Stage device
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorYoshihiro UE
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Abstract
A stage device includes a planar base to be fixed to a microscope, a first stage that is disposed on the base and is movable in a plane parallel to a principal surface of the base, a second stage that is disposed on the base and is rotatable about an optical axis of an objective lens which is perpendicular to a movement direction of the first stage, a specimen support that is placed on the second stage and is slidable in the plane, and a first clutch mechanism that is coupled to the specimen support and the first stage and is capable of transmitting power from the first stage to the specimen support. The first clutch mechanism does not transmit power from the first stage to the specimen support when the second stage rotates, and transmits power from the first stage to the specimen support when the first stage moves.
Claims16
A stage device which is attachable to a microscope for observing a specimen by enlarging the specimen through an objective lens, and on which the specimen is placed, the stage device comprising:
- a planar base configured to be fixed to the microscope;
- a first stage that is disposed on the base and is movable in a plane parallel to a principal surface of the base;
- a second stage that is disposed on the base and is rotatable about an optical axis of the objective lens, the optical axis being perpendicular to a movement direction of the first stage;
- a specimen support that is placed on the second stage and is slidable in the plane;
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- a first clutch mechanism that is coupled to the specimen support and the first stage and is capable of transmitting power from the first stage to the specimen support,
- wherein the first clutch mechanism is not configured to transmit power from the first stage to the specimen support when the second stage rotates, and is configured to transmit power from the first stage to the specimen support when the first stage moves.
A stage device which is attachable to a microscope for observing a specimen by enlarging the specimen through an objective lens, and on which the specimen is placed, the stage device comprising:
- a base configured to be fixed to the microscope;
- a first stage that is disposed on the base and is movable in a plane parallel to a principal surface of the base;
- a rod-shaped operation handle that has a first end rotatably attached to the base and is configured to receive an input of power;
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- a transmission mechanism that is coupled to the first stage and the operation handle and is configured to transmit power from the operation handle to the first stage,
- wherein a second end of the operation handle is movable on a surface of a virtual sphere whose center is the first end and whose radius is a length in a longitudinal direction of the operation handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.