Patents by Inventor Ralf Meschenmoser

Ralf Meschenmoser 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).

  • Holding assembly and transport arrangement for handling lenses and method for finishing lenses
    Patent number: 7916407
    Abstract: A holding device (1) holds a lens (6) at its lens edge (5) with the aid of an adhesive connection (16, 17). The adhesive connection (16, 17) is applied only at one adhesive point or only at two spaced apart adhesive points (16, 17). A transport arrangement handles lenses (6) during hard coating in a dip trough. The transport arrangement includes a dip frame with receptacles for holding devices for lenses (6). Each holding device (1) provided with a lens (6) is positioned on the dip frame in such a manner that the lens (6) is positioned above its holding device (1). A method is provided for finishing lenses (6) wherein the lenses (6) are subjected to various sequential finishing steps of a finishing process and the lenses (6) are cemented to the same holding device during finishing. The application of adhesive is only at one adhesive point or at two spaced apart adhesive points (16, 17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Meschenmoser, Gerhard Weiss, Martin Littek, Andreas Dangelmaier
  • Holding assembly and transport arrangement for handling lenses and method for finishing lenses
    Publication number: 20080007849
    Abstract: A holding device (1) holds a lens (6) at its lens edge (5) with the aid of an adhesive connection (16, 17). The adhesive connection (16, 17) is applied only at one adhesive point or only at two spaced apart adhesive points (16, 17). A transport arrangement handles lenses (6) during hard coating in a dip trough. The transport arrangement includes a dip frame with receptacles for holding devices for lenses (6). Each holding device (1) provided with a lens (6) is positioned on the dip frame in such a manner that the lens (6) is positioned above its holding device (1). A method is provided for finishing lenses (6) wherein the lenses (6) are subjected to various sequential finishing steps of a finishing process and the lenses (6) are cemented to the same holding device during finishing. The application of adhesive is only at one adhesive point or at two spaced apart adhesive points (16, 17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventors: Ralf Meschenmoser, Gerhard Weiss, Martin Littek, Andreas Dangelmaier
  • Inlay for transport tray for spectacle lenses and spectacle lens blanks
    Patent number: D612057
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Meschenmoser, Wolfgang Widmann
  • Transport tray for spectacle lenses and spectacle lens blanks
    Patent number: D619257
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Meschenmoser, Wolfgang Widmann
  • Inlay for transport tray for spectable lenses and spectacle lens blanks
    Patent number: D619258
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Meschenmoser, Wolfgang Widmann