Olympus BHTU Instructions Manual

MODELBHTU

BIOLOGICAL

MICROSCOPE

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on

Nov.6,2009

by

J.G.McHone

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personal

use

only,

not

for

sale

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WARNING

------,

This

instruction

manualisfor

use

of

your

instrument.

Before

putting

it

into

operation,

we

recommend

you

read this manual

carefully

in order to familiarize your-

self

fUlly

with

its

use

so

that

you

may

obtain

opti-

mum

performance.

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This

instruction

manual

has

been

written

for

the

useofthe

Olympus

Biological Microscope

Model

BHTU.

Itisrecommended that

you

read the manual

carefully

in ordertofamiliarize

yourself

fully

with

the

useofthe microscope,sothat

you

will

obtain

optimum

performance.

IMPORTANT

Observe the

following

points:

• Operation

1.

Always

handle the microscope

with

the careitdeserves, and avoid

abrupt

motions.

2.

Avoid

the

use

and maintenanceofthe microscope in

direct

sunlight, high temperature and

humidity,

dust and

vibration.

3.

Only

use

the tension adjustment ring

for

altering the tension

of

the coarse adjustment

knobs. (Do

not

twist

the

two

coarse

adjustment

knobs in opposite

directions

simultaneous-

Iy,asthis

will

cause

damage.)

4.

Make sure

that

the voltage selector

switch

on

the

bottom

baseofthe microscope stand

is

settoconform

with

the local mains voltage.

5.

Ground

the microscope in

case

thereisno ground terminal in

your

mains

line

.

• Maintenance

,.

Lenses must alwaysbekept clean.

Carefully

wipe

off

oilorfingerprints

depositedonthe

lens surfaces

with

gauze moistened

with

a small

amountofxylene, alcohol or ether.

2.

Do

not

use

organic solutionstowipe the surfacesofvarious

components.

Plastic parts,

especially, should

be

cleaned

with

neutral detergent.

3.

Never disassemble the microscope

for

repair.

Only

authorized

Olympus

service personnel

should make repairs.

4.

The microscope shouldbecovered

with

the

vinyl

dust

cover

provided

and stored in a place

free

from

humidity

and fungi.

I.

II.

III.

STANDARD CONFIGURATIONS
NOMENCLATURE

ASSEMBLy............

.....

CONTENTS

2

3

4

IV.

IDENTIFICATION AND FUNCTION

OF

VARIOUS COMPONENTS

V.

VI.
VII.

OPERATION

A.

Switching ON the Light Source

IVoltage Adjustment and Light Intensity I
I

LP

(Light Intensity Presetting) Switch I

B.

Placement of a Specimen Slide .

I White Cover for Condenser

ICover

Glass

I

I

Specimen Slide I

IStage I

C.

Observation Tube

1.

Interpupillary Distance Adjustment

2.

Diopter Adjustment

3.

Light Path Selector

D.

Condenser Adjustment

1.

Condenser Centration

IFiled Iris Diaphragm I

IAperture Iris Diaphragm

E.

Focusing Adjustment .

1.

Tension of Coarse Adjustment

Knobs

and

Fine Adjustment

IUse of Rubber

Cap

for

Fine

Adjustment

Knob

2.

Pre-Focusing Lever

F.

Use

of Immersion Objectives

G.

Photomicrography .

OPTICAL DATA
TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE

6
9

9

10

13

14

15
15

17

18

I.

STANDARD

CONFIGURATIONS

"",

Model

Component

BHTU·ll1

BHTU-112

BHTU·312

Microscope stand

BHTU·F 1 1

1

with

quintuple revolving nosepiece

8 inocular tube BH2·B130 1 1 0

Observation tubes

Trinocular tube

BH2·TR30 0 0

1

Square mechanical

stage

with

right-hand low BH2.SVR2

1 1

1

drive coaxial controls and specimen holder

Swing-out condenser

BH2·SC 1

1

1

Halogen lamp holder

LS·20H

1

1

1

Halogen bulbs

6V20WHAL

2

2 2

D Ach.

4X,

D Ach.

lOX,

D Ach,

40X,

1 0 0

D Ach. lOOX (oil)

each

Objectives

D

Plan

4X,

0 Plan

lOX,DPlan

40X

0

1 1

D

Plan

lOOX

(oil)

each each

Eyepieces, paired

WKlOX

1

1 1

Photo eyepiece

NFK3.3X 0 0

1

Filter

KB·4

1

1 1

Immersion oil, bottled

1

1

1

Vinyl

dust cover

1 1

1

2

II.

NOMENCLATURE

The Model

BHTU

consistsofvarious components and interchangeable accessoriesasshown in

the

photo

below. A wide varietyofcombinations,

standardoroptional,isavailable according

to

your

requirements.

Eyepiece

Objective

Stage

Condenser

-

3

Observation tube

Micoscope stand

For

biological use

Halogen lamp

holder

--

--

LP

(Light IntensityPresetting) switch

III.

ASSEMBLY

This picture illustrates the sequential procedureofassembly. The numbers Indicate the

orderofassemblyofvarious

components.

Remove

dust

caps

before

mounting

components.

Take care to keep all glass surfaces clean, and avoid :;cratching the glass surface.

NOTE:

For

numbers~andf)please refertoexplanations

in detail on the

next

page.

e ®

Condenser

(The

N.A.

scale

engravedonthe

con-

denser

shouldface

the

microscope

front.)

-..

To AC

® outlet

Halogen bulb

Q

CD,

~

Halogen lamp

9J holder

Condenser clamping screw

Observation tube

Observation tube clamping screw

Circular

dovetail

mount

Eyepjece

0)

.~

®

.g

Objective

Specimen

holder

Clamping

screws

~tage

L'

_I

.......;~;..-

Stage

mounting

dovetail

LP

(Light Intensity Presetting) switch

4

•

Explanations

in detaiI

9

Mountingthe

stage

11

Loosen the

stage

clamping screw

CD

by

rotating counterclockwise. (Fig. 1)

2) Insert the

stage

into the mounting dove-

tail

of

the microscope stand slowly and

lock

with

clamping screw.

fJ

Mounting the observation tube

1)

Loosen the clamping

knob

CD

fully.

(Fig.21 Pull spring-loaded clamping knob

CD.

This

will

cause

the locating pin<Vto·

withdraw.Ifthe pin does

not,

loosen the

screw

further until the pin withdraws.

2)

With

clamping knobCDpulled

out.

insert

the circular dovetail

of

the observation

tube into the

ring

dovetai

I.

3)

Tighten the clamping knob.

5

Fig.

Fig. 2