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US 7,002,738 B2Granted
Stereomicroscope with a co-observer tube
AssigneeLeica Microsystems (Schweiz) AG
InventorsMax Sturgis, Ulrich Sander
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Abstract
A stereomicroscope includes a binocular tube for a pair of main stereo beam paths and an assistant's tube for an assistant's beam path. The assistant's tube can swivel about an axis of the assistant's beam path in a plane parallel to the main stereo beam paths. One or more optical beam splitters divert the assistant's beam path to the assistant's tube via the back of the housing of the stereomicroscope.
Claims15
A stereomicroscope comprising:
- a binocular tube for a pair of main stereo beam paths;
- at least one assistant's tube for at least one assistant's beam path, the assistant's tube being capable of swiveling about an axis of the at least one assistant's beam path in a plane parallel to the main stereo beam paths;
- at least one optical beam splitter configured to divert the at least one assistant's beam path to the at least one assistant's tube via a back of a housing of the stereomicroscope;
- and
- a counterweight configured to automatically swing in an opposite swiveling direction to a swiveling direction of the at least one assistant's tube.
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A stereomicroscope comprising:
- a binocular tube for a pair of main stereo beam paths;
- at least one assistant's tube for at least one assistant's beam path, the assistant's tube being capable of swiveling about an axis of the at least one assistant's beam path in a plane parallel to the main stereo beam paths;
- at least one optical beam splitter configured to divert the at least one assistant's beam path to the at least one assistant's tube via a back of a housing of the stereomicroscope;
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- a binocular tube disposed on the assistant's tube at an articulated joint so as to be swivelable by about 180° about a second axis of the at least one assistant's beam path and so as to be swivelable about an axis of the articulated joint, the axis of the articulated joint being perpendicular to the second axis of the at least one assistant's beam path.
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A stereomicroscope comprising:
- a binocular tube for a pair of main stereo beam paths;
- at least one assistant's tube for at least one assistant's beam path, the assistant's tube being capable of swiveling about an axis of the at least one assistant's beam path in a plane parallel to the main stereo beam paths;
- at least one optical beam splitter configured to divert the at least one assistant's beam path to the at least one assistant's tube via a back of a housing of the stereomicroscope;
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- a first and a second deflection element configured to connect the at least one assistant's beam path to a first port disposed on a middle portion of the housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.