US 11,860,353 B2
Changing device for optical components in a microscope
Daniel Stegmann, Großschwabhausen (DE); Peter Schnuell, Gleichen (DE); Michael Fritzsche, Jena (DE); and Peter Linke, Jena (DE)
Assigned to Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH, Jena (DE)
Filed by Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH, Jena (DE)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/338,470.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 207 026.1 (DE), filed on Jun. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0382287 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Prior Publication US 2022/0326500 A9, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 21/24 (2006.01); G02B 21/16 (2006.01); G02B 21/18 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 21/248 (2013.01) [G02B 21/16 (2013.01); G02B 21/18 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A changing device for optical components in a microscope, comprising: an optical component having a flat surface, a carrier for inserting and/or holding the optical component, and a receptacle for holding the carrier in an optical path of the microscope, wherein the carrier has bearing surfaces for the flat surface of the optical component and positioning surfaces located in the same plane, which are not covered by the optical component, when inserting the latter, and the receptacle has bearing surfaces for placement of the positioning surfaces, and first attachment means for attaching the carrier positioned on the receptacle in order for the positioning surfaces to press against the bearing surfaces.