Patent ID: 7259911
Filing Date: 2007-08-21
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A trinocular tube for stereo microscopes with an inclined binocular eyepiece whose angle can be adjusted and with two stereo microscope beam paths, comprising in said beam paths: a first tube unit which can be connected to the body of the stereo microscope; a connection piece for cameras being arranged at the first tube unit; a second tube unit being arranged at the first tube unit so as to be swivelable around an axis and which is connected to an eyepiece tube unit that is swivelable around the optical axis of the respective beam path; a roof mirror arranged in each stereo microscope beam path, which roof mirror reflects the entering light beams toward the respective eyepiece tube unit; a deflecting element being provided in at least one of the stereo microscope beam paths of the trinocular tube and is rigidly connected to a roof mirror with an open roof edge in a holder that is swivelable around a second swiveling axis; and wherein the optical axis of the beam path that impinges on the deflecting element which is swiveled into the at least one beam path lies in a plane in which the optical axis of the stereo microscope beam path impinging on a first mirror of the roof mirror with open roof edge is also located.