Patent ID: 7338172

Claim:
An ophthalmic apparatus comprising: a base; an examination part which includes an optical system for examining an eye of a patient and is placed to be movable horizontally on the base; and a fixing mechanism provided in the examination part and arranged to fix the examination part on the base; wherein the fixing mechanism comprises: a shaft extending horizontally; an arm pivotally mounted on the shaft to be turned in up and down directions; a fixing member which is supported by the arm so that it is brought in contact with the base by downward turning of the arm and it is separated from the base by upward turning of the arm, the fixing member having large friction with respect to the base; and an operating member for turning the arm in the up and down directions, the operating member having a distance from the shaft serving as a turning center of the arm to a point of the arm which can come into contact with the operating member longer than a distance from the shaft to the fixing member.