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7413503 Elastic polishing tool and lens polishing method  
An elastic polishing tool that comes into contact with a surface to be polished of a lens and rotates to polish the surface, includes: an elastic polishing body which has a cylindrical shape and...
7413502 Method for producing ophthalmic lenses and other shaped bodies with optically active surfaces  
The invention concerns a method for producing ophthalmic lenses that uses plastic blanks in the form of flat, round discs. The outer edge of said plastic blanks is clamped and the desired final...
7407432 Lens suction jig installing apparatus and method of determining lens position using apparatus thereof  
The lens suction jig installing apparatus of the present invention comprises a position adjustable pedestal for holding a spectacle lens where a plurality of indices are formed that are provided...
7396275 Polishing machine comprising sliding means transverse to the front face  
A polishing machine for optical elements, comprising: a spindle arranged to rotationally drive an optical element; a polishing tool mobile relative to the spindle; a front face provided with...
7392108 Method of controlling an edger device, machine programmed to edge an ophthalmic lens blank, and computer program  
The present invention relates to a method of controlling an ophthalmic edger device, and a machine programmed to edge and ophthalmic lens blank. A lens blank and an edger device for forming a...
7369238 Lens blank alignment and blocking device and method  
A lens blocking device is disclosed that includes a frame, a light source mounted on the frame, a carriage having a first end and a second end mounted on the frame for sliding movement between...
7338558 Fixing material delivery system for a blocking apparatus  
Blocking apparatus and a blocking method allow precise alignment of an axis of a button with an axis of a block for blocking process of lens manufacturing. According to another aspect, the...
7334313 Numeric control bore for boring an eyeglass lens and corresponding method  
Numeric control bore for boring an eyeglass lens and corresponding method. The bore comprises a bedplate ( 1 ), attachment device ( 3 ) for the lens ( 5 ), rotation device ( 9 ) for the lens ( 5 )...
7322877 Production method for optical lens  
The method for making an optical lens according to the present invention is characterized in comprising: a optical lens preform fabrication step of fabricating a optical lens preform which...
7303600 Unexpanded perlite ore polishing composition and methods  
An unexpanded perlite ore polishing composition is shown. The composition comprises base material having grains of unexpanded perlite ore of a selected distribution of particle sizes which undergo...
7294044 Slurry composition and method for polishing organic polymer-based ophthalmic substrates  
The present invention provides a slurry composition and method for polishing organic polymer-based ophthalmic substrates. The slurry composition according to the invention includes an aqueous...
7278906 Adhesive tape and edging method using same  
An adhesive tape which is to be arranged between a lens and at least one of a plurality of chucks in an edge-machining apparatus comprises an adhesive face for being in contact with the lens. A...
7220168 Processes for producing a whetstone and whetstone pellets with uniform abrasion layers  
A whetstone pellet 1 is composed of a columnar base body 2 to be fixed on a pedestal 9 , and an abrasive grain part 5 containing numerous abrasive grains formed by electroless plating on an...
7210983 Apparatus and method for grinding workpieces  
An exemplary method for grinding workpieces is provided. Firstly, a plurality of workpieces ( 18 ) are bonded together. The bonded workpieces have a central axis ( 181 ). Secondly, a grinding wheel...
7207863 Aspheric-surface processing method and aspheric-surface forming method  
An aspheric-surface processing method according to the present invention, uses a cuffing apparatus including at least one turning tool movable in the same direction as the rotating axis of the work...
7198547 Lens edger  
A lens edger which is capable of measuring the curvature of an eyeglass lens is disclosed. The lens edger includes a carriage which rotatably fixes a pair of lens fixing shafts and moves the...
7195538 Eyeglass lens processing apparatus  
An eyeglass lens processing apparatus includes: a processing tool that processes a periphery of an eyeglass lens; a lens chucking shaft that holds the lens; a rotating unit that rotates the...
7189148 Polishing apparatus  
A polishing apparatus includes a polishing jig. The polishing jig includes an elastic balloon member, a fixture, and a fluid supply portion. The fixture airtightly closes the rear opening portion...
7189147 Lens layout block device  
This apparatus includes a unit for adhering an elastic seal to a lens holder, a unit for causing the lens holder, to which the elastic seal is adhered, to hold a lens, a pivotal arm, an arm driving...
7187859 Method and apparatus for manufacturing contact lenses  
The present invention is directed towards adhering a contact lens button on a fixture for use in shaping, forming and/or otherwise configuring a contact lens. For example, in accordance with one...
7169026 End face polishing apparatus  
An end face polishing apparatus has a jig plate for supporting at least one workpiece having an end face and a polishing plate mounted for undergoing movement. A polishing member is mounted on the...
7169013 Eyeglass lens processing apparatus  
An eyeglass lens processing apparatus includes: a lens rotating unit having lens chucking shafts which hold an eyeglass lens, and a first motor which rotates the chucking shafts; an axis-to-axis...
7163446 Vehicle headlight restoration  
A method of restoring a discolored automobile headlight lens without removal of the lens from the automobile consistent with certain embodiments involves wet abrading an outer surface of the lens...
7150672 Cup attaching apparatus  
A cup attaching apparatus for attaching a cup, used during processing of an eye glass lens, to the lens, the apparatus includes: a placing portion onto which the lens is placed; a holding portion...
7140950 Fiber polishing apparatus and method for field terminable optical connectors  
A method of polishing a remote grip optical connector comprises providing an optical fiber having a stripped terminal end. The fiber is inserted through a connector body and ferrule, where the...
