Patent ID: 8908300

Claim:
An apparatus for clamping and handling an ophthalmic lens (A) having an edge, a convex and a concave surface, in one or a plurality of stations throughout a manufacturing process, comprising: a main actuator ( 5 ); a loading platform ( 3 ) on which the lens is laid down with a lens concave surface downwards; a grip composed of two arms ( 1 , 2 ) for clamping a lens edge, a first arm ( 1 ) being bound to said main actuator ( 5 ) and a second arm ( 2 ) being guided so that to allow for a movement parallel to the main actuator displacement; a first means for attracting the second arm ( 2 ) towards the first arm ( 1 ) to close the grip onto the lens edge; a blocking element ( 8 ) for blocking the second arm ( 2 ) at a fixed position when the first arm ( 1 ) is moved to a rest position so that to open the grip; holding fingers ( 6 ) mounted on at least one of the first arm ( 1 ) and the second arm ( 2 ) and partly sliding along parallel grooves ( 4 ) in said platform ( 3 ), said grooves ( 4 ) being also parallel to the actuator displacement.