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(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION 

(43) Date of publication: 07.04.2021 Bulletin 2021/14 

(21) Application number: 20199595.8 

(22) Date of filing: 01.10.2020 

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN 

(30) Priority: 03.10.2019 JP 2019183316 03.10.2019 JP 2019183317 

(71) Applicant: Nidek Co., Ltd. Gamagori-shi, Aichi, 443-0038 (JP) 

(51) Int Cl.: B24B 9/14 (2006.01) B24B 51/00 (2006.01) B24B 27/00 (2006.01) 

(72) Inventors: 

• TAKEICHI, Kyoji Gamagori-shi Aichi 443-0038 (JP) 

• YAMAMOTO, Tadamasa Gamagori-shi Aichi 443-0038 (JP) 

(74) Representative: Hoefer & Partner Patentanwälte mbB Pilgersheimer Straße 20 81543 München (DE) 

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## (11) EP 3 800 007 A1 

(54) EYEGLASS LENS PERIPHERAL EDGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND EYEGLASS LENS PERIPHERAL EDGE PROCESSING PROGRAM 

(57) An eyeglass lens peripheral edge processing system includes a plurality of eyeglass manufacturing devices and a robot arm. The plurality of eyeglass man- ufacturing devices 1 perform mutually different steps out of a plurality of steps for processing the eyeglass lens, and include mutually different housings. The robot arm includesan arm unit and a holdingunit.Thearm unithas a plurality of joint portions. The holding unit is disposed in the arm unit to hold and release an object. The robot arm rotates the arm unit via the joint portion to move the objectheld bythe holdingunit.The robotarm rotatesthe arm unit to move the eyeglass lens between the plurality of eyeglass manufacturing devices. 

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