Patent · US Expired

Trinocular tube for stereo microscopes

US7259911B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH · DE

Inventors

Johannes Winterot · Jena, DE
Johannes Knoblich · Jena, DE
Hanna Tielebier · Grimmen, DE
Guenter Osten · Jena, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 12, 2004
Grant date	Aug 21, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 29, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B21/22
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A trinocular tube for stereo microscopes with an inclined binocular eyepiece whose angle can be adjusted and with two stereo microscope beam paths. The trinocular tube includes, in the beam paths, a first tube unit which can be connected to the body of the stereo microscope. A connection piece for cameras is arranged at the first tube unit. A second tube unit is arranged at the first tube unit so as to be swivelable around an axis and which is connected to an eyepiece tube unit that is swivelable around the optical axis of the respective beam path. The trinocular tube also includes a roof mirror, a deflecting element and an optical axis that is swivelable around a second swiveling axis.

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