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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a microscope system that facilitates soak injecting/removing operation and prevents air bubbles from being mixed in the soak, when the type of objective lens is changed according to the presence or type of a soak during insertion/detachment of the objective lens into/from an optical path. SOLUTION: The microscope system stores, for each objective lens, movement control information including a type flag indicating the type of an objective lens according to the presence and type of a soak, and a retreat distance for retreating a stage or an objective lens switching unit by a predetermined distance. When switching direction of an objective lens is input, and when the type of the objective lens is changed after switching, the system stops an operation after the stage or the objective lens switching unit is moved according to the retreat distance, and after an instruction to move the stage and the objective lens switching unit is input by an operation instruction input unit, the system returns the stage or the objective lens switching unit to an original position. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for selectively inserting an optical element into the observation beam path of an optical microscope. SOLUTION: The device for selectively inserting at least one optical element (104, 105) into the observation beam path of the optical microscope, in particular, such as a stereo microscope and/or an operation microscope comprises: a rotatably mounted support (102) for the at least one optical element; and an electrical drive (108) for rotating the support. By the rotation of the rotatably-mounted support, the at least one optical element is placed in or removed from the observation beam path. The rotatably-mounted support and the electric drive are coupled by a stepping gear mechanism (106) which converts a continuous movement of the drive into a stepwise movement of the support between defined working positions of the support. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a motor-driven microscope capable of making easy an operation when replacing an optical element. SOLUTION: A microscope system 1 is provided with a transmission turret 6 for holding a plurality of filters 5 and for switching an arrangement of the filters 5, a stepping motor 21 for driving the transmission turret 6, and a transmission turret control part 25 for controlling the stepping motor 21 to control the arrangement of the filters 5. The transmission turret control part 25 stops the driving of the stepping motor 21, and controls the transmission turret 6 to allow manual turning. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a solid immersion lens holder capable of improving adhesion between a solid immersion lens and an observation object. SOLUTION: The solid immersion lens holder 200 includes: a holder body 8 having a lens holding part 60 for holding the solid immersion lens 6; and an objective lens socket 9 for attaching the holder body 8 to the front end of the objective lens 21. The solid immersion lens 6 is freely held by the lens holding part 60, not fixed to the lens holding part 60. A vibration generating part 120 for vibrating the holder body 8 is attached to the objective lens socket 9. The vibration generating part 120 includes a vibrating motor 140 held by a motor holding member 130. A weight 142 having a structure biased in weight is attached to the output shaft 141 of the vibrating motor 140. The vibration generated by the vibration generating part 120 is transmitted to the solid immersion lens 6 through the objective lens socket 9 and the holder body 8. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely achieve the waterproofness of inside a microscope main body, without causing the infiltration of liquid spilt from a sample, or the like, into the microscope body. SOLUTION: The inverted microscope 100 includes a lens-holding mechanism 6 for holding an objective lens 5; a focusing mechanism 7 that holds the lens-holding mechanism 6 in the upper part thereof, to make the objective lens 5 move vertically, together with the lens-holding mechanism 6; and the microscope main body 11 as a housing where the focusing mechanism 7 is disposed, and having an opening part 11c formed in the upper wall surface 11a thereof, for connecting the focusing mechanism 7 and the lens-holding mechanism 6. The size of the lens-holding mechanism 6 in a horizontal plane is larger than the image of the opening part 11c projected to the horizontal plane. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a microscope which permits easy and reliable exchanging of optical components arranged in a holding apparatus. SOLUTION: In the microscope having the holding apparatus, insertable reversibly into the microscope, for a plurality of interchangeable optical components, the holding apparatus is embodied as a pivoting tray system (10) that is arranged pivotably in and out about a pivot axis. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a positioning device the structure of which is not complicated and the manufacture time of which is shortened. SOLUTION: An acceptor device 1 where a plurality of optical elements are arranged is constituted so that it can turn around an axial line 3 or can move along in a specified direction, and includes an encoding device 4 having a plurality of 1st encoding means 5 and a plurality of 2nd encoding means 9 and two detectors 6 and 7 detecting the 1st and the 2nd encoding means. The two detectors are constituted to detect the 1st and the 2nd encoding means at spatially different positions. The encoding device is constituted so that the two detectors simultaneously detect the 2nd encoding means when the device 1 is positioned at a stop position and only either of the two detectors detects the 1st encoding means when the device 1 is positioned in areas 16 and 18 between two adjacent stop positions. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO