Nikon LABOPHOT-2 User manual

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Thank
youvery
muchfor purchasing
aNikonlMicroscope.
Thismicroscope
isa high
precision
instrument
with a
verydelicatestructure
andvaried
functions.Please
thoroughly
readthis
manualfirstto usethe microscope
correctly.
CAUTIONS
I Avoid
StrongShocksl
ll
afdethemicroscope
genrly,
tsking
care10avoidstrons shocks
E When
CarryingtheMicroscope
Whencarryngth€microscope.
s!pporl
thebouomofth-cmcroscopebase The
nsrr!mentwe
ghs
.bout 7 9kg Donot
ltsl!l!9!!9rl4sl!s fthebcse-
E Place
of Use
Avodthe
lseoftlr€mcros.opcnad!sry
prace,
orwferc l marne
slolecllo
Vbratontor clposedrol. gr
lemper.r!rcs mn
sir.e,.r o r.c:
4 Power
Source
Voltage
andFuse
a'...
-'... ...,..,'.. . :age.nd
fuse
-: :..
-t :-i. -..),'.... Q
n
a Lrght Source
Thehagqen
b! brobe
used
is
6V 30
I r _:' ..:. ... .: r:re. :.anrlr-.
one
:.:.'.. ". :i ..ci..a
f ab! b oi T..: i.a. .e slqgested
wattage
s
Lrsed,lfe !f: adlusting
crcut
ma!oeoamageo
6 Turning
ontheLamp
Tskecafenottotouch
thelampnousing
whenit s it,
anddon'1brqginflammable
s!bstancessuchas
gas. n-..thinner
and
lrlcoho
n€arn..s some
pa.ts
ofthe amp
holsngmay
b€conreleryhoLwh ethe
Z Changing
theBulbandFuse
Beforerep
ac.9 thebLrb or luse.
tufi
OFFthemanswtclrand
disconnectthe
power
source
plua.
Repac€thehalogei
amp
16V
30W).maklngs!fetlratt s
cooenough.Donoltouchthe
qlasspart
with Vour
barehands.
B Dirton the Lens
wattage
s
Lrsed,ll'e
!f: adlusting
crcut
Donoileave
dust.dirt.orfin
thelens
orbub surfaces
Theyw I prevent
youfrom cearly
obsetuiigth€specim€n
-91
FocusKnobs
N.!cr att.nprro!dlustthet.Jht.essot
th€ rght !nd €ti
fr!fd ro.!s k.oi,s
!Y
turninoone,whiie
holdinar
theother. r
nr! ca!s. pfoliems D! .ot tLrr.the
idrse locls kr
..ib:p.st
the imit A!. d
trrr.ng t i.r. h
!, be..!:e t na,r'cause

CAREANDMAINTENANCE
A Cleaningthe
Lenses
To
cleafthe ensslrfaces.remove
dlst
Lrsing
asoftbrushorgauze
Onlywhen
removing
fingermarks
orgrease. usea
soltcoltoncoth, enstissle,
ofgauze
ghtymoistenedwith
pure
alcohol
lmethy acoholor ethylalcoho
) IESL
sE4lra!|i s!i9!lry9! 9i "91
Lr onlyxylene.Do nol usexylen€for
cleain9thesu.face
oflheentrancelens
ofthe eyepiece lLrbeortheprsm sLrface
ofthe Ult.a Wide EyepieceTube UW"
Observe
sufficentcauton n handlng
acoholandxylene
lthey
.re n
fammable).
andtheONOFFofrh€
powef
sourceswitch.
Z Cleaning
thePaintedSurfaces
Avoidthe useof anvorqanic
solvent
(for
examp€, thinn€r.
-"ther.acoho
)lor
cear ngthe
pa
nted
sl|faces.rd plastc
parts
ofthe nstr!m-.nl
W€reconrmend
yo! !s€ tlre
si cof cloth.
g NeverAttemptto Dismantlel
Never
attemptto dismantlethe
instrument
beca!se
you
maymparthe
@
When
Notin Use
WhennotinLrse.
coveftheinstrument
wlfrthe accessoryvny cover.andqlel9
it in a place freefrom moisture
and
funqus.t isespecaly recommended
thatthe objectves
and eyepecesbe kept
ii anai.t
ght
contanercontaining
El renoorc Lnecttncl
To mainlain
the b€st
pe.formance
of the
instftrmeni.
wer€commend
thatthe
instr!m€nl
be
pefodlca
lychecked
(For
detas ofths check,contact
your
au-
thorizedNikondistrbutor.
)
*Ple.se nole.rs
pe.you. Nkonwarcntv,
''Anydefectsor damagedircctlyor indi
rectlycausedby the useof unauthorized
replacement
partsand,/orperformed
by
unautho zed personnel"
wil vod the
CONIENTS
r.Nol\,lENCLATURE
......
.....
3
TT.ASSEMBLY..
...... . ... ..5
rn.
N4lcRoscopy
...-........
12
V.MANIPULATION
OFEACH
ELEtvtENT
....................
16
1)Useoffocusinsdevice.
. ....16
2)Optica
path
changeoverinthe
trnoculareyepecetulre
3) D
opter
adlustmenr
. .......
4) nterpupillarydstance
1f
18
adjustment
. . .,..,.,..,.,. J8
5)
Centerngthe
condenserens T9
6)Useoffeddiaphragm
... 20
7)Useofcondenserapenure
daphrasm...
.......20
8)Useoffiters
-----.-.--21
9)O immersionmanipLr
alon..
..23
V
,TROUBLESHOOTING ."',..,.24
ELECTRICAL
SPECIFICATIONS.29

INOMENCLATU RE
Specm€n
(glass
srdel
S!bstage
Condenser
centerlng
screw
Y axsslagemolioncontro
X axlsstale
motonconiro
Fed diaphragir
rng
LrnF
io tage .d cadln p dre
LrnF
!oltaqesecLtorsw
1.h
Eyepece
1!beclamp
screw
Lamphousingcovef
\
Frg.
r-|

NOI\4ENCLATURE
B
noulareyepec€
tube
Dopter
rng
Revolvngnosepece
dlaphragm
ring
Condenser
campscrew
Cofdenserfocusknob
Fig.l 2

il. ASSEM B
LY r'o""r,ns
anddismantrins)
Toassemblethemicroscope,followtheproceduresgiven fromOto(?
Fordelails,read
p.6
top. 1'1.
1u
r@
@
@
Tools: hexagonwrench (accessory),
plusscrewdriver,minusscrewdriver
Fig.2

N.ASSEI\4BLY
O Checkthe
PowerSourceVoltageandFuse
oDlsconnect
the
power
cordfromtheACinputconnector.
(Make
surethatt rs
disconnected.)
. Make
surethatthelinevoltageindication
plate
attherearofthebase
indicatesthe
correct
inevo
tageto beused
(1OO-120V
or
22O-24OV)
\Fis.21).
Whent indicatesLncorreclvoliage,rerriovethe nevoltage
indicationplate
byunscrewingthetwoscrewsusinga plus screw
driver.
. Mount
the inevoltagendication
p
ateafterswltchnglhe
input
votagechange
over
swtchto lndlcatecorrectvotage.
aRemove
thefuseholderattheboitomofthe
baseusnga
plus
screw
driver
(Fig.2
2)andnrakesurethatthemetal
part
ofthe
fuse
ndcales
"250V1A' for10O 120Vor "250V
T1
A' tot224 244V.
When ncorrecifusetypes to be nserted,
please
contact
your
aulhorizedNikondisirbulor.
.Insert
ihefuseintothefuseholderandiightlyscrew
itintothe
origina
positon
usinga plus screwdriver.
O Leveling
FootScrew
. Forstableinstallationofthemicroscope,man pulatetheadjustment
screwatlherear-righi
ofthebase
(F
g. 2 3).
F
g. 2-1 Fis.2 2
Fig.2-3

