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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2010
Kazuhiro Hasegawa, Hachioji, JP;
Kazuhiro Hasegawa, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A microscope includes a microscope main body, a revolving nosepiece rotatably mounted on the microscope main body and equipped with plural objective lenses, and focusing handles that adjust focal points of the objective lenses. The microscope further includes operation knobs mounted in a vicinity of the focusing handles and configured to move by a predetermined amount in a predetermined direction, and an operating-force transmitting mechanism provided between the operation knobs and the revolving nosepiece and configured to transmit, when the operation knobs move, operating force to the revolving nosepiece to cause the movable member to move so that the objective lenses can be switched from one to the other through a single moving operation of the operation knobs by the predetermined amount.