Patent ID: 6543984
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: B29C,B29D,B29L

Abstract:
Apparatus for transferring and inverting a plurality of concave-convex lenses from a transfer tray wherein said lenses are in a concave side-up position, to a surface treatment support tray wherein said lenses are in a concave side-down position, said apparatus comprising:a) an inverting device having a holding frame and a base plate which are pivotally attached together and movable between an open, substantially co-planar position and a closed position wherein said holding frame and base plate are in stacked relation to each other, said holding frame including clamping means for releasably clamping said transfer tray thereto; and b) a perforated shelf and means for releasably securing said surface treatment support tray thereto, said holding frame further including one or more locking devices for releasably locking said surface treatment support tray and said perforated shelf thereto in covering relation to said transfer tray, whereby said holding frame including said transfer tray, said surface treatment support tray and said perforated shelf, is pivoted over and onto said base plate whereupon said lenses drop from said transfer tray onto said surface treatment tray in a concave side-down position.