CA1255128A - Microscope slide with raised marking surface - Google Patents
Microscope slide with raised marking surfaceInfo
- Publication number
- CA1255128A CA1255128A CA000441233A CA441233A CA1255128A CA 1255128 A CA1255128 A CA 1255128A CA 000441233 A CA000441233 A CA 000441233A CA 441233 A CA441233 A CA 441233A CA 1255128 A CA1255128 A CA 1255128A
- Authority
- CA
- Canada
- Prior art keywords
- marking
- slide
- resinous material
- raised
- marking surface
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Expired
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Classifications
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B21/00—Microscopes
- G02B21/34—Microscope slides, e.g. mounting specimens on microscope slides
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T428/00—Stock material or miscellaneous articles
- Y10T428/24—Structurally defined web or sheet [e.g., overall dimension, etc.]
- Y10T428/24802—Discontinuous or differential coating, impregnation or bond [e.g., artwork, printing, retouched photograph, etc.]
- Y10T428/24926—Discontinuous or differential coating, impregnation or bond [e.g., artwork, printing, retouched photograph, etc.] including ceramic, glass, porcelain or quartz layer
Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
MICROSCOPE SLIDE WITH RAISED MARKING SURFACE
This invention relates to a microscope slide and more particularly to one having a coated portion providing a raised marking or writing surface.
MICROSCOPE SLIDE WITH RAISED MARKING SURFACE
This invention relates to a microscope slide and more particularly to one having a coated portion providing a raised marking or writing surface.
Description
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MICROSCOPE SLIDE WITH RAISED MARKING SURFACE
. _, , ,,, _ , , , Back~round and Summary of the Invention This invention relates to a microscope slide and more particularly to one haviny a coated portion providing a raised marking or writing surface.
Typical microscope slides of the prior art include a ~frosted~ portion as a marking surface. This frosted area is created by sandblasting, acid etching~ mechanical abrading, or other method of roughening the surface of the glass so that a permanent marking surface is created to accept marking by pen, pencilt or other marking instrument. All of these techniques create a frosted surface by removing material ;:om the glass surface, ~herefore necessarily resulting in a marking surface which is recessed from, or certainly no hiyher than, the surface o~ the glass slide. Furthermore, such frosted glass, while providing a matte surface on the glass, does not result in a marking surface having a pronounced background to contrast with information to be written thereon.
It is an object of this invention to provide a microscope slide having a ~aised marking surface which is absorbtive and receptive to marking materials, ~hich is pigmented to provide a visual contrast to such marking surface, which is resistant to a variety of laboratory solvents, reagents, stains or chemicals and which may also be produced in a variety of colors to facilitate color coding.
S ~8 Drawin~
Figure 1 .is a top plan view of the microscope slide accord;ng to this invention.
Figure 2 is a front elevation view oE the slide shown in Figure 1.
Figure 3 is representative of a stack of such slides as packaged~
Descri~tion Referri.ng to Figures 1 and 2, a glass microscope slide is shown at 1, having conventional length, width and thickness.
On a portion or portions thereof, the le~t end as shown in the drawing, is added a coating 2 of an epoxy or other resinous material7 this coating 2 having a finite thickness and therefore providing a raised surface relative to the surface of the glass slide.
The epoxy coating 2 applied to the glass slide includes a pigment to give it a bright contrasting background (e.g. white or various colors) to receive marking and therefore to provide good visibilit~ to any markings placed thereon. The epoxy or other resinous material also includes a granular medium to impart porosity and a permanent matte finish to the coating for accepting marking to individually identify the final use of the slide~ This coating accepts the marking of all commonly used laboratory marking instruments, such as felt-tip marking pens, india ink, ballpoint pen ink and pencil. The coating ~orms an absorptive surface capable of holding and retaining the marking, through laboratory procedures in whi.ch laboratory solvents and chemicals are commonly used, as well as or better than glass frosted surfaces, depending on the characteristics of the marking device.
Conventional etched or sandblasted slides do not assure such permanent identification. In addition, the common practice o~ attaching an adhesîve backed paper label to slides .. ... ,~, .
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does not provide permanent labeling because such paper labels are subject to falling off, peeliny off or washing off when subjected to solvents and the like.
