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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2000
Dale E. Slack, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Karl Zawoy, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Matt A. Michel, Greenville, SC (US);
Dave Smith, Greenville, SC (US);
Andy Humphries, Greenville, SC (US);
Rick Conard, Greenville, SC (US);
Richard Barrett, Greenville, SC (US);
Rodenstock North America, Inc., Hayward, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for manufacturing a lens with a predetermined prescription from a number of lens molds, a gasket, and a source of a fluid material. The apparatus includes a device for selecting a first lens mold and a second lens mold based upon the prescription, a device for positioning the lens molds within the gasket, a device for inserting an amount of the fluid material within the gasket and between the molds, a device for curing the fluid material so as to form the lens, and a device for advancing the lens molds along a predetermined path through the selecting device, the positioning device, the fill device, and the cure device.