Patent ID: 9310599
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: G02B

Claim Text:
1. An X-Y stage for microscopes, comprising a base stage plate, an intermediate stage plate and an upper stage element, with the upper stage element being mounted in a first guideway in the intermediate stage plate so as to be displaceable along a first axis, and the intermediate stage plate being mounted in a second guideway in the base stage plate so as to be displaceable along a second axis, which with the first axis includes an angle that is different from zero, an upper stage element drive and an upper stage output link coupled to it and providing a first drive direction of the upper stage element; an intermediate stage plate drive and an intermediate stage output link coupled to it and providing a second drive direction of the intermediate stage plate, first coupling means for coupling the upper stage element output link to the upper stage element, by operation of which the upper stage element is displaceable in a first displacement direction along the first axis as a function of the first drive direction, second coupling means for coupling the intermediate stage plate output link to the intermediate stage plate, by operation of which the intermediate stage plate is displaceable in a second displacement direction along the second axis as a function of the second drive direction, and at least one of a mechanical first switching means for reversing the first displacement direction with a constant first drive direction, and a mechanical second switching means for reversing the second displacement direction with a constant second drive direction.