Patent · US Expired

Adjusting device

US7159831B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11References

14Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Carl Zeiss Stiftung · DE

Inventors

Hartmut Gartner · Oberkochen, DE
Gerhard Gaida · Aalen, DE
Franz Krug · Aalen, DE
Daniel Kolster · Oberkochen, DE
Alexander Enns · Trochtelfingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 23, 2004
Grant date	Jan 9, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 29, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/19981
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An adjusting device (3) is suitable especially for use on a stand (1) for a surgical microscope (2). The adjusting device (3) makes it possible to move the surgical microscope (2) in a plane (9) perpendicular to the optical axis (8) of the surgical microscope (2). For this purpose, a transmission is provided in the adjusting device (3) which includes a coupling plate which is operatively connected to two force-transmitting elements. When this transmission is moved, at least one of the force-transmitting elements rolls off on the coupling plate. Alternatively, this transmission can be built up as a four-point linkage chain or contain a rhombic mechanism or lever mechanism. It is also possible to configure the transmission with belt elements or to configure the same as an eccentric arrangement having two offset rotation centers.

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