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Zero-degree assistant's device for a microscope

US7379239B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Leica Microsystems (Schweiz) AG · CH

Inventors

Peter Strobel · Regensburg, DE
Heinz Suhner · Rebstein, CH
Lothar Knuenz · Rankweil, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 17, 2006
Grant date	May 27, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 12, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B21/28
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A zero-degree assistant's device for a microscope has a tube carrier (2) for the principal observer's tube, an interface (5) for the microscope body, an assistant's module (6), pivotable about an axis (4), having an interface (7) for an assistant's tube, and having a retaining device (8, 12) for releasing and immobilizing the assistant's module (6), the tube carrier (2) for the principal observer's tube being mounted tiltably about a rotation axis (10) in such a way that tilting of the tube carrier (2) for the principal observer's tube into a tilted position makes possible unrestricted pivoting of the assistant's module (6).

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