Patent · US Expired

Microscope having an objective corrected to infinity

US5657158A · kind A · utility

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14References

7Claims

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Assignee

Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH · DE

Inventors

Hans Baumann · Jena, DE
Hubert Wahl · Stadtroda, DE
Peter Kuhn · Thun, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 12, 1996
Grant date	Aug 12, 1997
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 12, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B21/20
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention is directed to a microscope having an objective corrected to infinity and a pivotable binocular viewing unit. A tube lens is arranged downstream of the objective. The microscope includes at least one two-lens tube lens having a focal intercept greater than 200 mm as well as a tiltable mirror element and a further deflecting element mounted between the tube lens and the binocular viewing unit.

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