摘要 |
A method and apparatus for batch, continuous or semi-continuous coating of optical lenses which use a plurality of carriages which are reciprocally moved to transfer jigs from a jig filled carriage to a lens loading arm (11) and to load the jigs with lenses and then to transfer the jigs now containing uncoated lenses (35) to a leading empty carriage. Using such a reciprocating motion, a leading empty carriage is now filled with jigs containing uncoated lenses which may be coated by dipping the carriage in a coating tank (15). A similar reciprocating motion is used in the coated lens unloading section (17) to transfer the coated lenses (36) held in the jigs from the carriage to the coated lens output (19) and the jigs from the carriage to an empty carriage which then becomes a jig filled carriage.
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