Patent ID: 7023614

Claim:
A portable microscope comprising: a stand that is constructed from a first housing shell and a second housing shell; a height-adjustable microscope stage which is carried by the stand; a base part that closes the first and the second housing shell at the bottom, wherein the microscope stage forms a unit from a sample support part, a cylindrical guide part, and a base; the base of the microscope stage carries an illumination module; and wherein the sample support part, the cylindrical guide part, and base are adhesively bonded together into the unit, an energy source is provided in the base part of the stand, the energy source being a battery or rechargeable battery, and an on/off switch is associated with the microscope stage in such a way that when the microscope stage is lowered, delivery of power from the energy source to the illumination module is interrupted; and when the microscope stage is raised, delivery of power from the energy source to the illumination module is effected.