Olympus Optical Company, Ltd.

Takashi Ogiwara

Satoshi Okabe

Kesao Isono

Takao Aihara

Masahide Katagiri

The coarse/fine adjustment coaxial handle for feeding microscope stage comprises a feed screw shaft, a tubular member rotatably fitted over the feed screw shaft and equipped with a disc plate fixed thereto, a fine adjustment handle rotatably fitted over the tubular member and surrounding the disc plate, a reduction gear mechanism interposed between the feed screw shaft and the fine adjustment knob, a first frictional resistance imparting mechanism for imparting frictional resistance to the tubular member, second frictional resistance imparting mechanism for imparting frictional resistance to the disc plate, and a coarse adjustment handle pivoted to an eccentric position on another disc plate connected to the disc plate. The coarse/fine adjustment coaxial handle permits very fine stage feeding without fail and coarse adjustment smoothly with simple operations.

Coarse/fine adjustment coaxial handle for feeding microscope stage

In an optical information recording/reproducing apparatus (2) such that a carriage (7), on which an optical pickup (5) for collectively applying a light beam on a recording medium (11) for information recording and reproduction is mounted, is movable along a movement passage (52) formed in a recessed portion (6) of a deck (4) by a movable mechanism (24) housed in the same recessed portion, cooling air introduced by a cooling device (1) using a fan (43) is blown against the movable mechanism (24) and the blown air is guided toward an exhaust side through a movement passage (52) formed in the vicinity of the movable mechanism (24).

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Ina, Japan

Takashi Ogiwara