Patent ID: 7420667

Claim:
Equipment for capturing the contour, markings, bores, millings and etchings of an ophthalmic lens for glasses wherein the ophthalmic lens is already in its final shape and characterized in that the equipment comprises: lighting means ( 11 ) suitable for producing a beam of parallel rays of light that can produce a projection, image capturing linear means ( 15 ), a translucent support ( 3 ) arranged between said lighting means ( 11 ) and said image capturing linear means ( 15 ), with one front face, facing lighting means ( 11 ) and one rear face facing image capturing linear means ( 15 ), where said front face is suitable for supporting said ophthalmic lens for glasses and receiving said beam of parallel rays of light that can produce a projection, so that when an ophthalmic lens for glasses is placed on said translucent support ( 3 ) a projection of said lens for glasses is formed on said translucent support ( 3 ), and control means suitable for digitalizing said projection received by said image capturing linear means ( 15 ) and for processing said projection and obtaining a flat representation of said contour, markings, bores, milling or etchings.