US 7,883,666 B2Granted

Dissection apparatus with tool exchanging mechanism

AssigneeIndustrial Technology Research Institute

InventorsChun-Chien Ting, Jan-Hao Chen, Yeou-Bin Guu

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Abstract

A dissection apparatus is disclosed. The dissection apparatus includes a supporting mechanism, a holder, a driving element rotating the holder, a cam fixed to the supporting mechanism, a first sliding element, a second sliding element, a dissecting device disposed on the first sliding element, an aspirating device disposed on the second sliding element. When the holder rotates to move the dissecting device from a first idle position to an operating position, the first sliding element is lowered by the guide of the cam enabling the aspirating device to move from the operating position to a second idle position. When the holder rotates to move the aspirating device from the second idle position to the operating position, the guide of the cam lowers the second sliding element, thus, allowing the dissecting device is able to move from the operating position to the first idle position.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A dissection apparatus, comprising

a supporting mechanism;
a holder rotatably disposed on the supporting mechanism;
a driving element disposed on the supporting mechanism to rotate the holder;
a cam fixed to the supporting mechanism, the holder rotating relative to the cam;
a first sliding element slidably disposed on the holder and lifted or lowered thereon by the guide of the cam;
a second sliding element slidably disposed on the holder and lifted or lowered thereon by the guide of the cam;
a dissecting device disposed on the first sliding element;
and
an aspirating device disposed on the second sliding element, wherein when the holder rotates to move the dissecting device from a first idle position to an operating position, the first sliding element is lowered by the guide of the cam and the aspirating device is moved from the operating position to a second idle position with the second sliding element lifted by the guide of the cam, and when the holder rotates to move the aspirating device from the second idle position to the operating position, the second sliding element is lowered by the guide of the cam and the dissecting device is moved from the operating position to the first idle position with the first sliding element lifted by the guide of the cam.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 11/741,716Filed 27 Apr 2007
Priority: TW 95149895 A29 Dec 2006
Published: US 2008/0161842 A13 Jul 2008
Granted: 8 Feb 2011
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G01N 1/286
Preparing specimens for investigation including physical details of chemical methods covered elsewhere, e.g. G01N33/50, C12Q: involving mechanical…
Y10T 83/6552
About vertical axis: cut normal to axis
Y10T 83/7647
Work-stop abutment: adjustable
G01N
Investigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties