Leitz Wetzlar 512821/20 microscope right front cover plate for binocular head - photo gallery

This is description of this part:

Right plastic front cover plate for the Leitz Wetzlar 512821/20 microscope binocular head and similar heads.

This is the right one of two covers that close the internal interpupillary distance adjustment mechanism from the front (https://www.microscopeparts.eu/part/99929). The second, left cover is shaped differently and is a separate item (https://www.microscopeparts.eu/part/99930).

There is no printing on the right cover - the interpupillary scale is printed on the left cover. When the interpupillary distance is changed, the right cover covers or uncovers part of the left cover and with it part of the scale placed there - and this is how the interpupillary distance value is read.

The cover is made of plastic and is screwed with four screws directly to the brass carrier plate, to which the eyepiece tube (https://www.microscopeparts.eu/part/99928) is also fastened.

This cover was removed from the Leitz Wetzlar binocular head P/N 512821/20 (also written 512 821) - but exactly the same one is used in other models of binocular and trinocular heads as well.

The same front panel design is found in, among others, the Leitz 512 923/20 and Leitz 512 815 trinocular heads - this cover will most likely fit those too.

Before you decide to use this cover in a Leitz Wetzlar head other than model 512 821/20, first compare the exact dimensions (the photos show a millimetre scale), and if you have any doubts, ask in internet groups and forums.

This is a service part for a microscope head - not for a specific microscope model. Such a head can be mounted on many Leitz Wetzlar microscope models (and even on microscopes from other makers), so no list of microscopes this cover fits can be given - it fits the head, and the user mounts the head wherever he wants.

In the "compatibility" section I list a few example Leitz Wetzlar microscope models that turn up on the second-hand market complete with the head this cover comes from - but this is definitely not a complete list. They include:
- Leitz Wetzlar Dialux 20 / Dialux 22 EB
- Leitz Wetzlar Laborlux K / Laborlux S
- Leitz Wetzlar Diaplan

On the last photos in the gallery you can see the Leitz Wetzlar 512821/20 binocular head, and with arrows I try to show which part this is and where it sits in the head.

What is this part needed for?

• as a service part, if you have a head in which this plastic part is in very poor condition: scratched, cracked or chipped

What category does this part belong to?

Service and spare parts [ link ] [More Service and spare parts]

Who manufactures this part?

• Leitz - Leitz Wetzlar [ link ] [More Leitz]
• Leitz Wetzlar, West Germany
• E. Leitz Wetzlar GmbH
• Ernst Leitz Wetzlar

What microscope does this part come from?

Mikroskop Leitz Dialux 20 [ link ] [More from Dialux 20]

What microscopes or components is this part compatible with?

• Leitz Wetzlar 512821/20 binocular
• Leitz Dialux 20
• Leitz Laborlux S
• Leitz Diaplan
• Leitz Wetzlar Laborlux
• Leitz Wetzlar HM-Lux
• Dialux 22 EB
• Leitz Wetzlar Laborlux K

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