US 11,933,696 B2
Microtome
Steffen Kraus, Sandhausen (DE); and Erwin Schneider, Nussloch (DE)
Assigned to PFM MEDICAL AG, Cologne (DE)
Appl. No. 17/428,186
Filed by PFM MEDICAL AG, Cologne (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/DE2020/200055
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 3, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/043376, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 213 363.0 (DE), filed on Sep. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0120642 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 1/06 (2013.01) [G01N 2001/065 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rotary microtome (1), comprising:
a micrometric mechanism (3) having a drive (2) for producing a relative movement between an object holder (4) and a blade; and
a positioning device which acts on the micrometric mechanism (3) to influence the relative movement,
wherein:
the positioning device comprises an advancing device (6) and a trimming device (7) which cooperates with the advancing device (6),
the positioning device comprises a combined actuating device (8) that comprises:
a pressing mechanism for adjusting the trimming device (7), and
a rotating mechanism for at least one of activating or deactivating a retraction that can be carried out by the advancing device (6), and
the pressing mechanism comprises a rod-shaped or bar-shaped pressing element (24).