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Condenser lens system for use in a microscope

US5657166A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 7, 1994
Grant dateAug 12, 1997
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Expiry dateJan 7, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B21/086
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A condenser lens system to collect light from a light source to illuminate a sample, which comprises in a named order from the light source side, a front group of positive refracting power having at least one lens and a rear group of positive refracting power having at least a positive lens for liquid immersion located closest to the sample, the positive lens for liquid immersion having a flat surface on the sample side.

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