Rick Conrad

US Patent:

20040262795, Dec 30, 2004

Filed:

Sep 4, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/654716

Inventors:

Dale Slack - Alpharetta GA, US
Karl Zawoy - Alpharetta GA, US
Matt Michel - Greenville SC, US
Dave Smith - Greenville SC, US
Andy Humphries - Greenville SC, US
Rick Conrad - Greenville SC, US
Richard Barrett - Greenville SC, US

International Classification:

B29D011/00

US Classification:

264/002500, 425/810000

Abstract:

An apparatus for manufacturing a lens with a predetermined prescription from a number of lens molds, a gasket, and a source of a fluid material. The apparatus includes a device for selecting a first lens mold and a second lens mold based upon the prescription, a device for positioning the lens molds within the gasket, a device for inserting an amount of the fluid material within the gasket and between the molds, a device for curing the fluid material so as to form the lens, and a device for advancing the lens molds along a predetermined path through the selecting device, the positioning device, the fill device, and the cure device.