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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2008
Applicants:
Ian Kerrod, Flintshire, GB;
Richard Clarkson, Leyland, GB;
Basil Gaynor, Holmes Chapel, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Thermo Shandon Ltd., Cheshire, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/00 (2006.01); B65H 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention aims to provide a dispensing apparatus for dispensing individual tissue cassettes from a stack of cassettes, the apparatus includes a hopper for receiving a stack of tissue cassettes, the hopper having an aperture through which cassettes are dispensable; ejection means for ejecting a cassette through the aperture; and retention means for retaining all but one of the cassettes in the stack as an individual cassette is ejected.