main wire. The wire element has a U-shaped portion which grips the cutter arm and holds a catch portion of the wire element adjacent the cutting edge to cooperate with the other cutter arm to hold the clipped wire section.

Cutter with wire catch

A plurality of glass slides having specimens such as blood smears disposed thereon are prepared for microscopic viewing by an apparatus which automatically applies preparation solutions to the slides such as stains and buffers and thereafter automatically drys the completed slides. The staining and buffering solutions are deposited evenly over the surfaces of the slides carrying the specimens by a timed operation of one or more electromechanically actuated aerosol dispensers which produce fine sprays of the desired preparation solutions. Simultaneously with the generated spray, the plurality of slides are rotated at a relatively slow rate to cause a uniform distribution of the spray particles on the slide surfaces. Following the staining and buffering mode, an automatic drying mode is initiated in which the plurality of slides are rotated at a relatively higher speed for a timed interval after which the apparatus automatically turns off and the completed slides may be removed from the apparatus.

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Cypress, CA, United States of America

Ronald D White