Filing sheet for microscope slides

Claim 2

A filing sheet for microscope slides, wherein a number of microscope slides are held in laterally and vertically spaced relationship on the same plane of an integral sheet, comprising: a unitary plastic sheet having a plurality of rectangular recesses depressed from the outer periphery and spaced apart by longitudinal partition walls and lateral partition walls in lateral and longitudinal relationship, each of said rectangular recesses being defined by a pair of longitudinal partition walls and a pair of lateral partition walls for receiving a microscope slide; microscope slide-retaining means projected inwardly into said rectangular recess from a shorter pair of opposing side walls which define said rectangular recess and having a space for inserting a microscope slide between the end of said slide-retaining means and an opposite lateral partition wall and being arranged so as to be inclined downwardly toward the bottom of the recess such that said slide is retained beneath said retaining means; an air-ventilation opening provided on a side portion of the plane of said rectangular recesses under said slide-retaining means; fingertip recesses provided in borderlines of adjacent rectangular recesses and protruded downwardly from the plane of said rectangular recess; upraised projection means arranged on the bottom of each of said rectangular recesses for abutting said microscope slide and for holding said microscope slide in contact with said microscope slide-retaining means and being located on the periphery of said slide adjacent said side walls; spacer means protruded downwardly from portions of the back surface of a bottom wall of said rectangular recess and being located on the periphery of said slide adjacent said side walls so as not to disturb viewing of a microscope slide; and a plurality of lateral partition walls projected inwardly toward said fingertip recess and having a substantially same protrusion height with the microscope slide retaining means.

Claim 3

A filing sheet for microscope slides, wherein a number of microscope slides are held in laterally and vertically spaced relationship on the same plane of an integral sheet, comprising: a unitary plastic sheet having a plurality of rectangular recesses depressed from the outer periphery and spaced apart by longitudinal partition walls and lateral partition walls in lateral and longitudinal relationship, each of said rectangular recesses being defined by a pair of longitudinal partition walls and a pair of lateral partition walls for receiving a microscope slide; microscope slide-retaining means projected inwardly into said rectangular recess from a shorter pair of opposing walls which define said rectangular recess and having a space for inserting a microscope slide between the end of said slide-retaining means and an opposite lateral partition wall and being arranged so as to be inclined downwardly toward the bottom of the recess such that said slide is retained beneath said retaining means; an air-ventilation opening provided on the side portion of the plane of said rectangular recesses under said slide-retaining means; fingertip recesses provided in borderlines between adjacent rectangular recesses and protruded downwardly from the plane of said rectangular recess; upraised projection means arranged on the bottom of each of said rectangular recesses for abutting said microscope slide and for holding said microscope slide in contact with said microscope slide-retaining means and being located on the periphery of slides adjacent said side walls; spacer means protruded downwardly from end portions of the back surface of a bottom wall of said rectangular recess and being located on the periphery of said slide adjacent said side walls so as not to distrub viewing of microscope slides; a plurality of lateral partition walls projecting inwardly toward said fingertip recess and having a substantially same protrusion height with the microscope slide-retaining means; and wherein each of said lateral partition walls projected toward said fingertip recess has severable means for cutting off along a connecting line with said slide-retaining means so as to facilitate removal of said partition wall to connect thereby adjacent rectangular recesses to each other to form an enlarged rectangular recess.

Claim 4

A filing sheet for microscope slides, wherein a number of microscope slides are held in laterally and vertically spaced relationship on the same plane of an integral sheet, comprising: a unitary plastic sheet having a plurality of rectangular recesses depressed from the outer periphery and spaced apart by longitudinal partition walls and lateral partition walls in lateral and longitudinal relationship, each of said rectangular recesses being defined by a pair of longitudinal partition walls and a pair of lateral partition walls for receiving a microscope slide; microscope slide-retaining means projected inwardly into said rectangular recess from a shorter pair of opposing walls which define said rectangular recess and having a space for inserting a microscope slide between the end of said slide-retaining means and an opposite lateral partition wall and being arranged so as to be inclined downwardly toward the bottom of the recess such that said slide is retained beneath said retaining means; an air-ventilation opening provided on the side portion of the plane of said rectangular recesses under said slide-retaining means; fingertip recesses provided in borderlines between adjacent rectangular recesses and protruded downwardly from the plane of said rectangular recess; upraised projection means arranged on the bottom of each of said rectangular recesses for abutting said microscope slide and for holding said microscope slide in contact with said microscope slide-retaining means and being located on the periphery of slides adjacent said side walls; spacer means protruded downwardly from end portions of the back surface of a bottom wall of said rectangular recess and being located on the periphery of said slide adjacent said side walls so as not to distrub viewing of microscope slides; a plurality of lateral partition walls projecting inwardly toward said fingertip recess and having a substantially same protrusion height with the microscope slide-retaining means; and wherein each of said lateral partition walls projected toward said fingertip recess has severable means for cutting off along a connecting line with said slide-retaining means so as to facilitate removal of said partition wall to connect thereby adjacent rectangular recesses to each other to form an enlarged rectangular recess.

Claim 5

A filing sheet for microscope slides as defined in claim 1, further comprising; an index portion provided in one marginal portion of said filing sheet; and holes provided in the other marginal portion of said filing sheet for binding a plurality of said filing sheets together.

Claim 6

A filing sheet for microscope slides as defined in claim 2, wherein said severable portions of the lateral partition walls have severable means such as machine stitches, streaks, stripes, grooves, pressed forms, so as to facilitate separation thereof from the plastic sheet.

Claim 7

A filing sheet for microscope slides as defined in claim 1, wherein said spacer has longer length than the fingertip recess to prevent contact of lower end of the fingertip recess with the upper surface of a lower microscope slide of a larger size when two or more filing sheets are stacked in a superposed fashion and at least one microscope slide of larger size is retained in a lower filing sheet.

Claim 8

A filing sheet for microscope slides as defined in claim 1, wherein said fingertip recess is as deep as being fitted in a fingertip recess in a lower filing sheet when two or more filing sheets are stacked in a superposed fashion.

Claim 9

A filing sheet for microscope slides as defined in claim 1, further comprising; two or more positioning members provided in desired portions of said filing sheet and adapted to engage the back surface of an upper filing sheet when two or more filing sheets are stacked in a superposed fashion.

Claim 10

A filing sheet for microscope slides as defined in claim 1, wherein said microscope slide-retaining means has elastic force sufficient to retain said microscope slide in said rectangular recess with said upraised projection means.

Claim 11

A filing sheet for microscope slides as defined in claim 1, wherein said microscope slide-retaining means are arranged so as to be inclined downwardly toward the bottom of the rectangular recess.

Claim 12

A filing sheet for microscope slides as defined in claim 1, wherein said filing sheet is made of transparent or translucent plastic material.

Claim 13

A filing sheet for microscope slides as defined in claim 1, wherein said upraised projection means are horizontally and vertically spaced from edges of said microscope slide-retaining means so that pressure is exerted at different points on opposite surfaces of a slide held in a recess.

Claim 14

A filing sheet for microscope slides as defined in claim 1, wherein at least a portion of said fingertip recesses is horizontally and vertically spaced from edges of said microscope slide-retaining means.