This is description of this part:
Spring-loaded screw for securing the condenser to the mounting ring in the condenser holder of Carl Zeiss Standard series microscopes.
This particular screw was removed from a Zeiss Standard GFL microscope, but it also fits condenser holders used, among others, in the following microscopes:
- Zeiss Standard 14 / 16 / 18
- Zeiss Standard WL / WL 89
- Zeiss Universal
- Zeiss Photomicroscope (Zeiss PM / Phomi – all models)
- Zeiss Ultraphot
In these microscope models, the condenser has a dovetail mounting ring. This dovetail includes a notch into which the spring-loaded screw presented here engages. You can see what this mounting ring looks like and how the notch is shaped in the photo gallery of item No. 99625 in this database.
What is this part needed for?
- Sometimes this screw is missing in used microscopes.
- Very often, the tiny screw in this element is broken or missing.
- This element often has dried grease.
- This screw is often damaged because when it wouldn't turn due to dried grease, someone used pliers to turn it.
