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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2003
Toyoji Wada, Shinjyuku-ku, JP;
Masahiko Samukawa, Shinjyuku-ku, JP;
Toyoji Wada, Shinjyuku-ku, JP;
Masahiko Samukawa, Shinjyuku-ku, JP;
Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for processing a lens including a displaceable lens-holding unit comprising a holding shaft that holds the lens, and a means for detecting a rotation angle of the holding shaft; a means for processing a peripheral portion of the lens; an elevating and lowering unit that holds the lens-holding unit, wherein the elevating and lowering unit displaces to a first position in a vertical direction in accordance with a processing amount; wherein, when the lens-holding unit is lowered until the lens contacts the means for processing, the elevating and lowering unit is separate from the lens-holding unit, wherein the lens-holding unit is further lowered to the first position in the vertical direction in accordance with the processing amount, and the lens-holding unit presses the lens to the means for processing under a load determined in accordance with a weight of the lens-holding unit.