Feeding mechanism for a microtome
AssigneeLeica Microsystems Nussloch GmbH
InventorKlaus Foerderer
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Abstract
A feed device (1) for a microtome, in particular for a cryostat microtome, for setting the cut thickness of the specimen (2) to be sectioned, is described. In order to set the cut thickness, either the cutting knife or the specimen holder (3) is mounted on a slide (8) in a slide guide (4) and is connected non-positively to a drive motor (5). The drive motor (5) is connected either to an eccentric cam (6) or to a helical cam (7), and the nonpositive connection between the motor (5) and the slide is accomplished via the eccentric cam (6) or the helical cam (7).
Claims11
A feed device for a microtome to provide relative displacement between a knife of said microtome and a specimen to be cut, said feed device comprising:
- a slide guide;
- a slide element guided by said slide guide;
- a drive motor;
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- a cam operably connected to said drive motor and non-positively connected to said slide element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.