| 摘要 |
<p>Apparatus for feeding workpieces to the collet 3 of a lens lathe comprises a loading device 12 and a magazine 10 for containing a plurality of workpieces 37, 38. The magazine 10 has an opening 11 at one end through which the workpieces 37, 38 are sequentially removable. The loading device 12 is arranged to accept workpieces sequentially from the magazine 10 at a loading station, and to feed them to the collet 3. The loading device 12 has a pair of star wheels 16 for holding a workpiece 37, 38 removed from the magazine 10, and means 34, 35, 36 for positioning said workpiece at the loading station in a predetermined position with respect to the collet 3. The loading device 12 has piston-and-cylinder devices 20 and 23 for moving the star wheels 16 so as to carry said workpiece 37, 38 from the loading station to the collet 3.</p> |
