Imaging apparatus

An imaging box for capturing an image of a sample, the image box comprising:

• a body including an interior cavity for receiving the sample, and having a front wall defining an opening into said cavity;
• a door having a rear wall, said door movable between an opened condition, enabling access to the interior cavity through the cavity opening, and a closed condition, positioning said rear wall substantially adjacent the body front wall to prevent access through the cavity opening;
• one of the body front wall and the door rear wall including a pair of generally parallel channel walls extending outwardly therefrom to form a channel extending substantially around the perimeter of the cavity opening when the door is in the closed condition;
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• the other of door rear wall and body front wall having an interengaging wall extending outwardly therefrom and adapted to extend into said channel in a manner such that said interengaging wall and said channel walls substantially overlap, relative their respective depth, when the door is in the closed condition.

An imaging box for capturing an image of a sample, the image box comprising:

• a body including an interior cavity for receiving the sample, and having a front wall defining an opening into said cavity;
• a door having a rear wall and an exterior face, said door movable between an opened condition, enabling access to the interior cavity through the cavity opening, and a closed condition, positioning said rear wall substantially adjacent the body front wall to prevent access through the cavity opening;
• a compressible material disposed on one of the rear wall and the front wall;
• a first latch moveable between a first position disengaged with said front wall and a second position engaged with said front wall in which a securing force is applied between the door and the front wall at a first location;
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• a second latch moveable between a first position disengaged with said front wall and a second position engaged with said front wall in which a securing force is applied between the door and the front wall at a second location, wherein the securing force provided by the first latch and the securing force provided by the second latch substantially uniformly compress a portion of the compressible material.