EP0409760B1 - Apparatus for centering and blocking ophtalmic lenses - Google Patents

Apparatus for centering and blocking ophtalmic lenses Download PDF

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EP0409760B1
EP0409760B1 EP19900500068 EP90500068A EP0409760B1 EP 0409760 B1 EP0409760 B1 EP 0409760B1 EP 19900500068 EP19900500068 EP 19900500068 EP 90500068 A EP90500068 A EP 90500068A EP 0409760 B1 EP0409760 B1 EP 0409760B1
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Jorge Cottet Sebile
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
    • B24B—MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS
    • B24B13/00—Machines or devices designed for grinding or polishing optical surfaces on lenses or surfaces of similar shape on other work; Accessories therefor
    • B24B13/005—Blocking means, chucks or the like; Alignment devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
    • B24B—MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS
    • B24B9/00—Machines or devices designed for grinding edges or bevels on work or for removing burrs; Accessories therefor
    • B24B9/02—Machines or devices designed for grinding edges or bevels on work or for removing burrs; Accessories therefor characterised by a special design with respect to properties of materials specific to articles to be ground
    • B24B9/06—Machines or devices designed for grinding edges or bevels on work or for removing burrs; Accessories therefor characterised by a special design with respect to properties of materials specific to articles to be ground of non-metallic inorganic material, e.g. stone, ceramics, porcelain
    • B24B9/08—Machines or devices designed for grinding edges or bevels on work or for removing burrs; Accessories therefor characterised by a special design with respect to properties of materials specific to articles to be ground of non-metallic inorganic material, e.g. stone, ceramics, porcelain of glass
    • B24B9/14—Machines or devices designed for grinding edges or bevels on work or for removing burrs; Accessories therefor characterised by a special design with respect to properties of materials specific to articles to be ground of non-metallic inorganic material, e.g. stone, ceramics, porcelain of glass of optical work, e.g. lenses, prisms
    • B24B9/146—Accessories, e.g. lens mounting devices

