Lens edging machine bevel control process
CA 2109732 C · Owner: Coburn Optical Industries, Inc. · Inventors: Strope, Todd R.
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An improved process for positioning a bevel along the edge of an opthamalic lens computes point-to-wheel data definitive of a planar relationship between the lens and the wheel, stores the point-to-wheel data, computes corrected horizontal displacement data definitive of a three dimensional relationship between the lens, the wheel and a plot of sequential contact points therebetween using the computed point-to-wheel data, stores the corrected horizontal displacement data, and controls the relative positions of the edging wheel and the lens in response to the corrected horizontal displacement data. The point-to-wheel data is computed by sequentially testing at successive incremental points …
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- Filed November 23, 1993 and granted June 30, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 23, 2013.
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