Patent ID: 7571545

Claim:
Contour reading device ( 1 ), in particular for eyeglass frame ( 10 ) rims, including a support ( 3 , 4 ) for holding an article whose contour is to be read and a turntable ( 6 ) that is rotatable relative to the support ( 3 , 4 ) about a rotation axis and carries a reading subassembly ( 15 ) that includes a feeler ( 8 ) mobile in a direction parallel to the rotation axis of the turntable ( 6 ) and in a plane transverse to the rotation axis of the turntable ( 6 ), which reading device ( 1 ) is characterized in that the reading subassembly ( 15 ) further includes: a rotation axis (A) referred to as the carrier axis transverse to the surface of the turntable ( 6 ), a carrier arm ( 18 ) which is mounted at one end to turn about said carrier axis (A) and at the other end of which said feeler ( 8 ) is mounted, whereby the feeler ( 8 ) is mobile relative to the turntable ( 6 ) along a circular arc path centered on said carrier axis (A).