Patent ID: 8634132

Claim:
An objective changer with incident light illumination for light microscopes, comprising: at least two microscope objectives for investigation of a specimen; a movable carrier, on which the microscope objectives are mounted; an immovable carrier adapted for being mounted on a base body of the microscope, the movable carrier being adapted to assume a defined position in relation to the immovable carrier; at least one transfer interface on the immovable carrier for transferring energy for illumination of the specimen; wherein each microscope objective is associated with at least one separate illuminating system for illuminating the specimen; wherein each microscope objective is associated with at least one separate energy connector which is connected to the illuminating system associated with the respective microscope objective by a light guide located therebetween; the energy connectors being rigidly connected to the movable carrier for receiving energy for the illumination of the specimen, wherein, by positioning the movable carrier relative to the immovable carrier, a line engagement is established between the transfer interface and the energy connector assigned to a currently active microscope objective.