Patent ID: 7503836
Filing Date: 2009-03-17
Classification: B24B,B24D

Abstract:
1. A method of dressing a surface of a grindstone disposed in a processing chamber of an eyeglass lens processing a apparatus for processing an eyeglass lens, the method comprising: rotating the grindstone, wherein a rotating speed of the grindstone at the time of dressing the grindstone is set lower than a rotating speed of the grindstone at the time of processing the eyeglass lens; pressing a melamine resin foam, which is used as a dressing tool, against the rotating grindstone to dress the grindstone; and injecting water to the grindstone from a nozzle extended inside the processing chamber after the grindstone is dressed by the melamine resin foam to remove cut dust of the melamine resin foam attached to the grindstone, wherein the water is injected to the grindstone at the time of processing the eyeglass lens and is not injected to the grindstone at the time of dressing the grindstone.