Patent ID: 7137871
Filing Date: 2006-11-21
Classification: B24B

Abstract:
1. A spectacle-lens edging machine comprising: at least one grinding wheel on a shaft, and having a bearing neck for the shaft; a rotatable spectacle-lens retaining shaft radially and axially adjustable relative to the grinding wheel and the grinding wheel shaft; at least one function carrier arranged in a coaxially rotatable manner on the bearing neck for the grinding wheel shaft or on at least one pivoted lever arranged in an offset position on the bearing neck for the grinding wheel shaft, wherein the function carrier can be swung into a region between the grinding wheel and the spectacle lens retaining shaft; wherein: the function carrier includes a swing-in U-shaped region having radially projecting legs which serve as stops during measuring and storing of one or more of front and rear space curves, and a thickness of a spectacle lens, the legs is clamped in place in the spectacle-lens retaining shaft, in accordance with a radial contour profile of the lens in a plane essentially perpendicular to the optical axis.