Gerber Optical, Inc.

Gerber Coburn Optical, Inc.

Glenn E Bowley

Jeffrey J Murray

Jonathan M Dooley

Alexander Flavio Incera

Daniel J Harris

Peter A Wilcox

Southanou Senethep

Peter Wilcox

Lonzell Hall

Heather Wilson

Anthony P Adamczyk

John Dahill

Michael Payette

Richard Edwards

Sout Senethep

In an apparatus for coating a surface of at least one lens having pair of opposed major surfaces, al least one lens support is coupled to a frame and is rotatable relative thereto. A lens is releasably mounted to the lens support leaving one of the major lens surfaces exposed. A mounting plate is coupled to the frame and is positioned proximate to the lens support. A series of work stations are carried by the mounting plate for sequentially performing work operations on the exposed major surface of the lens. The lens support is indexable relative to the mounting plate to position the exposed lens surface adjacent to each of the work stations in response to commands issued from a controller.

Apparatus for coating a surface of one or more lenses

Finishing block

The invention relates to an apparatus and method for applying a finishing block to a lens. An imaging screen for imaging an alignment pattern representing characteristics of the lens and reference data on the lens is provided. The lens is positioned in the apparatus with the pattern and the data aligned. With the lens in this position, the apparatus automatically attaches the finishing block to the lens in registration with the reference data.

Apparatus and method for attaching a finishing block to a lens

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Willington, CT, United States of America

Glenn E Bowley