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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 1990
Filed:
May. 17, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
George Hayashi, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Swift Instruments, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350523 ; 362216 ;
Abstract
A illuminator base for illumination of a microscope specimen from below the specimen includes a fluorescent lamp bulb for generation of illuminating light on a viewing axis. The fluorescent lamp bulb has at least two arms, each having an active volume within a glass wall. The arms are disposed with each active volume generally tangent to the viewing axis. A line intersecting the viewing axis and the axes of lamp arms lies at an acute angle to the viewing axis. Preferably the lamp bulb is u-shape, the angle is about 40.degree. and 50.degree., and light transmitted by the lamp arms along the viewing axis is substantially without shadow.