| US 7,522,336 B2 | ||
| Microscope tube | ||
| Andreas Hermann, Gleichen (Germany); Joerg Sprenger, Gottingen (Germany); and Hubert Wahl, Stadtroda (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Carl Zeiss MicroImaging GmbH, Jena (Germany) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 30, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/241,895. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10 2004 048 101 (DE), filed on Sep. 30, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0077539 A1, Apr. 13, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G02B 21/22 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 359—379 [359/368] | 19 Claims |
| 1. An adjustable microscope tube for a microscope, said microscope tube comprising, in order, along its beam path starting
from an entrance to the microscope tube:
an optical system positioned to receive light from a microscope objective, which images a first intermediate image to infinity,
wherein the first intermediate image is a real image;
at least one deflecting element, following the optical system, which folds the parallel beam path; and
collecting optics, arranged following the deflecting clement in the beam path, imaging the first intermediate image imaged
to infinity onto a second intermediate image,
wherein the length of at least one portion of the folded, parallel beam path can be changed by displacement of the deflecting
element relative to the optical system.
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