Carl Zeiss
Lightsheet Z.1
34
000000-1790-528
02/2013
5.
Take the capillary by the glass portion (avoiding the plunger) with the agarose embedded specimen
inside and carefully place it into the center of the clamp screw sample holder top.
6.
Push the capillary within the holder downwards until the color-coded capillary marking becomes
visible (Fig. 26/
6
right hand side).
Newly bought sleeves can be slightly tight at their slit opening ends so that in can be difficult to
push the capillary within the holder. In this case take the capillary with matching plunger and insert
it carefully into the corresponding sleeves at their non-slit endings. Make sure that the slits point
outwards. Position the capillary surrounded by the sleeves into the sample holder stem and place
the clamp screw. You can proceed with step 6).
7.
Tighten the clamp screw. Take the sample holder disc (Fig. 26/
1
) with the protruding side with
positioning notch facing you. Carefully position the capillary stem holder with specimen into the
sample disc holder until the ball bearing click-position is felt.
8.
Before taking the capillary out (chapter 2.6), retract the sample back inside the capillary glass via
using plunger.
9.
For removal, loosen the clamp screw and carefully pull the capillary through the stem sleeve by
using the glass end nearest the color-coded marking.
10.
Unscrew the clamp screw completely and remove the sleeves by using the ejection tool (Fig. 26/
7
)
for the capillary sleeves removal.
The sleeves as well as the glass portion of the capillary can be cleaned with a lint-free cloth moistened
with water.
3.5.2
Assembly of Sample Holder for Syringes
−
Place the sample holder disc for syringes (Fig. 27/
1
) so the flat side is facing you.
−
Take the adapter ring (Fig. 27/
2
) and place it into the center of the sample holder disc with the
larger diameter of the ring facing you.
−
Pick up the sample disc holder with adapter ring in one hand. Take the syringe carrying your
specimen (Fig. 27/
3
) and insert it completely into the sample disc holder (avoiding touching the
plunger).
−
Touching the syringe body and turn clock-wise to position the syringe body into the two clamps
(Fig. 27/
6
).
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