| 摘要 |
The present invention aims to provide a dispensing apparatus for dispensing individual tissue cassettes (48 figure 5) from a stack of cassettes. The apparatus includes a hopper 4 for receiving a stack of tissue cassettes, the hopper having an aperture through which cassettes are dispensable. The hopper further comprises a pocket for receiving a part of the stack of cassettes, wherein at least one wall of the pocket is provided with a holding means which may be in the form of protubererances 10 & 12 to hold the stack of cassettes therein. Ejection means (16 figure 5) are provided for ejecting a cassette through the aperture, and a retention means (60 figure 5) may be provided for retaining all but one of the cassettes in the stack as an individual cassette is ejected. The hopper aperture may be provided with a door 14 which is hinged and is linked to the retention means, so that when the door is fully open the retention means holds the remainder of the stack in position. Figure 1 |
