METHOD FOR LATHING A LENS

A method of lathing a lens, specially a contact lens, involves attaching the cylindrical blank (1) of lens material to a first block (2) of machineable plastic material, lathe cutting a desired first lens surface (6) in the cylindrical blank (1), attaching the machined first lens surface (6) of the...

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Hauptverfasser: SALVATORI, LORENZO J, MANNING, WAYNE R, GOLLER, PHILIP D, COUNCIL, BUFORD W., JR
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Sprache:eng ; fre
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Zusammenfassung:A method of lathing a lens, specially a contact lens, involves attaching the cylindrical blank (1) of lens material to a first block (2) of machineable plastic material, lathe cutting a desired first lens surface (6) in the cylindrical blank (1), attaching the machined first lens surface (6) of the blank (1) to a second block (15), lathe cutting to remove the block (15) of machineable plastic material, and lathe cutting a desired second lens surfac e in the blank (1). Both the first and second blocks (2, 15) may be adhered to the lens blank (1) with an adhesive curable by ultraviolet radiation, and a two-piece block (15), composed of a head section (16) and a body section (19 ), is disclosed.