Patent ID: 7742227
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A microscope apparatus comprising: a microscope main body configure to be disposed on a table mount surface; a stage provide in said microscope main body on which a specimen is to be placed; an observation optical system provided in said microscope main body and including an objective lens to form an image of the specimen on said stage; an eyepiece portion provided at one end of said microscope main body for observation of said specimen through said observation optical system; an optical device mount member provided at an end of said microscope main body, other than said one end of said microscope main body, the optical device mount member being constructed to support various extension optical devices and configured to be disposed on the table mount surface so as to extend perpendicularly to the table mount surface, the optical device mount member further having a first mount surface on a first side of the optical device mount member facing toward said stage and a second mount surface on an opposite side of the optical device mount member; and a leg member arranged to be disposed on the table mount surface and connected to the second mount surface so as to support the optical device mount member, wherein the first and second mount surfaces are each configured to support respective ones of the extension optical devices, and the leg member has, at an upper surface thereof, a third mount surface configured to support an additional extension optical device thereon.