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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitaka Kohki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/106 ; G02B 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/106 ; G02B 2/100 ;
Abstract
A fixed-high-power-switching microscope including a usual variable power optical system which can be switched to a fixed high power high resolution optical system, as necessary, is provided. The microscope includes a second optical axis for the fixed high power bypassing the variable power optical system. A prism (reflecting element) movable into and out of a first optical axis switches a viewing optical path from the first optical axis for the variable usual power to the second optical axis for the fixed high power, as necessary, providing a clear magnified image at high magnification and high resolution.