abstract |
An automated microscope slide staining apparatus has an moveable arm (30) which carries wash/blow head (70) having an elongate dispensing slit for supplying wash liquid or drying air across the width of the slides (130) positioned in a heater block (200). In us, water is supplied over the surface to be treated by the wash/blow head (70) and ragents are supplied in a pattern that would not completely cover the surface to be treated and allowed to diffuse through he water disperse. |