Patent ID: 8540906

Claim:
A method of molding comprising: a transformation step of making contact between an article to be molded and a transfer member and transforming the article to be molded to a transfer shape formed on the transfer member, the transfer shape being formed equally to or reversely to an aspherical lens portion; a hardening step of hardening at least a transformed portion of the article to be molded; a separation step of separating the article to be molded and the transfer member from each other; and a moving step of moving the transfer member to another position of the article to be molded, wherein a transfer step of transferring the transfer shape to the article to be molded is repeated more than once, and wherein there is an initial pitch distance between positions for the transfer member to contact the article to be molded and a subsequent pitch distance changed in accordance with shrinkage of the article to be molded, the subsequent pitch distance being a distance between one position for transferring the transfer shape to the article to be molded and another position for transferring the transfer shape, to the article to be molded that is adjacent to said one position.