Coating apparatus – Projection or spray type – Rotating turret work support
Patent
1996-11-12
1998-10-13
Chin, Peter
Coating apparatus
Projection or spray type
Rotating turret work support
118 52, 118 53, 118 58, 118 63, 118 66, 118320, 118643, B05B 1302, B05C 1102, B05C 500, B05C 1300
Patent
active
058206736
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for coating a lens and curing the coating on the lens including a lens carrier for griping and holding the lens, a housing having a first set of walls defining a coating chamber with an opening in one of the first walls, the housing also having a second set of walls defining a curing chamber with an opening in one of the second walls. An arrangement for applying a coating to the lens within the coating chamber, an arrangement for projecting ultraviolet radiation within the curing chamber for curing the coating on the lens, and an arrangement for selectively blocking the ultraviolet radiation from passing into the coating chamber are provided. A carriage supports the lens carrier and the lens held thereby and moves the lens carrier and the lens along a predetermined path of motion within the housing, the path of motion moving the lens carrier and the lens through the coating chamber opening into the coating chamber so that the lens is in an inverted disposition during coating of the lens by the arrangement for coating, and moving the lens carrier and the lens through the curing chamber opening into the curing chamber so that the lens is in a vertically oriented disposition during curing of the coating on the lens by the ultraviolet radiation.
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Sentilles J. Bruce
Sentilles, Jr. James T.
Sentilles, Sr. James T.
Chin Peter
Pinckney Francis M.
Ruller Jacqueline A.
Shefte Dalbert U.
Swayer, Jr. Karl S.
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