7128638 System and method for ophthalmic lens manufacture  
A method and system for the manufacture of ophthalmic lenses comprising a computer ( 102 ) and a CNC machining platform ( 104 ) in operative connection with the computer. The CNC machining platform...
7125315 Method for deciding a bevel curve, method for determining the locus of a bevel, method for processing a lens and apparatus for processing a lens  
When a forming a bevel on a lens, the value of the bevel curve is calculated based on the value of the curve of the concave face, a reference axis of the bevel curve is determined to be in the same...
7125314 Eyeglass lens processing apparatus  
An eyeglass lens processing apparatus for processing a lens to fit the lens into a rim, includes: an edge measurement portion that measures a path of an edge position of the chucked lens based on a...
7121931 Lens production method and process  
A method for processing a first optical face and a second optical face of a lens, where a lens blank is positioned and gripped by a gripping device relying on reference datum indications rendering...
7118449 Method of manufacturing an optical element  
A method of manufacturing an optical element having an optical surface extending close to a periphery of a substrate comprises: providing a substrate having a main surface extending beyond a...
7108590 Draining device and lens processing system having the same  
A draining device for removing processing water attached to a lens includes: a first lens holding shaft to which a cup attached to a refractive surface of the lens as a processing jig can be...
7097305 Method of producing a corrective spectacle lens and lens blank used for same  
A method for manufacturing a correctable lens for glasses from an injectable thermo-plastic polymer material, or other moldable polymer, includes the step of molding a polymer blank provided with...
7090559 Ophthalmic lens manufacturing system  
A tool for gripping ophthalmic lenses including a vacuum gripper, a shaft associated with said vacuum gripper, the shaft having two ends and being slidably attached at one end thereof to a support...
7083499 Method for deciding a bevel curve, method for determining the locus of a bevel, method for processing a lens and apparatus for processing a lens  
When a forming a bevel on a lens, the value of the bevel curve is calculated based on the value of the curve of the concave face, a reference axis of the bevel curve is determined to be in the same...
7083498 Method for deciding a bevel curve, method for determining the locus of a bevel, method for processing a lens and apparatus for processing a lens  
When a forming a bevel on a lens, the value of the bevel curve is calculated based on the value of the curve of the concave face, a reference axis of the bevel curve is determined to be in the same...
7077729 Aspherical surface processing method, aspherical surface forming method and aspherical surface processing apparatus  
An aspherical surface processing method involves a workpiece to be processed by rotating around a rotation axis, and a rotational tool movable relative to the workpiece in the same direction as the...
7074119 Polishing jig, conveyor tray, conveying method and conveying device  
A polishing jig for mounting a working object lens on a polishing apparatus that polishes the concave surface of the working object lens, a conveyor tray for exclusive use for conveying the...
7070474 Aspheric-surface processing method and aspheric-surface forming method  
An aspheric-surface processing method according to the present invention, uses a cutting apparatus including at least one turning tool movable in the same direction as the rotating axis of the work...
7065984 Substrate for information recording media and manufacturing method thereof, information recording medium, and starting material glass plate  
A substrate for use as a disk substrate in a hard disk drive or the like, an information recording medium such as a magnetic disk, and a starting material glass plate which is a starting material...
7056191 Method for chamfering a plate-like member  
The moving trajectory that a robot hand 16 depicts when chamfering a glass sheet G is a trajectory A that a center of rotation 0 1 of the robot hand 16 vertically moves along a straight line...
7052386 Curved surface cutting processing method  
A curved surface cutting method in which a surface of a material is cut by a bite to form a specified curved surface, a cutting edge of the bite is provided with a flat section and corner sections...
7044835 Abrasive article and methods for grinding glass  
The present invention is a fixed abrasive article for grinding or polishing the surface of a glass workpiece. The abrasive article for grinding glass has abrasive composites containing agglomerates...
7011571 Blocking apparatus for lens manufacturing including automatic wax delivery system  
According to one aspect, the invention provides a blocking apparatus and a blocking method for precisely aligning a button holder against a block during blocking process of lens manufacturing....
6974363 Unit for the form machining of the edges of spectacle lenses and method of manipulating blank lenses and finished lenses in such a unit  
A unit for form machining the edges of spectacle lenses, comprising a CNC-controlled machine tool for form machining of a spectacle lens, a determining device for determining lens parameters, or...
6964599 Method and apparatus for holding or mounting an object  
Disclosed herein is a holding device, which includes a volumetrically controllable material and a volume controller in operable communication with that material. The volume controller is configured...
6958003 Controlling specularity of luminaire and other reflectors to optimize their optical performance  
A method of improving aspects critical to the reflector making process by defining a reflector surface definition of specularity by its solid angle measurement and a repeatable execution process....
6955585 Curved surface machining method and an apparatus thereof  
A curved surface machining method that performs finishing of the surface of a workpiece into a curved surface. The method includes the steps of: setting a workpiece in a rotating or stationary...
6945849 Polishing method and polishing device  
A polishing method particularly suitable for mirror-polishing the concave surface of a lens and a polishing device, the method characterized by including the step of polishing work surfaces ( 50 a...
6945848 Lens shape data processing apparatus and lens grinding machine having the same apparatus  
A lens shape data processing apparatus and a lens grinding machine having the same apparatus in which the lens shape data reading out and the layout setting work for another spectacle lens can be...
6942550 Intermediate lens pad  
An intermediate lens pad having a side secured to curved surface of a lens tool when the pad is in use. The pad has a surface on its other side which is substantially smooth, but which is formed...