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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2005
Applicant:
Robert Shanbaum, Manchester, CT (US);
Inventor:
Robert Shanbaum, Manchester, CT (US);
Assignee:
Gerber Scientific International, Inc., South Windsor, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method for automatically blocking and providing measurement of a lens blank during the blocking process includes an alignment station and a blocking station. The alignment station aligns a lens blank to a block for bonding that is also known as the blocking process. The blocking station includes a lens blank measurement system having sensors that automatically identify and determine measurement and alignment information about the lens, such as sag and tilt of the lens blank, during the blocking process.