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US 2003/0169492 A1Published application
Microscope stage
AssigneeOlympus Optical Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasaaki Nishida, Kenichi Yamagishi, Takashi Nagano
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Abstract
A microscope stage of this invention includes an upper stage, a handle shaft rotatably supported on the upper stage, a pulley rotatably supported on the upper stage in a position different from the handle shaft, a lower stage directly driven and guided with respect to the upper stage and a transmission member for interlocking the handle shaft, pulley and lower stage.
Claims1
A microscope stage comprising:
- a lower stage;
- an upper stage linearly movably supported in a Y direction that is perpendicular with respect to said lower stage;
- an X guide member linearly movably supported in an X direction which is orthogonal to said Y direction with respect to said upper stage;
- a handle rotatably supported on said upper stage and having an X pulley portion and a Y pulley portion that are rotatable about the same rotation axis;
- a Y pulley rotatably supported at a position apart from said handle in a direction different from said Y direction;
- a Y direction-driving linear member stretched along the Y direction and fixed on the lower stage, and wound on said Y pulley and said Y pulley portion of the handle;
- an X pulley rotatably supported at a position on the upper stage that is apart from the handle in the X direction;
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- an X direction-driving linear member wound on said X pulley and said X pulley portion of the handle, and fixed on said X guide member.
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