Patent · US Expired

Microscope with a condenser lens system having a tapered portion

US5699197A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 12, 1995
Grant dateDec 16, 1997
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Expiry dateJul 12, 2015

Classification

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

Abstract

A condenser lens system collects light from a light source to illuminate a sample, which comprises in the 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 at least having a positive lens for liquid immersion located closest to the sample and having a flat surface on the sample side.

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