Patents by Inventor Mark Donald Wagner

Mark Donald Wagner 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).

  • Lens blank alignment and blocking device and method
    Patent number: 7369238
    Abstract: A lens blocking device is disclosed that includes a frame, a light source mounted on the frame, a carriage having a first end and a second end mounted on the frame for sliding movement between first and second positions, a first mirror mounted on the carriage first end and a lens block holder mounted on the carriage second end and shiftable between third and fourth positions with respect to the carriage, a stage disposed between the light source and the carriage, and including an opening, for supporting an object, an at least partially translucent screen generating a display image operably connected to the support frame, at least one second mirror arranged to reflect an image of an object on the stage from the first mirror, when the carriage is in the first position, onto the screen, and an actuator operably connected to the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: National Optronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Donald Wagner, Daniel Edward Andrews, David William Gerding, Henrik Arthur Schutz, Jennifer Snyder Shanks, David Matthew Smith, Curtis Kenneth Deckert
  • Lens blank alignment and blocking device and method
    Patent number: 7193714
    Abstract: A lens blocking device is disclosed that includes a frame, a light source mounted on the frame, a carriage having a first end and a second end mounted on the frame for sliding movement between first and second positions, a first mirror mounted on the carriage first end and a lens block holder mounted on the carriage second end and shiftable between third and fourth positions with respect to the carriage, a stage disposed between the light source and the carriage, and including an opening, for supporting an object, an at least partially translucent screen generating a display image operably connected to the support frame, at least one second mirror arranged to reflect an image of an object on the stage from the first mirror, when the carriage is in the first position, onto the screen, and an actuator operably connected to the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Inventors: Mark Donald Wagner, Daniel Edward Andrews, David William Gerding, Henrik Arthur Schutz, Jennifer Snyder Shanks, David Matthew Smith, Curtis Kenneth Deckert
  • Lens blank alignment and blocking device and method
    Patent number: 6869333
    Abstract: A lens blocking device is disclosed that includes a frame, a light source mounted on the frame, a carriage having a first end and a second end mounted on the frame for sliding movement between first and second positions, a first mirror mounted on the carriage first end and a lens block holder mounted on the carriage second end and shiftable between third and fourth positions with respect to the carriage, a stage disposed between the light source and the carriage, and including an opening, for supporting an object, an at least partially translucent screen generating a display image operably connected to the support frame, at least one second mirror arranged to reflect an image of an object on the stage from the first mirror, when the carriage is in the first position, onto the screen, and an actuator operably connected to the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: National Optronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Donald Wagner, Daniel Edward Andrews, David William Gerding, Henrik Arthur Schutz, Jennifer Snyder Shanks, David Matthew Smith, Curtis Kenneth Deckert
  • Lens blank alignment and blocking device and method
    Publication number: 20040046960
    Abstract: A lens blocking device is disclosed that includes a frame, a light source mounted on the frame, a carriage having a first end and a second end mounted on the frame for sliding movement between first and second positions, a first mirror mounted on the carriage first end and a lens block holder mounted on the carriage second end and shiftable between third and fourth positions with respect to the carriage, a stage disposed between the light source and the carriage, and including an opening, for supporting an object, an at least partially translucent screen generating a display image operably connected to the support frame, at least one second mirror arranged to reflect an image of an object on the stage from the first mirror, when the carriage is in the first position, onto the screen, and an actuator operably connected to the carriage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: Mark Donald Wagner, Daniel Edward Andrews, David William Gerding, Henrik Arthur Schutz, Jennifer Snyder Shanks, David Matthew Smith, Curtis Kenneth Deckert
  • Lens blocker
    Patent number: D489825
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: National Optronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Donald Wagner, Daniel Edward Andrews, David William Gerding, Henrik Arthur Schutz, Jennifer Snyder Shanks, David Matthew Smith