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US 2001/0024320 A1Published application
Microscope with a dynamic damper
AssigneeOlympus Optical Co., Ltd.
InventorNaobumi Okada
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Abstract
A microscope with a dynamic damper, and an optical system including a plurality of optical elements and having an optical axis. The dynamic damper attenuates vibration of the microscope in the direction of the optical axis by using part of the plurality of optical elements as a mass displaceable in the direction of the optical axis in accordance with said vibration.
Claims7
A microscope having an optical axis comprising:
- a frame including a base arm, a column extending vertically from said base arm and an upper arm;
- a dynamic damper including:
- a fixed part coupled to the upper side of said upper arm, and a movable part supported for linear movement in the direction of said optical axis with respect to said fixed part;
- an optical system coupled to said movable part, said optical system comprising a displaceable mass of said dynamic damper;
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- parallel light rays extending along part of said optical axis, said dynamic damper surrounding said optical axis at the position of said parallel light rays.
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