Patent · US Expired

Method for forming plastic optical quality spectacle lenses

US5178800A · kind A · utility

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16Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 10, 1990
Grant dateJan 12, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 10, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29D11/0073
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fast, relatively inexpensive method and simple is disclosed for producing a finished plastic multifocal or progressive lens from a preformed lens which has a predetermined lens correction (i.e., curvature or prescription) at its optical center. The disclosed method produces a finished lens which has a multifocal or progressive region without changing the lens correction at the optical center of the lens.

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