Apparatus and method for coating lenses
AssigneeJelight Company, Inc.
InventorsAndrew J. Mackinnon, Andrew James Garcia, Marinko Jelic, Dick Amen
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Abstract
The present design includes a coating apparatus having a mechanical arm configured to receive and maintain a lens in a desired orientation, a coating station configured to coat the lens, a drying/curing station configured to dry the lens using radiant energy, and a programmable controller configured to control the mechanical arm to move along a linear track between the coating station and drying/curing station and expose the lens to the coating station for a coating procedure and the drying/curing station for a drying procedure for a predetermined amount of time. Other stations, such as a washing station and a loading station, may be provided.
Claims22
A coating apparatus, comprising:
- a mechanical arm configured to receive and maintain a lens in a desired orientation;
- a coating station configured to coat the lens;
- a drying/curing station configured to cure the lens using radiant energy;
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- a programmable controller configured to control the mechanical arm to move along a linear track between the coating station and drying/curing station and expose the lens to the coating station for a coating procedure and the drying/curing station for a curing procedure for a predetermined amount of time.
A lens coating apparatus, comprising:
- means for coating at least one side of an optical lens;
- means for drying/curing the optical lens using radiant energy;
- means for receiving the optical lens and maintaining the optical lens in a desired orientation;
- and
- means for controlling position of the optical lens by directing the receiving means along a linear track to facilitate coating the optical lens using the coating means and drying the optical lens using the drying means.
18-21. (canceled)
A coating apparatus, comprising:
- a mechanical arm configured to receive and maintain a lens in a desired orientation;
- a coating station configured to coat the lens;
- a drying/curing station configured to cure the lens using radiant energy;
- a linear track configured to receive and guide the mechanical arm in a linear path;
- and
- a programmable controller configured to:
- control the mechanical arm along the linear track between the coating station and drying/curing station;
- and
- expose the lens to the coating station for a coating procedure and the drying/curing station for a curing procedure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.