Device and method to accurately and easily assemble glass slides

摘要

Embodiments provide a slide assembly device having a static tooling base which is statically and solidly affixed to a base such as a table and a moveable tooling arm that is rotatable about a hinge connected to the static tooling base, so that moveable tooling arm rotates about the hinge in a manner similar to a book cover opening and closing. The embodiments further provide an upper slide chuck that is removably attachable to the moveable tooling arm and a lower slide receiver that is removably attachable to the static tooling base. The upper slide chuck is configured to hold an experimental slide via a vacuum mechanism to engagedly hold the experimental slide to the upper slide chuck while the moveable tooling arm is rotated about the hinge from an open-book position to a closed-book position.

主权项

1. A device comprising:
a static tooling base having a first surface; a moveable tooling base that is operably connected with the static tooling base, said moveable tooling base having a second surface; wherein the moveable tooling base is configured to rotate from a first position to a second position, such that the second surface becomes parallel with, and oriented to face, the first surface; wherein the static tooling base is configured to hold a first slide on the first surface; wherein the moveable tooling base is configured to hold a second slide on the second surface, such that the second slide remains held on the second surface when the moveable tooling base is rotated from the first position to the second position; and wherein when the moveable tooling base is in the second position, the device is configured to release the second slide onto the first slide.