Patents by Inventor Lorenzo J. Salvatori

Lorenzo J. Salvatori has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for lathing a lens
    Patent number: 6786802
    Abstract: A method of lathing a lens, especially a contact lens, involves attaching the cylindrical blank of lens material to a first block of machineable plastic material, lathe cutting a desired first lens surface in the cylindrical blank, attaching the machined first lens surface of the blank to a second block, lathe cutting to remove the block of machineable plastic material, and lathe cutting a desired second lens surface in the blank. Both the first and second blocks may be adhered to the lens blank with an adhesive curable by ultraviolet radiation, and a two-piece block, composed of a head section and a body section, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Buford W. Council, Jr., Lorenzo J. Salvatori, Philip D. Goller, Wayne R. Manning
  • Method for lathing a lens
    Publication number: 20020049028
    Abstract: A method of lathing a lens, especially a contact lens, involves attaching the cylindrical blank of lens material to a first block of machineable plastic material, lathe cutting a desired first lens surface in the cylindrical blank, attaching the machined first lens surface of the blank to a second block, lathe cutting to remove the block of machineable plastic material, and lathe cutting a desired second lens surface in the blank. Both the first and second blocks may be adhered to the lens blank with an adhesive curable by ultraviolet radiation, and a two-piece block, composed of a head section and a body section, is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Buford W. Council, Lorenzo J. Salvatori, Philip D. Goller, Wayne R. Manning
  • Method for lathing a lens
    Patent number: 6315650
    Abstract: A method of lathing a lens, especially a contact lens, involves attaching the cylindrical blank of lens material to a first block of machineable plastic material, lathe cutting a desired first lens surface in the cylindrical blank, attaching the machined first lens surface of the blank to a second block, lathe cutting to remove the block of machineable plastic material, and lathe cutting a desired second lens surface in the blank. Both the first and second blocks may be adhered to the lens blank with an adhesive curable by ultraviolet radiation, and a two-piece block, composed of a head section and a body section, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Buford W. Council, Jr., Lorenzo J. Salvatori, Philip D. Goller, Wayne R. Manning
  • Method for lathing a lens
    Patent number: 5931068
    Abstract: A method of lathing a lens, especially a contact lens, involves attaching the cylindrical blank of lens material to a first block of machineable plastic material, lathe cutting a desired first lens surface in the cylindrical blank, attaching the machined first lens surface of the blank to a second block, lathe cutting to remove the block of machineable plastic material, and lathe cutting a desired second lens surface in the blank. Both the first and second blocks may be adhered to the lens blank with an adhesive curable by ultraviolet radiation, and a two-piece block, composed of a head section and a body section, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Inventors: Buford W. Council, Jr., Lorenzo J. Salvatori, Philip D. Goller, Wayne R. Manning