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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1999
Anthony P. Adamczyk, Manchester, CT (US);
Glenn E. Bowley, Willington, CT (US);
John Dahill, Manchester, CT (US);
Richard Edwards, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Lonzell Hall, Simsbury, CT (US);
Michael Payette, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Sout Senethep, East Hartford, CT (US);
Peter Wilcox, Portland, CT (US);
Heather Wilson, Wilbraham, MA (US);
Gerber Coburn Optical, Inc., South Windsor, CT (US);
Abstract
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.