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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 07, 1993
Kenneth O Wood, West Stafford, CT (US);
Jeffrey J Murray, Ellington, CT (US);
Jonathan M Dooley, Newington, CT (US);
Richard P Tinson, Hebron, CT (US);
John E Ladue, Tolland, CT (US);
Robert J Pavone, South Windsor, CT (US);
Gerber Optical, Inc., South Windsor, CT (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for blocking an ophthalmic lens blank for working the lens includes an alignment station for supporting and aligning the lens blank relative to a target image and a transport means for moving the lens from the alignment station to a blocking station while maintaining lens orientation. The blocking station includes a support for a lens block, support for the lens, and a mechanism for injecting heated liquid bonding material between lens and block which solidifies on cooling to join the lens and block.