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Abstract

An apparatus for coating a lens and curing the coating on the lens including a lens carrier for griping and holding the lens, a housing having a first set of walls defining a coating chamber with an opening in one of the first walls, the housing also having a second set of walls defining a curing chamber with an opening in one of the second walls. An arrangement for applying a coating to the lens within the coating chamber, an arrangement for projecting ultraviolet radiation within the curing chamber for curing the coating on the lens, and an arrangement for selectively blocking the ultraviolet radiation from passing into the coating chamber are provided. A carriage supports the lens carrier and the lens held thereby and moves the lens carrier and the lens along a predetermined path of motion within the housing, the path of motion moving the lens carrier and the lens through the coating chamber opening into the coating chamber so that the lens is in an inverted disposition during coating of the lens by the arrangement for coating, and moving the lens carrier and the lens through the curing chamber opening into the curing chamber so that the lens is in a vertically oriented disposition during curing of the coating on the lens by the ultraviolet radiation.

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