Device for switching and focusing microscope objectives

US6094299A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Dieter Schau · Nerkewitz, DE
• Hans Brinkmann · Troisdorf, DE
• Peter Dietrich · Oberkochen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 8, 1998
• Grant date: Jul 25, 2000
• Expiry date: Oct 8, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B21/241
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In a microscope such as for the examination of specimens in specimen vessels, a device for changing objectives is provided. The microscope includes at least a first objective. The device comprises an arrangement for providing an operating control so that the at least first objective can be raised and lowered vertically and is displaceable horizontally vertical to an optical axis of the microscope.