Grinding water treatment device for eyeglasses lens processing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12304836-B2
Application number	US-202217575104-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 13, 2022
Priority date	Jan 14, 2021
Publication date	May 20, 2025
Grant date	May 20, 2025

Abstract

A grinding water treatment device for eyeglasses lens processing includes a centrifugal separator, a scraping unit, an opening, and a filter. The centrifugal separator includes a dehydration tank into which grinding water used in a processing device of an eyeglasses lens is introduced, and separates the grinding water into water and processing chips by rotation of the dehydration tank. The scraping unit scrapes out the processing chips accumulated on a side wall inside the dehydration tank. The opening is provided in the dehydration tank and through which the processing chips scraped out by the scraping unit are ejected to an outside of the dehydration tank. The filter is provided in an outer region of the opening, and through which the water separated from the grinding water by rotation of the dehydration tank passes to allow the processing chips to be present inside the dehydration tank.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A grinding water treatment device for treatment of grinding water used in eyeglasses lens processing, comprising:
a centrifugal separator that includes a dehydration tank into which grinding water used in a processing device of an eyeglasses lens is introduced, and separates the grinding water into water and processing chips by rotation of the dehydration tank;
a scraping unit that scrapes out the processing chips accumulated on a side wall inside the dehydration tank;
an opening provided in the dehydration tank and through which the processing chips scraped out by the scraping unit are ejected to an outside of the dehydration tank; and
a filter provided in a region outside of the opening, and through which the water separated from the grinding water by rotation of the dehydration tank passes to allow the processing chips to be present inside the dehydration tank,
wherein the opening is formed at a bottom portion of the dehydration tank such that the dropped processing chips scraped out by the scraping unit pass through the opening,
the filter is provided in a bottom plate of the dehydration tank at the bottom portion of the dehydration tank in the region outside the opening,
the filter is arranged between the opening and the side wall inside the dehydration tank, and
the bottom portion of the dehydration tank is jointed to the side wall inside the dehydration tank.

2. The grinding water treatment device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a grinding water introducing unit that introduces the grinding water from the processing device into the dehydration tank, and discharges the grinding water toward the side wall inside the dehydration tank.

3. The grinding water treatment device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the grinding water introducing unit includes a grinding water introduction pipe for introducing the grinding water into the dehydration tank, and
a discharge port of the water introduction pipe is arranged on the side wall side of the dehydration tank with respect to the opening provided in the dehydration tank.

4. The grinding water treatment device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the grinding water introduction pipe extends from an upper portion of the dehydration tank to an inside in order to introduce the grinding water discharged from the processing device into the dehydration tank, and
the discharge port of the grinding water introduction pipe is directed toward the side wall inside the dehydration tank such that the grinding water is directed toward the side wall inside the dehydration tank.

5. The grinding water treatment device according to claim 3 ,
wherein a cross-sectional area of the grinding water introduction pipe at the discharge port is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the grinding water introduction pipe at an introduction port.

6. The grinding water treatment device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the discharge port of the grinding water introduction pipe is directed such that the discharged grinding water heads along a rotation direction of the dehydration tank.

7. The grinding water treatment device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the grinding water introducing unit includes:
a grinding water receiving unit disposed inside the dehydration tank, and in which the grinding water discharged from the processing device is introduced; and
a rotation unit that rotates the grinding water receiving unit in a direction identical to a rotation direction of the dehydration tank, and

a discharge opening for discharging the grinding water toward the side wall inside the dehydration tank is provided on an outer periphery of the grinding water receiving unit.

8. The grinding water treatment device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the rotation unit is shared with a rotation unit that rotates the dehydration tank, and the grinding water receiving unit is rotated integrally with the dehydration tank.

9. The grinding water treatment device according to claim 8 ,
wherein the grinding water receiving unit is attached to a rotation shaft of the dehydration tank.

10. The grinding water treatment device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the grinding water receiving unit includes a bottomed water receiving plate that receives the grinding water discharged from the processing device,
a plurality of coupling members for coupling the water receiving plate and the dehydration tank is provided, and
the discharge opening is formed between each of the plurality of coupling members.

11. The grinding water treatment device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the dehydration tank has a first side wall provided at a lower part of the dehydration tank and a second side wall provided above the first side wall, the first side wall has a cylindrical surface or a conical surface of which an upper diameter is smaller than a lower diameter, the second side wall has a conical surface of which an upper diameter is smaller than a lower diameter, and an angle formed by the conical surface of the second side wall with respect to a vertical direction is larger than an angle formed by the cylindrical surface or the conical surface of the first side wall with respect to the vertical direction, and
the discharge opening is positioned above the first side wall.

Assignees

• Nidek Kk

Inventors

• Sakuda Ryuma

Classifications

• C02F2301/08

  Multistage treatments, e.g. repetition of the same process step under different conditions · CPC title

• C02F2301/026

  Spiral, helicoidal, radial · CPC title

• C02F2103/12

  from the silicate or ceramic industries, e.g. waste waters from cement or glass factories · CPC title

• C02F1/001

  Processes for the treatment of water whereby the filtration technique is of importance (C02F1/44 takes precedence; construction of filters in general B01D24/00 - B01D41/00) · CPC title

• B24B9/146

  Accessories, e.g. lens mounting devices · CPC title