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  • the invention relates to an apparatus for centering and blocking ophthalmic lenses for use in lens bevelling machines.
  • the apparatus is provided with support means for the ophthalmic lens; means for adhering a member to said ophthalmic lens; a monitor receiving a digital image of the contour of the shape to be obtained by bevelling; and a video camera which is located vertically above the said ophthalmic lens, picks up images and transmits them to said monitor.
  • ophthalmic lenses are manufactured generally in the form of a concavo-convex spherical cap and the characteristics of their graduation involve differences in thickness and also in the curvature of the surfaces thereof.
  • the above mentioned lens is from time to time called ophthalmic lens blank.
  • Ophthalmic lenses have to be prepared for fitting to a specific frame, involving a modification of the perimeter thereof to adapt it to the frame. This operation is performed on the said lens bevelling machines which are provided with grindstones for abrading and final polishing of the said perimeter.
  • the video camera obtains an image of the ophthalmic lens directly therefrom, whereby errors are easily made due to the thickness of the lens.
  • the ophthalmic lens blank which is moved, whereby the member to be adhered thereto for the bevelling process is applied in a position not coinciding with the lens optical centre.
  • This offset blocking causes undesired variations in the lens position during the bevelling process.
  • an apparatus of the type described at the beginning characterised fundamentally in that it comprises: a) an optical unit having at least one condensing lens and by a light-emitting source, said unit being situated at a lower level than said support means and defining an optical axis; and b) an at least partially transparent screen, adapted to be located with the centre thereof aligned with said optical axis, inserted between said video camera and said support means and capable of receiving an image, projected by said optical unit, of the ophthalmic lens situated on said support means; and in that the distance between the video camera and the transparent screen is constant.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic elevation view, partly in section, of the apparatus in which the intermediate arm is shown broken away to draw the attention to an irreal position of alignment thereof with the optical axis of the optical unit, which is impossible simultaneously with the alignment of the upper and lower arms.
  • Figure 2 is partial schematic view, on a larger scale, of the manual operating device.
  • the apparatus of the invention comprises a platform 1 and a column 2, a lower portion of which is supported in a fixed housing 3.
  • the column may be actuated by a drive means comprising an electric motor 4, located above a support 5 and provided with a shaft 6 driving a drive pinion 7 which meshes with a ring gear situated externally of a rotary bushing 8, which is surrounded by the fixed housing 3.
  • the column 2 is fixedly attached to a generally radially outwardly extending guide pin 9 which passes through, in the first place, a helical slot (not shown) formed in the rotary bushing and, in the second place, a generally inverted L-shaped slot 10.
  • a guide pin 9 passes through, in the first place, a helical slot (not shown) formed in the rotary bushing and, in the second place, a generally inverted L-shaped slot 10.
  • the shaft 6 is provided with a cam 11 engaging an optical switch 12 stopping the motor 4.
  • a surrounding member 13 is supported on the fixed housing 3 and the upper portion thereof surrounds the column 2 and is extended to form the upper arm 13a which carried the video camera 14.
  • the lower portion of the surrounding member 13 also surrounds the column 2 and supports a lower arm 16 in which there is mounted a semitransparent screen 15 situated vertically below the camera 14, with the distance therebetween being constant.
  • the screen 15 is preferably provided with a mark corresponding with the centre thereof and a further mark showing an axis.
  • an intermediate arm 17 which, as stated above, is angularly offset from the other two arms.
  • the intermediate arm 17 carries a ball joint 18 for receiving a member 19, provided with adhesive means, to be referred to hereinafter.
  • the said arm 17 is provided with a notch for a positioner 21 sliding in an elongate orifice 22 of the surrounding member 13.
  • the optical unit constituted by a support 23, on which there is held, by means of a protective disc 24 and supports 25, an ophthalmic lens 26 to be centered and blocked.
  • the optical unit comprises at least one condensing lens 27 and, at a lower level, a lamp 28, mounted on a bracket 29 and associated with a power control 30.
  • the platform 1 also carries a device comprising a manual control 31 which, by way of a cam 32, actuates a rightangled lever 35 which rocks about the apex thereof. As it rocks, the lever 35 engages the stem 36 whereby the surrounding member 13 is axially moved.
  • a manual control 31 which, by way of a cam 32, actuates a rightangled lever 35 which rocks about the apex thereof. As it rocks, the lever 35 engages the stem 36 whereby the surrounding member 13 is axially moved.
  • the apparatus works as follows: initially a member 19 is mounted on the ball joint 18 of the intermediate arm 17. Furthermore, the ophthalmic lens 26 to be centered and blocked is mounted on the support means 25. The centre and axis marks of the screen 15 allow for appropriate mounting of the lens 26.
  • the light-emitting source 28 is illuminated, whereby the condensing lenses 27 produce an image of the ophthalmic lens 26. By appropriately moving the screen 15, this picks up the image, which is picked up by the video camera 14. It should be noted that the video camera 14 picks up the plane image produced on the screen 15, whereby any error due to the direct viewing of the lens 26, the thickness of which may cause distorsion, is avoided.
  • the image picked up by the camera 14 is transmitted to a not shown monitor which at the same time picks up the image of the frame ring to which the lens 26 is to be mounted, the latter image having been suitably moved depending on the required corrections, in the light of the wearer's and the frame's data. The superimpositioning of both images allows it to be checked whether the lens 26 is suitable for the chosen frame.
  • the drive device causes angular movement of the upper and lower arms 13a and 16, respectively, and at the same time an equal angular movement of the intermediate arm 17, whereby the ball joint 18 and the member 19 are aligned with the optical axis of the optical unit.
  • Lowering of the column 2 causes a lowering of the intermediate arm 17, until the member 19 is adhered to the ophthalmic lens 26, precisely on the geometric and optical centre thereof.
  • Operation is initiated with the actuation of a microswitch 33 and is controlled by an electronic card 34, which also causes reverse movement of the arms 13a, 16 and 17, leaving the machine ready for receiving a new ophthalmic lens.
  • the lens 26 receives the blocking member 19 on the centre thereof, whereby during the subsequent bevelling process, the ophthalmic lens rotates in a fully satisfactory way.

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  • Eyeglasses (AREA)
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  • Grinding And Polishing Of Tertiary Curved Surfaces And Surfaces With Complex Shapes (AREA)
EP19900500068 1989-07-17 1990-07-16 Apparatus for centering and blocking ophtalmic lenses Revoked EP0409760B1 (en)

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ES8902510 1989-07-17
ES8902510A ES2014801A6 (es) 1989-07-17 1989-07-17 Aparato para el centrado y bloqueado de lentes oftalmologicas>

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EP0409760A1 EP0409760A1 (en) 1991-01-23
EP0409760B1 true EP0409760B1 (en) 1993-12-01

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JP3828686B2 (ja) 1999-08-31 2006-10-04 株式会社ニデック カップ取付装置
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EP0409760A1 (en) 1991-01-23

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