Automatic assembling system and method for camera lens units

1. An automatic assembling system for camera lens units comprising:

a main workstation including a plurality of barrel-clamping units operable cyclically and intermittently along a feeding direction

a barrel-feeding station disposed adjacent to said main workstation and including a barrel-feeding device, and a barrel standby area adapted to receive a plurality of barrels, said barrel-feeding device cooperating with intermittent operations of said barrel-clamping units to move the barrels from said barrel standby area onto said barrel-clamping units in sequence;

a lens-feeding assembly including at least one lens-feeding station disposed adjacent to said main workstation such that said barrel-feeding station and said lens-feeding station are arranged along said feeding direction, said lens-feeding station including a lens-feeding device, and a lens standby area adapted to receive a plurality of lenses, said lens-feeding device cooperating with the intermittent operations of said barrel-clamping units to move the lenses into the barrels respectively and sequentially so as to form the camera lens units; and

a camera lens-removing station disposed adjacent to said main workstation such that said barrel-feeding station, said lens-feeding station, and said camera lens-removing station are arranged along said feeding direction, said camera lens-removing station including a camera lens-removing device, and a camera lens-collecting area, said camera lens-removing device cooperating with the intermittent operations of said barrel-clamping units to move the camera lens units from said barrel-clamping units into said camera lens-collecting area in sequence;

wherein said barrel-feeding station further includes: a barrel storage unit including a plurality of barrel-supporting trays that are arranged one above another, that are adapted to receive the barrels thereon, and that are movable vertically along a first direction;

a temporary barrel-supporting unit disposed movably between said barrel storage unit and said barrel standby area and movable horizontally along a second direction;

a barrel standby unit disposed between said temporary barrel-supporting unit and said barrel-feeding device along said second direction and including a barrel standby platform that is movable horizontally along said second direction and a third direction that is perpendicular to said first and second directions; and

a barrel transportation unit for moving one of said barrel-supporting trays from said barrel storage unit onto said temporary barrel-supporting unit along said second direction, said temporary barrel-supporting unit moving the one of said barrel-supporting trays onto said barrel standby platform of said barrel standby unit, after which said barrel-feeding device can move the barrels from the one of said barrel-supporting trays onto said barrel-clamping units in sequence.

2. The automatic assembling system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said lens-feeding station further includes:

a lens storage unit including a plurality of lens-supporting trays that are arranged one above another, that are adapted to receive the lenses thereon, and that are movable vertically along a first direction;

a temporary lens-supporting unit disposed movably between said lens storage unit and said lens standby area and movable horizontally along a second direction;

a lens standby unit disposed between said temporary lens-supporting unit and said barrel-feeding device and including a lens standby platform that is movable horizontally along said second direction and a third direction that is perpendicular to said first and second directions; and

a lens transportation unit for moving one of said lens-supporting trays onto said temporary lens-supporting unit, said temporary lens-supporting unit moving the one of said lens-supporting trays onto said lens standby platform of said lens standby unit, after which said barrel-feeding device can move the barrels from the one of said lens-supporting trays onto said barrel-clamping units in sequence.

3. An automatic assembling system for camera lens units comprising:

a main workstation including a plurality of barrel-clamping units operable cyclically and intermittently along a feeding direction;

a barrel-feeding station disposed adjacent to said main workstation and including a barrel-feeding device, and a barrel standby area adapted to receive a plurality of barrels, said barrel-feeding device cooperating with intermittent operations of said barrel-clamping units to move the barrels from said barrel standby area onto said barrel-clamping units in sequence;

a lens-feeding assembly including at least one lens-feeding station disposed adjacent to said main workstation such that said barrel-feeding station and said lens-feeding station are arranged along said feeding direction, said lens-feeding station including a lens-feeding device, and a lens standby area adapted to receive a plurality of lenses, said lens-feeding device cooperating with the intermittent operations of said barrel-clamping units to move the lenses into the barrels respectively and sequentially so as to form the camera lens units; and

a camera lens-removing station disposed adjacent to said main workstation such that said barrel-feeding station, said lens-feeding station, and said camera lens-removing station are arranged along said feeding direction, said camera lens-removing station including a camera lens-removing device, and a camera lens-collecting area, said camera lens-removing device cooperating with the intermittent operations of said barrel-clamping units to move the camera lens units from said barrel-clamping units into said camera lens-collecting area in sequence;

wherein said camera lens-removing station further includes:

a camera lens storage unit including a plurality of camera lens-supporting trays that are arranged one above another and that are movable vertically along a first direction;

a temporary camera lens-supporting unit disposed movably between said camera lens storage unit and said camera lens-collecting area and movable horizontally along a second direction;

a camera lens-accepting unit disposed between said temporary camera lens-supporting unit and said camera lens-removing device and including an accepting platform that is movable horizontally along said second direction and a third direction that is perpendicular to said first and second directions; and

a camera lens transportation unit for moving one of said camera lens-supporting trays onto said temporary supporting unit, said temporary camera lens-supporting unit moving the one of said camera lens-supporting trays onto said accepting platform, after which said camera lens-removing device can move the camera lens units from said barrel-clamping units onto the one of said camera lens-supporting trays in sequence such that the camera lens units are placed at different positions of the one of said camera lens-supporting trays.