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Mold for the casting of resin ophthalmic lenses having a prismatic segment

US4163541A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 9, 1978
Grant dateAug 7, 1979
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Expiry dateFeb 9, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S425/808
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A mold for casting a resin ophthalmic lens is comprised of a glass disc defining a principal casting surface on one face thereof. The casting surface is a portion of a surface of revolution which has a first axis of symmetry and which has, at a location along such axis, an effective center of curvature. The principal casting surface has, in a selected portion thereof, a bottom surface defining in the mold a minor casting surface which is a portion of a surface of revolution having a second axis of symmetry. The first and second axes, if they intersect at all, intersect at a location on the first axis other than at substantially the center of curvature of the principal casting surface.

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