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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2005
Ryoji Shibata, Toyokawa, JP;
Akihiro Nagura, Okazaki, JP;
Ryoji Shibata, Toyokawa, JP;
Akihiro Nagura, Okazaki, JP;
Nidek Co., Ltd., Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A lens stocking apparatus capable of stocking a plurality of lenses, which has a first stage, on which a plurality of trays respectively accommodating lenses are mountable, for transferring a tray, a vertically movable second stage, on which a plurality of trays respectively accommodating lenses are mountable by being vertically stacked, for receiving a tray, a tray movement unit that has a holding portion, which is adapted to hold a tray, and that is configured to move a tray from the first stage to the second stage, and a guide unit adapted to guide a position of at least a topmost one of trays mounted on the second stage.