# US 2024/0201478 A1 · Microscope > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2024/0201478 A1 - Document ID: US20240201478A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/287,194 - Filed: 2022-02-24 - Published: 2024-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2021-04-23 - Assignees: Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH - Applicants: Leica Microsystems Cms GmbH - Inventors: Sebastian SIMMER - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240201478A1 ## CPC - G02B 21/362: {Mechanical details, e.g. mountings for the camera or image sensor, housings (G02B21/364 takes precedence)} - G02B 21/06: Means for illuminating specimens - G02B 21/24: Base structure - G02B 21/0008: {Microscopes having a simple construction, e.g. portable microscopes} - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS ## Abstract A microscope for examining a sample includes a microscope stage for receiving the sample to be examined and further includes a microscope housing enclosing the microscope stage. The microscope housing includes a hinged door and an opening, the hinged door, in a closed state, covering the opening and including an inner surface and an outer surface, and, in an opened state, the inner surface or the outer surface becomes a top surface of an essentially horizontal work surface. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1: A microscope for examining a sample, the microscope comprising a microscope stage for receiving the sample to be examined and further comprising a microscope housing enclosing the microscope stage, wherein the microscope housing comprises a hinged door and an opening, the hinged door, in a closed state, covering the opening and comprising an inner surface and an outer surface, and, in an opened state, the inner surface or the outer surface becomes a top surface of an essentially horizontal work surface. ### Claim at position 2 (depends on 1) 2: The microscope according to claim 1, wherein the hinged door, in the opened state, provides access to the microscope stage through the opening. ### Claim at position 3 (depends on 1) 3: The microscope according to claim 1, wherein the microscope further comprises a second door arranged in or at the opening of the microscope housing and wherein the hinged door, in the opened state, provides access to the microscope stage through the second door. ### Claim at position 4 (depends on 3) 4: The microscope according to claim 3, wherein the second door is a sliding door. ### Claim at position 5 (depends on 1) 5: The microscope according to claim 1, wherein the hinged door is attached to a hinged lid of the microscope housing, which, in an opened state of the hinged lid, provides access to the microscope stage. ### Claim at position 6 (depends on 5) 6: The microscope according to claim 5, wherein the microscope further comprises a second door arranged in or at the opening of the microscope housing and wherein the hinged door, in the opened state, provides access to the microscope stage through the second door, and wherein the opening including the second door forms a part of the hinged lid of the microscope housing. ### Claim at position 7 (depends on 1) 7: The microscope according to claim 1, wherein the opening is formed in a front panel of the microscope housing. ### Claim at position 8 (depends on 6) 8: The microscope according to claim 6, wherein the hinged door is mounted to the hinged lid of the microscope housing by a hinge mechanism comprising at least one hinge. ### Claim at position 9 (depends on 8) 9: The microscope according to claim 8, wherein the hinge mechanism comprises a stop being configured to stop an opening movement of the hinged door. ### Claim at position 10 (depends on 8) 10: The microscope according to claim 8, wherein the hinge mechanism includes a cable and a cable brake, the cable being mounted to the cable brake configured to damp an opening movement of the hinged door and/or to define an opening angle of the hinged door. ### Claim at position 11 (depends on 1) 11: The microscope according to claim 1, wherein the hinged door comprises a door locking mechanism configured to lock the hinged door in its closed state and to unlock the hinged door upon a user operation. ### Claim at position 12 (depends on 11) 12: The microscope according to claim 11 wherein the opening is formed in a front panel of the microscope housing, and wherein the door locking mechanism is configured to lock the hinged door, in its closed state, with the front panel. ### Claim at position 13 (depends on 12) 13: The microscope according to claim 12, the microscope further comprising illumination optics for illuminating the sample to be examined, wherein the door locking mechanism is operatively coupled to the illumination optics such that an illumination of the sample by the illumination optics can only be started when the hinged door is in the closed state and locked with the front panel. ### Claim at position 14 (depends on 11) 14: The microscope according to claim 11, the microscope further comprising an internal illumination of the interior of the microscope housing, which is configured to be automatically switched on when the hinged door is unlocked or opened. ### Claim at position 15 (depends on 1) 15: The microscope according to claim 1, wherein the hinged door, in the closed state, is embodied as at least a part of a front cover of the microscope housing. ### Claim at position 16 (depends on 5) 16: The microscope according to claim 5 wherein the hinged lid of the microscope housing comprises a lid interlocking mechanism, and a door locking mechanism is configured as a door interlocking mechanism, the lid interlocking mechanism and the door interlocking mechanism being configured to lock the hinged door in its closed state if the hinged lid is opened, and to allow an opening of the hinged door only if the hinged lid is in a closed state.