Patent ID: 7762183

Claim:
A method of marking an ophthalmic lens according to predetermined patterns, this method including the following steps: providing of a plate ( 1 ) having engravings ( 4 ) reproducing said predetermined patterns according to a first arrangement; filling said engravings ( 4 ) with a marking ink; applying a pad ( 7 ) to the engravings ( 4 ) on said plate ( 1 ) so that the ink contained in the engraving ( 4 ) adheres to the pad ( 7 ) to form an inked pad ( 7 ) carrying said patterns according to the first arrangement; applying of the inked pad ( 7 ) to an ophthalmic lens ( 5 ) in such a manner as to deposit thereon the ink disposed in accordance with said predetermined patterns; wherein the method includes a prior step of preparing the pad ( 7 ) so as to delimit at least two inking portions ( 12 , 13 ) mobile one relative to the other and further including, between the step of applying the pad ( 7 ) to the plate ( 1 ) and the step of applying the inked pad ( 7 ) to the lens ( 5 ), a transformation step during which the arrangement of the inking portions ( 12 , 13 ) is modified by relative displacement of said inking portions ( 12 , 13 ) to determine a second arrangement of said patterns whereby the patterns are deposited on the lens ( 5 ) according to the second arrangement.