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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Carole Sedlock, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
451390 ; 451 41 ; 451364 ; 451384 ; 451389 ; 451390 ; 451398 ; 451460 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides novel preformed base blocks that may be used with thermoplastic ophthalmic lens blocking compositions. The preformed base block has a rear portion that is sized and adapted to fit the chuck of a lens processing machine and a front portion that has a textured front surface and preferably a negatively tapered peripheral edge. The front portion is adapted to mechanically retain the thermoplastic blocking composition to form a lens block against a lens blank.