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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026

Filed:

Sep. 27, 2021
Applicant:

Essilor International, Charenton-le-Pont, FR;

Inventors:

Haifeng Shan, Dudley, MA (US);

Hao-Wen Chiu, Dudley, MA (US);

Aref Jallouli, Dudley, MA (US);

Assignee:

Essilor International, Charenton-le-Pont, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 11/00 (2006.01); B29C 71/02 (2006.01); B29C 64/118 (2017.01); B29C 64/245 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 11/00788 (2013.01); B29C 71/02 (2013.01); B29D 11/00432 (2013.01); B29D 11/0048 (2013.01); B29D 11/00634 (2013.01); B29C 64/118 (2017.08); B29C 64/245 (2017.08); B29C 2071/022 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method of printing a thermoplastic film on an optical mold comprising adjusting a temperature of the optical mold to a first temperature, printing a first layer of the thermoplastic film on the optical mold once the temperature of the optical mold has reached the first temperature, applying a vacuum to the optical mold to hold the thermoplastic film on the optical mold, adjusting the temperature of the optical mold to a second temperature, printing a second layer of the thermoplastic film on the first layer of the thermoplastic film once the temperature of the optical mold has reached the second temperature, adjusting the temperature of the optical mold to a third temperature, annealing the first layer and the second layer once the temperature of the optical mold has reached the third temperature, and removing the vacuum from the optical mold permitting removal of the thermoplastic film including the annealed first layer and the annealed second layer from the optical mold.


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