Adaptor for attaching portable terminal
Provided is an adaptor for attaching a portable terminal, said adaptor enabling a smartphone to be simply attached to and detached from a microscope. The present invention is provided with a first adaptor on the smartphone side, and a second adaptor on the microscope side. The first adaptor and the second adaptor, respectively have a first slide section and a second slide section, which are fitted to each other such that, in the straight line direction, the first slide section and the second slide section can mutually slide and can be attached to and detached from each other. As a result, the present invention makes it possible to easily attach and detach the smartphone to and from the microscope.
1. An adaptor for attaching a camera-equipped mobile terminal on an optical instrument comprising: a first adaptor part for the camera-equipped mobile terminal and a second adaptor part for the optical instrument,
the first adaptor part and the second adaptor part including: a first slide portion and a second slide portion detachably and slidably engaged to each other in a straight line direction; a first stopper portion and a second stopper portion coming into contact with each other to allow the first adaptor part and the second adaptor part to be stopped at a predetermined position; and a first lock portion and a second lock portion by which the first adaptor part and the second adaptor part are locked at a predetermined stop position when the first stopper portion and the second stopper portion come into contact with each other,
the first adaptor part comprising a U-shaped portion,
the first slide portion being provided on each of two straight arm portions of the U-shaped portion,
the first stopper portion being provided on an arc-shaped closed part of the U-shaped portion,
the first lock portion being provided on each end part of the arm portions of the U-shaped portion, having a projecting shape projecting inclinedly from the arm portion provided thereon, and being formed as elastically deformable for contacting with the second lock portion elastically,
the second adaptor part comprising a tongue-shaped portion,
the second slide portion being provided on each side of the tongue-shaped portion,
the second stopper portion being provided on an arc-shaped part of the tongue-shaped portion, and
the second lock portion being provided on an end of the second slide portion apart from the arc-shaped part inclinedly so as to match with the first lock portion.
2. The adaptor according to claim 1 , wherein the first adaptor part and the second adaptor part are immobilized at a predetermined position where the first stopper portion and the second stopper portion are in contact with each other by means of gravity on the first adaptor part.
3. The adaptor according to claim 1 , wherein
the first adaptor part is attached to a mobile terminal via a first attaching member provided separately from the mobile terminal or provided integrally with the mobile terminal, and
the second adaptor part is attached to the optical instrument via a second attaching member provided separately from the optical instrument or provided integrally with the optical instrument.
4. The adaptor according to claim 3 , wherein the first attaching member is a case attached to the mobile terminal or a fixing tool fixed to the mobile terminal.
5. The adaptor according to claim 3 , wherein the second attaching member is a member having an optical system and to be inserted into a barrel of the optical instrument, or a member fixed to an ocular lens or an object having a lens of the optical instrument.