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US 2006/0231022 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for coating articles
AssigneeTransitions Optical, Inc.
InventorsMichael Lydon, William Blackburn, Ernesto Maldonado, James Kausch, Lex Pace
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for coating optical articles, such as optical lenses, are provided. In one aspect, an optical article is placed in a holder and a sheet of coating material is discharged from a nozzle, such as from a fan coater nozzle, onto the optical article to form a coating on the optical article.
Claims17
A method of coating an optical article, comprising:
- placing an optical article in a holder;
- and
- providing a non-atomized sheet of coating material to form a coating over the optical article.
An apparatus for coating an optical article, the apparatus comprising:
- a holder configured to hold an optical article;
- a flow coating applicator having a nozzle and configured to supply a non-atomized sheet of coating material;
- and
- a movement device configured to move the holder along a predetermined path through the coating sheet to apply the coating material over the article to form a coating over the optical article.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.