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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Primera Technology, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventor:
Darren W. Haas, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Assignee:
Primera Technology, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/48 (2006.01); B65H 3/12 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 13/10 (2006.01); B65H 3/06 (2006.01); B01L 3/02 (2006.01); G01N 1/31 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/48 (2013.01); B41J 3/407 (2013.01); B41J 13/103 (2013.01); B65H 3/063 (2013.01); B65H 3/128 (2013.01); B01L 3/0241 (2013.01); G01N 1/312 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00861 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for feeding histology specimen slides from a stack of the slides in a slide printer. The stack of slides includes first, next-to-be removed and second slides having adjacent surfaces. A flow of gas is applied to a location that the adjacent surfaces of the first and second slides meet when removing the first slide from the stack. The flow of gas, which may be a jet or blast of air applied through a nozzle, and which may be applied before and/or during the removal of the slide from the stack, helps un-stick the slides to enhance the feeding action.