Figure 3 illustrates an additional benefit to the microscope slides of this invention. When these slides are packaged as in container 3, the finite thickness of the coating
MICROSCOPE SLIDE WITH RAISED MARKING SURFACE
. _, , ,,, _ , , , Back~round and Summary of the Invention This invention relates to a microscope slide and more particularly to one haviny a coated portion providing a raised marking or writing surface.
Typical microscope slides of the prior art include a ~frosted~ portion as a marking surface. This frosted area is created by sandblasting, acid etching~ mechanical abrading, or other method of roughening the surface of the glass so that a permanent marking surface is created to accept marking by pen, pencilt or other marking instrument. All of these techniques create a frosted surface by removing material ;:om the glass surface, ~herefore necessarily resulting in a marking surface which is recessed from, or certainly no hiyher than, the surface o~ the glass slide. Furthermore, such frosted glass, while providing a matte surface on the glass, does not result in a marking surface having a pronounced background to contrast with information to be written thereon.
It is an object of this invention to provide a microscope slide having a ~aised marking surface which is absorbtive and receptive to marking materials, ~hich is pigmented to provide a visual contrast to such marking surface, which is resistant to a variety of laboratory solvents, reagents, stains or chemicals and which may also be produced in a variety of colors to facilitate color coding.
S ~8 Drawin~
Figure 1 .is a top plan view of the microscope slide accord;ng to this invention.
Figure 2 is a front elevation view oE the slide shown in Figure 1.
Figure 3 is representative of a stack of such slides as packaged~
Descri~tion Referri.ng to Figures 1 and 2, a glass microscope slide is shown at 1, having conventional length, width and thickness.
On a portion or portions thereof, the le~t end as shown in the drawing, is added a coating 2 of an epoxy or other resinous material7 this coating 2 having a finite thickness and therefore providing a raised surface relative to the surface of the glass slide.
The epoxy coating 2 applied to the glass slide includes a pigment to give it a bright contrasting background (e.g. white or various colors) to receive marking and therefore to provide good visibilit~ to any markings placed thereon. The epoxy or other resinous material also includes a granular medium to impart porosity and a permanent matte finish to the coating for accepting marking to individually identify the final use of the slide~ This coating accepts the marking of all commonly used laboratory marking instruments, such as felt-tip marking pens, india ink, ballpoint pen ink and pencil. The coating ~orms an absorptive surface capable of holding and retaining the marking, through laboratory procedures in whi.ch laboratory solvents and chemicals are commonly used, as well as or better than glass frosted surfaces, depending on the characteristics of the marking device.
Conventional etched or sandblasted slides do not assure such permanent identification. In addition, the common practice o~ attaching an adhesîve backed paper label to slides .. ... ,~, .
.. :. ..
. .
, ~ ' ,. ' .
:: , ~ :.
:: :: -. .,. :
. . .. - . :
does not provide permanent labeling because such paper labels are subject to falling off, peeliny off or washing off when subjected to solvents and the like.
Figure 3 illustrates an additional benefit to the microscope slides of this invention. When these slides are packaged as in container 3, the finite thickness of the coating
2 provides a small degree of spacing 4 between slides in a stack, thereby avoiding mechanical contact of one surface on another. This eliminates or reduces abrasion between the slides and sticking of one slide on another. A cleaner scratch-free and more easily handled slide results.
It will be appreciated that the relative dimensions of glass slide 1 and coating 2 in the drawing are exaggerated for the sake of illustration.
The raised surface provided by the coating 2 is typically about 0.0003~ to 0.0008~ thick. It provides an eEfective mechanical barrier to liquid flow of specimen in the direction of the coating.
It will be appreciated that the relative dimensions of glass slide 1 and coating 2 in the drawing are exaggerated for the sake of illustration.
The raised surface provided by the coating 2 is typically about 0.0003~ to 0.0008~ thick. It provides an eEfective mechanical barrier to liquid flow of specimen in the direction of the coating.
Claims (5)
OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A microscope slide comprising a glass plate having a marking surface on a portion thereof, said marking surface being a raised surface formed by a coating of a fluid resinous material on said glass plate, said fluid material including a granular medium to impart porosity to said coating and a pigment to provide a visual contrast to said coating to enhance visibility of marking placed thereon, said raised marking surface being effective to provide a barrier to the movement of liquid sample placed upon said slide, and further effective to provide a clearance space between successive slides in a stack thereof.
