Microscope
US6473230B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 4, 2001 |
| Grant date | Oct 29, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 4, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B21/18
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention concerns a microscope with a capability for switching between the deep ultra-violet and the visible spectral region having a displaceable tube lens changer (16) with at least one tube lens (17a) for the IV light region and at least one tube lens (17b) for the visible light region and additionally having a reflector carrier having multiple reflectors (12) arranged shiftably in the illuminating beam path on said reflector carrier (13). The reflector carrier (13) on the one hand and the tube lens changer (16) on the other hand are mechanically coupled to one another in such a way that shifting the reflector carrier (13) in the illuminating beam path to a specific reflector (12) automatically displaces the tube lens changer (16) in such a way that the latter arranges in the optical axis (15) a tube lens (17) corresponding to the reflector (12).
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