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Abstract

An apparatus for uncapping and capping a vial while maintaining a relationship between a cap and a particular vial includes rotatable members, the rotation of which is coordinated so that the first and second members assume at least two common positions, and a capped vial is loaded into the first member and a cap is removed from the vial and held by the second member while the rotatable members are in a common position. The cap is applied to the vial by the second member while in the members are in a second common position. An apparatus for storing and dispensing slides includes a cartridge that holds slides that are horizontally stacked on a bottom surface of the cartridge. The slides stand up at least partially on one side and are dispensed from the cartridge through a recess in the bottom of the cartridge. An apparatus for storing and presenting slides includes a cartridge having a slot, a shaft with trays extending there from, a motor for rotating the shaft and an actuator. The actuator contacts a slide on a tray and displaces the slide from an original position on the tray inside the cartridge to an extended position through the slot at least partially outside of the cartridge.

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