N.ASSEMBLY
a3)
Mounting
LampandLampHousing
Keepthecoveron
oruse
qloves
whenmountinqtheampbulb
so
asnotto touchth9!!r[q!g dilcq!]yt{llluyelrillgels-Lf i.rc9l!]4!!
ordirtonthebulb
surface,wipethemoffwithlenstissue.
J\4ake
5!l€ te removethe coveraftermountinqthe lam
.F-.movc
lhe amp hoLrsngcoler pressIg thecoverderachfg
buttons(Fg241
a nsen the arnpintothe sockel
pI ho es Llrt t feachesthe rntt
(Fs
2
5)
. Reattachthc covcr
Fig24
Cautions
whendismantling
.Tuff olithe
power
sr,!tclr
lMak-osLrreirai
i soff.)Donottouch
thebulbimmediatelvafterturninqitoif
becausen
sveryhot.Make
surethar
lhebub hascoolod
enouil
i \ryhenfeplacrngt
tr-ts
_^4
[fr
t

II,ASSEIVIBLY
G)
lVountingand
Dismantling
theObjectives
al'4ountthe
oblectves
ntothehoes
olthe revolvlng
nosepece
n
such
posil
onsthat,when
viewedfromabove,
their
magnfving
power
ncreasesas
thenoseplece
isrevovedcockwise
(Flg 2 6)
Cautions
whendismantling
. RemovetheNDf lercassette iialtached
andlower
thestage
by
turfingthecoafse
tocusknob.
aRemove
anyspecimen
f t isonthestage
. Hod lheoblective
withbothhands
soasnot
1c)drop1
when
removngltfromtherevo
vingnosepiece.
Ftg27
Fig.2
6
O l\/lountingtheStage
aLowerlhesLrbstage
bytLrrnng
thecoarse
focusknob
aLoosenthestagecampscrew suffcient
y.
aInsertthestage Lntothecrcuardovelall
oflhestage
rnount
olthe
substage,
ll and E. Fasten
thestagewrlh
thestagecamp
screw
3(Fs.2
7).
Specimen Holder
aThe
specmenhodershoLr
d belasiened
tothe
mo!ntngnoeon
therightsldefora
eftknobslageandonthe
eflsdeforarght
knob
stage 8e'novethespeclmen
holderwhen
observng
a arge
@lVlountingand
Dismantling
theCondenser
Lens
. Raisethesubstage bytLrnnglhecoarse
focus
knob
aLowerthe
condenser
carrler
11]tslimt by
turnngthe
condenser
.lnsertthecondenserens ntothecondenser
carrler
Ewth the
numercal
aperture
p
ate
facngtowardthe
user Fasten
t wlthlrre
condensercamp
screw
2 (F
g 2-8).
. RaLsethecondensercarrierto ts imtbyturningihecondensef
focus

N,ASSEI\1BLY
Cautions
whenDismantling
.q- oeLe\Df r" enetdd"neo
. Lowefthecondenser
carrerto Lsimilbyturnn! the
fccLrsknob.
Removethecondenserlensbyre
easing
the
Fis.2I Fis.2 I
_ Vounling
theBrnocuarEvepieceTube
o Lo.sef ihe er'cp..e tubec nrrp scfevrs|rllcreni
! usrfg the
h.ria!oflref.h lSee,?
l
. nsertrhe c f.! ardoietir of t retf n.rc! if efepecetlrbc f10thc
c r.Lraf doveia ci th. .ry-!pc.e Lrbero!fl Fasi,.
I i {,th the
ey-apecel|rbec anrpscrc\\ iF
!r 2 9)
Cautionwhen
clamping
. Do fot hod th. pasic p.ft ofthe hexa!.rna ,.,/fench,,vhEn
l giricn fq Lheelepecetubc . a.np
:.rew Ho a Lhelte n ol the
\\refch f ovefl
alhtefed,
optc: path .hang.i ov.r of the
eyepecetLrb.ma\rbe na iLrfrcioned
I l\.4ounting
theEyepiece
. Useihe sam. mngnI catof eyepeceslof bothrhc I ghi afd
. nserttirccy-ap
eces fto ihesee!.s oithe b llo.iLrlarey-ape.-.Lub-.
A'
pr.nrtrsrolls
olthesleeve
1F
g 2 10)
o\'Vhcn
Lrsrng
eyegrardrLrbbefs,nsertth.mnt.lheeyepeces
(Fq
2 11).
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