Patent ID: 6974363

Claim:
A unit for form machining the edges of spectacle lenses, comprising: a CNC-controlled machine tool for form machining a spectacle lens, a determining device for determining optical values, an optical center, an axial position of a cylindrical or prismatic cut, the position of a near portion and/or a position of a progression channel of a spectacle lens designed as a progressive lens, or for attaching a block or a sucker in a correct position and at a correct angle, a lens conveying device, a manipulator for removing blank lenses from the conveying device, for inserting a blank lens into the determining device, for removing the blank lens from the determining device, for inserting the blank lens into the machine tool, for removing a finished-machined spectacle lens from the machine tool and for returning the spectacle lens to the conveying device, the manipulator having a transversely movable slide, a guide rail on which the transversely movable slide is movable, a perpendicularly movable slide on and movable perpendicularly to the transversely movable slide, the perpendicularly movable slide having a first gripper for holding a blank lens and having a second gripper, also movable perpendicularly on the slide and independently of the first gripper, for holding a finished lens in the spectacle-lens edging machine.