2. A microscope slide as defined in claim 1 in which said resinous material is an epoxy resinous material.
3. A microscope slide having at least one raised marking surface for holding and retaining a marking formed by the application of fluid resinous material which is allowed to dry, said resinous material including a granular medium to impart porosity and permanent matte finish to said marking surface.
4. A plurality of microscope slides stacked such that top surface of one slide is adjacent the bottom surface of the adjacent slide within a package, each of said plurality of microscope slides having means for preventing extended area contact between successive slides to avoid mutual abrasion thereof, said means comprising at least one raised marking surface at one end thereof for holding and retaining a marking, said raised marking surface being formed by a coating of a fluid resinous material having a pigment and a granular medium which is allowed to dry to a matte finish.
5. A plurality of microscope slides stacked such that top surface of one slide is adjacent the bottom surface of the adjacent slide within a package, each of said plurality of microscope slides having means for preventing extended area contact between successive slides to avoid mutual abrasion thereof, said means comprising at least one raised marking surface at one end thereof for holding and retaining a marking, said raised marking surface being formed by a coating of a fluid resinous material which is allowed to dry, said resinous material including a granular medium to impart porosity and a permanent matte finish to said marking surface.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| US441,448 | 1982-11-15 | ||
| US06/441,448 US4481246A (en) | 1982-11-15 | 1982-11-15 | Microscope slide with raised marking surface |
Publications (1)
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| CA1255128A true CA1255128A (en) | 1989-06-06 |
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| CA000441233A Expired CA1255128A (en) | 1982-11-15 | 1983-11-15 | Microscope slide with raised marking surface |
Country Status (10)
| Country | Link |
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| US (1) | US4481246A (en) |
| EP (1) | EP0109208B2 (en) |
| JP (2) | JPS59102209A (en) |
| CA (1) | CA1255128A (en) |
| DE (1) | DE3376690D1 (en) |
| DK (1) | DK157953C (en) |
| ES (1) | ES275700Y (en) |
| IE (1) | IE54736B1 (en) |
| NO (1) | NO168143C (en) |
| PT (1) | PT77620B (en) |
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1982
- 1982-11-15 US US06/441,448 patent/US4481246A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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1983
- 1983-10-20 DE DE8383306380T patent/DE3376690D1/en not_active Expired
- 1983-10-20 EP EP83306380A patent/EP0109208B2/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1983-11-07 PT PT77620A patent/PT77620B/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1983-11-11 IE IE2635/83A patent/IE54736B1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1983-11-14 NO NO834145A patent/NO168143C/en unknown
- 1983-11-14 DK DK519383A patent/DK157953C/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1983-11-14 ES ES1983275700U patent/ES275700Y/en not_active Expired
- 1983-11-15 JP JP58213412A patent/JPS59102209A/en active Pending
- 1983-11-15 CA CA000441233A patent/CA1255128A/en not_active Expired
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Also Published As
| Publication number | Publication date |
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| DE3376690D1 (en) | 1988-06-23 |
| US4481246A (en) | 1984-11-06 |
| NO168143C (en) | 1992-01-15 |
| EP0109208A3 (en) | 1985-10-30 |
| EP0109208B1 (en) | 1988-05-18 |
| IE54736B1 (en) | 1990-01-17 |
| DK157953B (en) | 1990-03-05 |
| NO168143B (en) | 1991-10-07 |
| NO834145L (en) | 1984-05-16 |
| PT77620B (en) | 1986-03-12 |
| JPS62164310U (en) | 1987-10-19 |
| ES275700Y (en) | 1984-10-16 |
| DK157953C (en) | 1994-10-17 |
| JPS59102209A (en) | 1984-06-13 |
| IE832635L (en) | 1984-05-15 |
| JPH0422321Y2 (en) | 1992-05-21 |
| EP0109208B2 (en) | 1993-08-04 |
| PT77620A (en) | 1983-12-01 |
| DK519383A (en) | 1984-05-16 |
| EP0109208A2 (en) | 1984-05-23 |
| ES275700U (en) | 1984-03-16 |
| DK519383D0 (en) | 1983-11-14 |
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