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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Leica Microsystems Nussloch GmbH, Nussloch, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 3/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 3/34 ;
Abstract
An apparatus ( ) for drying solvent-based ink is described, in which the ink is applied onto plastic cassettes for histological preparations and/or on glass specimen slides ( ) for microscopic thin sections. The apparatus ( ) comprises a hot-air blower ( ) and/or a flash device ( ) for drying the ink.