Patent ID: 6884292
Filing Date: 2005-04-26
Classification: B05C,G02B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for coating optical lenses comprising: a filled jig carriage which contains jigs in a front-back and side-by-side configuration; an empty carriage; an uncoated lens loading station; an uncoated lens loading arm; an uncoated lens input means; a coating section; and wherein a leading empty carriage and preceding filled jig carriage are positioned in the uncoated lens loading section with the filled jig carriage adjacent the uncoated lens loading arm wherein the uncoated lens loading arm removes a single front side-by-side row of jigs from the filled jig carriage, lenses from the lens input means are secured in the jigs and the filled jig carriage moved back so that the empty carriage is adjacent the uncoated lens loading arm and the lens containing jigs transferred to the empty carriage, with the above steps being continued until the filled jig carriage is empty thereby resulting in a new empty carriage and the former empty carriage is now a filled jig and uncoated lens carriage which is moved out of the uncoated lens loading section and is dipped in the coating section.