US Patent No: 5,976,423
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Methods and apparatus for eyeglass lens curing using ultraviolet light
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Nov 2, 1999
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Jun 14, 1996
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08/663,703
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for making and coating a plastic lens. Oxygen barrier containing photoinitiator is used to cure incompletely cured lens portions. Radiation pulses are used to control lens curing rate. Lens is postcured while in a mold cavity using a conductive heat source.
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| 4,879,318 Plastic lens composition and method for the production thereof | 106 | 1988 | |
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| 4,919,850 Method for curing plastic lenses | 121 | 1988 | |
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| 4,543,146 Wrinkle prevention in glass/plastic composite lenses | 25 | 1984 | |
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| 4,783,361 Coated lenses | 42 | 1988 | |
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| 4,551,361 Tintable scratch resistant coating | 42 | 1984 | |
| 4,547,397 Tintable scratch resistant coating | 40 | 1985 | |
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| 4,693,446 Gasket for molding plastic lenses | 94 | 1985 | |
| 4,895,102 Spin coater | 75 | 1987 | |
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| 4,440,699 Method and device for moulding a transparent object | 89 | 1982 | |
| 4,756,972 Laminated optical component | 42 | 1984 | |
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| 4,774,282 Thermoset composition comprising aromatic cyanate ester, allyl ethers of bisphenol and bismaleimide | 50 | 1986 | |
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| 4,347,302 Process for applying a thin coating in liquid form and subsequently drying it | 37 | 1980 | |
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| 4,217,433 Diethylene glycol bis(allyl carbonate) compositions containing crosslinkable copolymers | 31 | 1979 | |
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| 4,789,318 Device for manufacturing molded articles of plastics material | 31 | 1987 | |
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| 4,310,642 Graft polycarbonates, their preparation and their use as moldings | 26 | 1979 | |
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| 4,948,447 Method of manufacturing lightweight composite glass-plastic lenses | 21 | 1989 | |
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| 4,861,823 Thermoset composition comprising aromatic cyanate ester of allyl ether of bisphenol | 41 | 1988 | |
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| 4,774,035 Process of coating an ophthalmic lens | 94 | 1987 | |
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| 4,308,400 Sensitizers for photopolymerization | 177 | 1979 | |
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| 4,620,954 Hydrogel from ultraviolet-initiated copolymerization | 47 | 1985 | |
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| 4,837,289 UV- and heat curable terminal polyvinyl functional macromers and polymers thereof | 65 | 1988 | |
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| 4,800,123 In-mold scratch resistant coating for peroxide curable urethane elastomers | 36 | 1987 | |
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| 4,728,469 Method and apparatus for making a plastic lens | 104 | 1986 | |
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| 4,376,800 Optical lenses prepared from crosslinkable acrylic compositions | 26 | 1981 | |
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| 4,251,474 Annular gasket for moulding lenses for organic material | 41 | 1980 | |
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| 4,623,497 Passive mold cooling and heating method | 87 | 1984 | |
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| 4,447,468 Photographic film coating apparatus and method | 26 | 1983 | |
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| 4,902,725 Photocurable acrylic coating composition | 142 | 1988 | |
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| 4,955,804 Tool for molding plastic articles | 89 | 1989 | |
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| 4,874,828 Heat resistant thermosetting phosphazene-imide copolymers | 22 | 1987 | |
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| 4,306,780 Highly refractive copolymer of an ethylinically unsaturated alkylene oxide of bis-phenol-A and an ethylinically unsaturated aromatic compound for lens and a lens prepared therefrom | 43 | 1979 | |
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| 4,528,351 Plastic lens | 35 | 1982 | |
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| 4,260,564 Process for the manufacture of spectacle lenses made of diglycol allyl carbonate or the like | 38 | 1979 | |
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| 4,803,254 Vinylsilylalkoxy arylbenzotriazole compounds and UV absorbing compositions made therefrom | 47 | 1987 | |
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| 5,135,686 Method and apparatus for continuous hardening of light-curing resins | 89 | 1989 | |
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| 4,512,340 Visible light cured orthopedic polymer casts | 111 | 1983 | |
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| 5,406,341 Toric single vision, spherical or aspheric bifocal, multifocal or progressive contact lenses and method of manufacturing | 39 | 1992 | |
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| 4,556,605 Photochromic coating composition and photochromic synthetic resin ophthalmic lens | 90 | 1983 | |
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| 4,979,888 Apparatus for molding an article from a fusible synthetic resin | 23 | 1989 | |
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| 4,931,523 Plastic lens | 47 | 1988 | |
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| 4,609,267 Synthetic resin lens and antireflection coating | 56 | 1981 | |
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| 4,537,732 System and process for producing molded optical elements | 29 | 1984 | |
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| 4,542,201 Resin for high-refractivity lenses and lenses made of same resin | 88 | 1984 | |
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| 4,808,652 Crosslinker compositions comprising amino resins, epoxies and styrene allyl alcohol copolymers | 26 | 1988 | |
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| 4,506,951 Plastic lens | 29 | 1982 | |
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| 4,636,212 Ultraviolet radiation absorbing intraocular lens | 66 | 1985 | |
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| 4,846,913 Method for making bifocal lens | 29 | 1985 | |
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| 4,892,403 Composite plastic lens and method of making the same | 34 | 1988 | |
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| 4,795,461 UV absorbing lens material | 38 | 1986 | |
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| 4,345,546 Apparatus for coating items | 22 | 1981 | |
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| 4,839,109 Process for producing a contact lens | 23 | 1986 | |
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| 4,257,988 Method and assembly for molding optical lenses | 87 | 1978 | |
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| 5,270,744 Multifocal ophthalmic lens | 84 | 1992 | |
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| 4,298,005 Radiation apparatus | 166 | 1979 | |
| 4,378,250 Organosilicone coating compositions | 65 | 1981 | |
| 4,476,162 Method for coating lenses | 22 | 1982 | |
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