US3674040A - Sequential processing apparatus - Google Patents

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US3674040A
US3674040A US122335A US3674040DA US3674040A US 3674040 A US3674040 A US 3674040A US 122335 A US122335 A US 122335A US 3674040D A US3674040D A US 3674040DA US 3674040 A US3674040 A US 3674040A
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Francis Thomas Howells
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    • G01N1/00—Sampling; Preparing specimens for investigation
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    • G01N1/28—Preparing specimens for investigation including physical details of (bio-)chemical methods covered elsewhere, e.g. G01N33/50, C12Q
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  • Separate stirring devices 44 may be provided for stirring the contents of the baths 120 and 130 respectively, thus avoiding the transfer of the stirring device from one bath to another.

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US4084541A (en) * 1975-04-22 1978-04-18 Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. Dyeing and decolorization apparatus for use in a blood serum analyzer of an electrophoretic type
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US4738824A (en) * 1986-10-14 1988-04-19 Kabushiki Kaisha Tiyoda Seisakusho Apparatus for dyeing specimens automatically preparatory to microscopic examination
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US3165108A (en) * 1962-12-11 1965-01-12 Elliotts Liverpool Ltd Apparatus for automatically transferring an article from a series of baths or the like in which it is immersed for predetermined periods of time
US3302607A (en) * 1965-04-30 1967-02-07 Kobernick Sidney David Tissue-staining and processing machine
US3566891A (en) * 1968-10-07 1971-03-02 Ashdee Corp Tank arrangement
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FR1237675A (fr) * 1958-10-17 1960-07-29 Talent Europ Company Ltd Perfectionnements apportés aux procédés pour recouvrir des articles ou objets
SU138504A1 (ru) * 1960-11-02 1960-11-30 П.Д. Григорьев Устройство дл автоматической окраски и лакировки головок карандашей
US3165108A (en) * 1962-12-11 1965-01-12 Elliotts Liverpool Ltd Apparatus for automatically transferring an article from a series of baths or the like in which it is immersed for predetermined periods of time
US3302607A (en) * 1965-04-30 1967-02-07 Kobernick Sidney David Tissue-staining and processing machine
US3566891A (en) * 1968-10-07 1971-03-02 Ashdee Corp Tank arrangement
US3604436A (en) * 1969-04-07 1971-09-14 Julius Lipshaw Automatic tissue processor

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US4084541A (en) * 1975-04-22 1978-04-18 Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. Dyeing and decolorization apparatus for use in a blood serum analyzer of an electrophoretic type
US4520834A (en) * 1983-11-08 1985-06-04 Dicicco Paolo S Apparatus for processing articles in a series of process solution containers
US4738824A (en) * 1986-10-14 1988-04-19 Kabushiki Kaisha Tiyoda Seisakusho Apparatus for dyeing specimens automatically preparatory to microscopic examination
AU667404B2 (en) * 1991-05-29 1996-03-21 Medite Gesellschaft Fur Medizintechnik Mbh Method and device for staining histological preparations
US5601650A (en) * 1991-05-29 1997-02-11 Medite Gesellschaft Fur Medizintechnik Mbh Process and device for dyeing histological preparations arranged on microscope slides
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US20040004075A1 (en) * 1997-08-20 2004-01-08 The University Of Miami, Harold Essenfeld High quality, continuous throughput, tissue processing
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US20090298172A1 (en) * 2008-05-28 2009-12-03 Steven Paul Wheeler Histological specimen treatment apparatus and method
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