Patent ID: 6618952
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: B24B,G01B

Abstract:
A method of tracing an eye mount of an eyeglass frame, comprising the steps of:securing the eyeglass frames in a substantially vertical orientation; curvalinearly extending an object engager toward the eyeglass frames and thereby causing an end portion of the object engager to be seated within the bevel groove of a first mount of the eyeglass frames; moving the object engager with an actuator about the bevel groove and collecting information about the configuration of the bevel groove, the object engager being angularly and pivotably mounted to the actuator; maintaining the object engager at an angle relative to the axis of rotation; determining the configuration of the bevel groove from the collected information, wherein the object engager movement is independent of a pivot angle of the object engager; and effecting relative linear movement between the object engager and the eyeglass frames after information about the bevel groove of the first mount has been collected and thereby exposing a second mount of the eyeglass frames.