Global Patent Index - EP 1812226 A4

EP 1812226 A4 20130529 - MOLDS AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME FOR OPTICAL LENSES

Title (en)

MOLDS AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME FOR OPTICAL LENSES

Title (de)

FORMEN UND VERFAHREN ZU DEREN VERWENDUNG FÜR OPTISCHE LINSEN

Title (fr)

MOULES ET PROCEDE D'UTILISATION DE CEUX-CI POUR DES LENTILLES OPTIQUES

Publication

EP 1812226 A4 20130529 (EN)

Application

EP 05851840 A 20051116

Priority

  • US 2005041915 W 20051116
  • US 99222504 A 20041118
  • US 18822305 A 20050722

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2006055815A2] The present invention encompasses, in part, a method and apparatus for lens casting in which two molds, preferably formed of plastic, are interconnected or joined together via a ring to form a mold cavity having substantially the same dimensions of the lens to be formed therein. The invention is further directed to compositions and methods used in lens casting. In a first implementation the invention includes a mold having a ring having an interior periphery; a front mold formed of a plastic and having a lens-forming surface, an edge circumscribing the lens-forming surface that is sized to be complementarily received within a portion of the interior periphery of the ring, and a base having dimensions greater than the interior periphery; and a rear mold formed of a plastic and having a lens-forming surface.

IPC 8 full level

B29D 11/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B29D 11/00009 (2013.01); B29D 11/00413 (2013.01); B29D 11/00528 (2013.01); B29D 11/00538 (2013.01); B29D 11/00903 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

Citation (examination)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

AL BA HR MK YU

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2006055815 A2 20060526; WO 2006055815 A3 20060817; EP 1812226 A2 20070801; EP 1812226 A4 20130529

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2005041915 W 20051116; EP 05851840 A 20051116