Patent ID: 7682532

Claim:
Process of dosing a starting material for optical lenses into a female mould half having a concave surface, the process comprising the steps of: positioning a dosing tip at a start position above the female mould half and close to the edge of or laterally outside that portion ( 20 ) defining the lens-shaping surface, creating a continuous flow of starting material through the dosing tip into the female mould half, moving the dosing tip from the start position towards an end position in the region of the centre of the female mould half once the starting material has contacted the surface of the female mould half with the dosing tip being in the start position, wherein the continuous flow of starting material through the dosing tip and the movement of the dosing tip from the start position to its end position are controlled such, that a continuous bead of starting material is deposited on the surface of the female mould half and higher than 50% of the overall volume of starting material dosed into the female mould half is deposited within the female mould half with the dosing tip being in the end position.