CARE OF THE INSTRUMENT
5.2 Revised 3/30/2010
3. Drain solvent from the anti-drying bottle and add fresh
solvent for mounting medium up to the position shown
below (Figure 5-B).
4. Return the anti-drying bottle to its original position
and close the cover.
Figure 5-B
Cleaning the Receiving Rack
If the slides are dirty or placed at an angle, mounting
medium may be attached the receiving racks (slide racks).
Clean each receiving rack once a week or whenever it
becomes dirty due to attached mounting medium.
1. Put solvent for mounting medium in a container
made of a material resistant to the solvent, and soak
the receiving rack in the solvent for 24 hours to
dissolve the attached mounting medium.
2. Remove the receiving rack and let it dry completely.
Cleaning the Loading Station
Tissue fragments, glass powder and other foreign
matters collect in the loading station. Accordingly, clean
the loading station once a week.
1. Drain solvent from the basket container.
2. Disassemble the loading station. For the disassembly
method, refer to “Installing the Loading Station.”
3. Clean the disassembled parts with a brush or
toothbrush by applying the same type of solvent being
used in the system.
4. Assemble the loading station.
CAUTION: To minimize contamination, change or
filter the solvent in the loading station at the end of
each working day.
Adding/Changing Solvent in the Dispensing
Pump Reservoir
The dispensing pump reservoir is used to prevent the
dispensing pump in the system from locking due to
mounting medium. Add solvent if the remaining solvent
level drops below the midway point between the shoulder
of the reservoir and the line indicating the minimum level.
Also change the solvent in the reservoir at least once
every two months.
1. Open the cover and remove the lid of the dispensing
pump reservoir. To add solvent and go to step 3 . To
change solvent, go to step 2.
2. To change solvent, suction out solvent from the
dispensing pump reservoir using a pipette.
3. Add solvent for mounting medium up to the shoulder
of the dispensing pump reservoir.
4. Place the lid on the dispensing pump reservoir and
close the cover.
Cleaning the Slide Arm
Clean the slide arm and slide detection sensor once a
week or whenever they become visibly dirty. If the slide
arm has become worn or starts experiencing problems
picking up slides, the slide arm must be replaced. Contact
the Sakura Customer Support Department or the local
Sakura distributor.
1. Open the cover.
2. Clean the slide arm and slide detection sensor using
a cloth moistened with alcohol.
Add solvent to this
position below the lid.
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