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Abstract

To improve the freedom in material selection of cutter while suppressing increase in loads on the operator, a sliced specimen preparing apparatus of the present invention includes a cutter storage section storing a plurality of cutters, a specimen block cutting unit holding a cutter and slicing a surface layer of a specimen block, and a cutter transfer unit transferring a cutter stored in the cutter storage section to the specimen block cutting unit and replacing the cutter held by the specimen block cutting unit, the specimen block cutting unit is movable between a sliceable position where a blade edge of the cutter is oriented obliquely downward and a replacement position where the blade edge of the cutter is horizontally or oriented obliquely upward, and the cutter transfer unit replaces the cutter held by the specimen block cutting unit when the specimen block cutting unit is located at the replacement position.

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First Claim