6.Optional accessories

Knife holder E with water bath for narrow-band and broad-band blades

11

9

10

 

Knife holder E with water bath is available for both narrow-band and broad-band blades.

The knife guard on knife holder E consists of a red foldaway handle (9). To cover the cutting edge, fold the knife guard handle (9) upwards as illustrated in Figure.

Fig. 42

The clamping levers on the knife holder are not interchangeable. The two clamping levers (10 and 11) must remain in the position shown at all times, as otherwise isolated malfunctions of the knife holder can occur.

Clamping lever for the blade (10) at the right, clamping lever for the lateral displacement (11) at the left.

Use

Floating thin paraffin sections (for example, for subsequent immunostaining procedures) on the surface of the water. Flat paraffin sections can be removed from the surface of the water using glass slides.

The vessel is filled with water up to the blade. After trimming, remove the section waste from the tray and create the sections to be prepared. The sections floating on the surface of the wa- ter can be removed using the glass slide.

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