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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2003
Takaaki Kubodera, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Samukawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takaaki Kubodera, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Samukawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a method of coloring a dye coating-formed lens by heating, the lens is subjected to half dyeing by changing the heating temperature depending on the lens site. This dyeing method involves heating a lens having a dye coating-formed on the surface thereof in a heating furnace to diffuse a dye into the lens. This method is carried out in a heating furnace having a frame section having the shape of a cube or rectangular parallelepiped, a heating section provided within the frame section, and an insertion port for inserting the lens provided on the bottom surface of the frame section. All or a part of the lens is inserted from the insertion port into a furnace inside of the heating furnace from the lower portion of the heating furnace and heated.