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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel Dashui Gao, Miami, FL (US);
Marshall D Graham, Nicholasville, KY (US);
Manuel Calvo, Miami, FL (US);
Assignee:
Coulter International Corp., Miami, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422 65 ; 422 67 ; 118100 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for drying a succession of microscope slides having wet blood specimen smears on a first major surface, including a belt transport for moving slides along a longitudinal drying path with their wet surfaces facing in a common direction and means for directing low velocity, heated air flows toward the non-smeared, major slide surfaces. Air flow proximate the slides preferably is about 15.degree. C. above ambient and at a velocity of about 10 to 30 feet per minute for a drying period of about 75 to 135 seconds, per slide.