Knife holder having a blade changing apparatus
AssigneeLeica Biosystems Nussloch GmbH
InventorRoland Walter
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Abstract
The invention relates to a knife holder (100) having a blade changing apparatus (102). The knife holder has a first blade receptacle (111) defining a cutting position, a securing device (130, 141, 142) for securing a blade (201) received in the first blade receptacle (111), a second blade receptacle (112) defining an output position, and an ejection device (141, 143, 144a) for ejecting a blade (201) received in the first blade receptacle (111) out of the first blade receptacle (111). 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 (111) can travel by gravity into the second blade receptacle (112).
Claims11
A knife holder (100) having a blade changing apparatus (101), the knife holder comprising:
- a first blade receptacle (111) defining a cutting position;
- a securing means (130, 141, 142) for securing a blade (201) received in the first blade receptacle (111),
- a second blade receptacle (112) defining an output position;
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- an ejection means (141, 143, 144a) for ejecting the blade (201) received in the first blade receptacle (111) out of the first blade receptacle (111);
- the first blade receptacle and the second blade receptacle being arranged in the knife holder in such a way that the blade ejected from the first blade receptacle (111) travels by gravity into the second blade receptacle (112).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.