US 6,982,826 B2
Microscope
Gerhard Pfeifer, Solms (Germany)
Assigned to Leica Microsystems Wetzlar GmbH, Wetzlar (Germany)
Filed on Nov. 25, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/721,700.
Claims priority of application No. 203 13 678 U (DE), filed on Sep. 01, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2005/0046931 A1, Mar. 03, 2005
Int. Cl. G02B 21/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 359—381 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A microscope comprising: a stand, an element rotatable about an axis wherein the element is received by the stand and the rotatable element carries several optical elements; a flap provided at the stand, through which the rotatable element is accessible from the outside; and a preloaded bolt element which coacts with the flap in such a way that when the flap is open, the bolt element automatically locks the rotatable element.