Lens collimating device

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICALLY-CONTROLLED LENS COLLIMATING MACHINE FOR SUCCESSIVELY COLLIMATING LENS ELEMENTS ARRANGED IN ROWS OF TRAYS, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A MOVABLE LOADING TABLE FOR FULL TRAYS OF SAID ELEMENTS TO BE COLLIMATED, A MOVABLE UNLOADING TABLE FOR EMPTY TRAYS TO BE FILLED WITH COLLIMATED ELEMENTS, AN INTERPOSED ROTATABLE COLLIMATING HEAD, A LOADING HEAD MOVABLE BETWEEN SAID LOADING TABLE AND THE COLLIMATING HEAD, AN UNLOADING HEAD MOVABLE BETWEEN SAID COLLIMATING HEAD AND THE UNLOADING TABLE, MEANS INCLUDING A LENS TRANSFER CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR OPERATING SAID LOADING HEADS TO PICK UP AND TRANSPORT SAID LENS ELEMENTS FROM SAID LOADING TABLE TRAYS TO SAID COLLIMATING HEAD AND FROM SAID COLLIMATING HEAD TO THE UNLOADING TABLE TRAYS SUCCESSIVELY, MEANS INCLUDING A COLLIMATING CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR SUCCESSIVELY, CENTERING AND COLLIMATING SAID LENS ELEMENTS ON SAID HEAD, AND MEANS INCLUDING A TABLE POSITIONING CIRCUIT CONNECTED WITH EACH TABLE FOR MOVING SAID TABLES INDIVIDUALLY TO PERMIT SAID LOADING AND UNLOADING HEADS TO SELECT AND DEPOSIT SUCCESSIVE INDIVIDUAL LENS ELEMENTS IN THE ESTABLISHED ROWS AND TO SELECT SUCCESSIVE ROWS THEREOF WITHIN THE PATHS OF MOVEMENT OF SAID LOADING AND UNLOADING HEADS.