Patent ID: 7151634

Claim:
An arrangement for tilting an illumination carrier on a light microscope of the inverse type, the light microscope further including a microscope stand having a microscope stage defining an aperture; said microscope stand incorporating integrated optical components for guiding and deflecting a light beam along a beam path; said illumination carrier having a light source mounted thereon for transilluminating an object placed on said stage over said aperture so that said object can be examined, the arrangement comprising: a motor for tilting said illumination carrier with said light source relative to said microscope stand; an operator-controlled element for manually or automatically triggering the tilting movement of said illumination carrier; control means for controlling said motor to effect a controlled tilting of said illumination carrier so as to stepwise adjust said tilt movement in response to an input from said operator-controlled element; and, damping means for damping said tilt movement of said illumination carrier.