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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2014
Leica Microsystems Cms Gmbh, Wetzlar, DE;
Ingo Böhm, Heidelberg, DE;
Dirk-Oliver Fehrer, Bad Schönborn, DE;
Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH, Wetzlar, DE;
Abstract
A device for holding filters for a microscope includes a filter wheel () rotatable about an axis of rotation () and a drive unit () for rotating the filter wheel (). The filter wheel () comprises a basic body () rotatable about the axis of rotation () and at least one segment (-) selectively connectable to the basic body. The segment (-) comprises at least two housing areas () each holding at least one filter (). Another housing area may provide a transmission range () for unfiltered transmission of light. A second rotatable filter wheel may be arranged at a location displaced along the axis of rotation relative to the filter wheel, and may have its own respective transmission range for unfiltered transmission of light, whereby a filter on either filter wheel may be aligned with the transmission range on the other filter wheel.