Patent · US Expired

Microscope provided with a photographing device

US4527869A · kind A · utility

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9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 31, 1983
Grant dateJul 9, 1985
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Expiry dateMay 31, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B21/18
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A microscope provided with a photographing device comprises an objective lens, prism means having a first surface opposed to the objective lens, a second surface parallel to the first surface, and a third and a fourth surface inclined by a predetermined angle with respect to the first and second surfaces and parallel to each other, the prism means introducing thereinto the emergent light from the objective lens through said first surface and causing the light to emerge from said second surface, light guide means for causing the emergent light from the second surface of the prism means to enter the third surface thereof, change-over means operated to change an optical path determined by the light guide means and direct the emergent light from said second surface to the photographing device, and an eyepiece system for receiving the emergent light from the fourth surface of the prism means.

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