Patent ID: 7835075
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A microscope comprising: an objective turret; a stand, the stand comprising: a changing device for receiving optical filters, said changing device being arranged at a holder in a telecentric part of a microscope beam path and being outfitted with a quantity of optical filters influencing the beam path; said changing device being mounted so as to be rotatable around an axis of rotation which is provided in the holder and which intersects an optical axis of the microscope beam path and which lies in the plane of symmetry of a microscope and which, along with optical axes of beam paths existing in the microscope, lies in a plane extending substantially perpendicular to the front wall of the microscope stand; and the part of the changing device which is not located in the microscope beam path and which lies diametrically opposite from the part of the changing device that is located in the beam path being arranged so as to be directed toward the microscope stand and adjacent to the front wall of the microscope stand.