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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2019
Leica Biosystems Nussloch Gmbh, Nussloch, DE;
Zheguang Fan, Shanghai, CN;
Leica Biosystems Nussloch GmbH, Nussloch, DE;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a blade load mechanism for a blade holder of a microtome. The blade holder has a base defining a blade receptacle configured to receive a blade, the blade load mechanism includes a blade supply container configured to contain a blade therein, the blade supply container defining a removal opening through which the blade is able to be removed from the blade supply container, and a blade access slot through an outer wall of the blade supply container in a length direction of the blade; and a blade pusher configured to engage with the blade through the blade access slot and slide along the blade access slot to push the blade out of the blade supply container through the removal opening, and deliver the blade into the blade receptacle. The present disclosure further provides a blade unload mechanism and a blade changing system.