Patents by Inventor Richard L. Burner

Richard L. Burner 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).

  • Tool operating assembly for a lens shaping machine
    Patent number: 11453096
    Abstract: A tool operating assembly for a lens shaping machine to finish the peripheral edge of a corrective lens wherein the tool operating assembly is disposed in operative relationship relative to a lens operating assembly comprising a lens support assembly to support the corrective lens to be finished and a multi-axis lens positioning assembly to move the corrective lens relative to the tool operating assembly during the finishing operation to finish the peripheral edge of the corrective lens, the tool operating assembly comprising a multi-station tool support assembly to selectively position one of a plurality of tools in operative position to engage the peripheral edge of the corrective lens to be finished and a tool drive assembly to rotate the selected tool during the finishing operation to finish the peripheral edge of the corrective lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: INTUITOS, LLC
    Inventors: Richard L. Burner, Alan L. Hodges
  • Tool operating assembly for a lens shaping machine
    Patent number: 9527187
    Abstract: A tool operating assembly for a lens shaping machine to finish the peripheral edge of a corrective lens wherein the tool operating assembly is disposed in operative relationship relative to a lens operating assembly comprising a lens support assembly to support the corrective lens to be finished and a multi-axis lens positioning assembly to move the corrective lens relative to the tool operating assembly during the finishing operation to finish the peripheral edge of the corrective lens, the tool operating assembly comprising a multi-station tool support assembly to selectively position one of a plurality of tools in operative position to engage the peripheral edge of the corrective lens to be finished and a tool drive assembly to rotate the selected tool during the finishing operation to finish the peripheral edge of the corrective lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard L. Burner, Alan Hodges
  • Tool operating assembly for a lens shaping machine
    Publication number: 20140080386
    Abstract: A tool operating assembly for a lens shaping machine to finish the peripheral edge of a corrective lens wherein the tool operating assembly is disposed in operative relationship relative to a lens operating assembly comprising a lens support assembly to support the corrective lens to be finished and a multi-axis lens positioning assembly to move the corrective lens relative to the tool operating assembly during the finishing operation to finish the peripheral edge of the corrective lens, the tool operating assembly comprising a multi-station tool support assembly to selectively position one of a plurality of tools in operative position to engage the peripheral edge of the corrective lens to be finished and a tool drive assembly to rotate the selected tool during the finishing operation to finish the peripheral edge of the corrective lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Richard L. Burner, Alan Hodges