Patent ID: 7682573
Filing Date: 2010-03-23
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for indexing a microscope plate to selectively position a portion of the microscope plate in a viewing field of the microscope to be observed through the microscope, comprising: a base platform adapted to be placed on a microscope base and having a view through portion positioned in the viewing field of the microscope; an indexing platform adapted to have the microscope plate placed slidingly thereon and having a view through portion overlying the view through portion of the base platform; side rails along the indexing platform defining a microscope plate slideway to limit sliding movement of the microscope plate on the indexing platform to movement in substantially a single dimension, whereby portions of the microscope plate can be selectively positioned over the view through portions of the indexing platform and the base platform to place such selected portion of the microscope plate in the microscope viewing field; a guide pin extending from the indexing platform; a guide groove in the base platform to receive the guide pin when the indexing platform is in position on the base platform; an indexing pin extending from the indexing platform; a plurality of indexing holes in the base platform to receive the indexing pin in a selected indexing hole when the indexing platform is in position on the base platform; and means for maintaining the base platform in substantially fixed position on the microscope base when placed in desired position thereon.