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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2013
Leica Biosystems Nussloch Gmbh, Nussloch, DE;
Roland Walter, Reilingen, DE;
Leica Biosystems Nussloch GmbH, Nussloch, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a knife holder () having a blade changing apparatus (). The knife holder has a first blade receptacle () defining a cutting position, a securing device () for securing a blade () received in the first blade receptacle (), a second blade receptacle () defining an output position, and an ejection device () for ejecting a blade () received in the first blade receptacle () out of the first blade receptacle (). The first and the second blade receptacles are arranged in the knife holder in such a way that a blade ejected from the first blade receptacle () can travel by gravity into the second blade receptacle ().