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Apparatus for raising experimental animals

  • US 5,048,459 A
  • Filed: 10/25/1990
  • Issued: 09/17/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/26/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for raising experimental animals, comprising:

  • a cage rack;

    cages for confining animals, each of the cages being adapted to be placed in a received position within the cage rack and including a casing, having an open top, and a lid separate from the casing, for closing the open top of the casing, the lid having an upper surface;

    sliding means, mounted to the cage rack, for sliding the casing of the cage in a guiding direction to the received position within the cage rack; and

    resilient depressing means, mounted to the cage rack, for engaging and resiliently depressing the upper surface of the lid of the cage toward the sliding means for positively holding the lid and the casing against movement.

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