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A method and apparatus for preparing a microscopic specimen by lifting up coverslips in a piled state one by one, comprises a step of means for holding the upper-most coverslip on one spot on its upper surface and pushing the same on another spot on one end portion of its upper surface apart from th

A method and apparatus for preparing a microscopic specimen by lifting up coverslips in a piled state one by one, comprises a step of means for holding the upper-most coverslip on one spot on its upper surface and pushing the same on another spot on one end portion of its upper surface apart from the holding spot in a longitudinal direction of the coverslip. The holding spot of the coverslip is then lifted and, with a delay time; the pushing spot of the coverslip is lifted so as to bend the coverslip while it is held, within its elastic limit edge of the coverslip is then pushed downwardly to bend the coverslip and cause another coverslip which may be stuck to the bottom of the uppermost coverslip, to drop off. The curvature is then eliminated.

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A method for preparing a microscopic specimen by lifting up coverslips of a sheet shape made of comparatively rigid material from a pile thereof, one by one, comprising: attractingly holding an uppermost coverslip of the pile on one holding spot on its upper surface and elastically pushing the same

A method for preparing a microscopic specimen by lifting up coverslips of a sheet shape made of comparatively rigid material from a pile thereof, one by one, comprising: attractingly holding an uppermost coverslip of the pile on one holding spot on its upper surface and elastically pushing the same on another spot on one end portion of its upper surface spaced apart from the holding spot in a longitudinal direction of the uppermost coverslip; lifting up the holding spot of the uppermost cover slip and lifting up the pushing spot of the uppermost coverslip with a delay time from said lifting up of said holding spot so as to lift and bend the uppermost cover slip while it is held in an inclined state and within its elastic limit; pushing an end of the uppermost cover slip at an opposite end thereof to said pushing spot during the lifting of the uppermost coverslip for bending the center portion of the uppermost coverslip within its elastic limit, thereby causing any other coverslip adhering to the uppermost coverslip to be peeled off and dropped; and gradually eliminating the bending afforded to the uppermost coverslip while it is held. A method for preparing a microscopic specimen according to claim 1, further comprising: dropping a liquid mountant on a slide near a test material carried by the slide; elastically pushing one end in the longitudinal direction, of a coverslip which is comparatively rigid and is in a sheet shape, and attractively holding said coverslip in a slanted position with respect to a plane of the slide positioning the coverslip and the slide so that they face each other in such a manner that an end part of the coverslip closer to the side thereof corresponds to a spot on the slide at which the mountant has been dropped, and the coverslip plane corresponds to a spot on the slide at which the test material is attached, respectively; causing the coverslip and the slide to approach each other while maintaining the slanted holding position of the coverslip to have an end part of the coverslip touch the spot on the slide at which the mountant has been dropped; pressing the end part of the coverslip elastically onto the slide to bend the coverslip within its elastic limit; gradually eliminating the bend of the coverslip and adhering the coverslip closely to the slide with the mountant placed therebetween; and releasing the holding of the coverslip.