Patent ID: 7549219

Claim:
An automatic assembling system for camera lens units comprising: a main workstation including a plurality of barrel-clamping units operable cyclically and intermittently along a feeding direction a barrel-feeding station disposed adjacent to said main workstation and including a barrel-feeding device, and a barrel standby area adapted to receive a plurality of barrels, said barrel-feeding device cooperating with intermittent operations of said barrel-clamping units to move the barrels from said barrel standby area onto said barrel-clamping units in sequence; a lens-feeding assembly including at least one lens-feeding station disposed adjacent to said main workstation such that said barrel-feeding station and said lens-feeding station are arranged along said feeding direction, said lens-feeding station including a lens-feeding device, and a lens standby area adapted to receive a plurality of lenses, said lens-feeding device cooperating with the intermittent operations of said barrel-clamping units to move the lenses into the barrels respectively and sequentially so as to form the camera lens units; and a camera lens-removing station disposed adjacent to said main workstation such that said barrel-feeding station, said lens-feeding station, and said camera lens-removing station are arranged along said feeding direction, said camera lens-removing station including a camera lens-removing device, and a camera lens-collecting area, said camera lens-removing device cooperating with the intermittent operations of said barrel-clamping units to move the camera lens units from said barrel-clamping units into said camera lens-collecting area in sequence; wherein said barrel-feeding station further includes: a barrel storage unit including a plurality of barrel-supporting trays that are arranged one above another, that are adapted to receive the barrels thereon, and that are movable vertically along a first direction; a temporary barrel-supporting unit disposed movably between said barrel storage unit and said barrel standby area and movable horizontally along a second direction; a barrel standby unit disposed between said temporary barrel-supporting unit and said barrel-feeding device along said second direction and including a barrel standby platform that is movable horizontally along said second direction and a third direction that is perpendicular to said first and second directions; and a barrel transportation unit for moving one of said barrel-supporting trays from said barrel storage unit onto said temporary barrel-supporting unit along said second direction, said temporary barrel-supporting unit moving the one of said barrel-supporting trays onto said barrel standby platform of said barrel standby unit, after which said barrel-feeding device can move the barrels from the one of said barrel-supporting trays onto said barrel-clamping units in sequence.