Patents by Inventor Ralf Schorcht

Ralf Schorcht 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 and device for processing optical workpiece surfaces
    Patent number: 7765903
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for processing the surfaces of optical workpieces (3) such as optical or eye glass lenses carried out with the aid of a tool (5) and consisting in holding at least one workpiece (3) in a work piece receiving support (4) which is rotatable around the axis of a workpiece spindle (1?). The invention is characterized in that the workpiece (3) is received in the receiving support (4) in such a way that the axis of rotation (2) of the workpiece spindle is placed remotely from the axis (8) of at least one workpiece (3) and the axis (18) of the workpiece support is at least partially in a parallel position to the axis of rotation of the workpiece spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT AG
    Inventors: Ralf Schorcht, Georg Michels
  • Method and Device for Processing Optical Workpiece Surfaces
    Publication number: 20070247589
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for processing the surfaces of optical workpieces (3) such as optical or eye glass lenses carried out with the aid of a tool (5) and consisting in holding at least one workpiece (3) in a work piece receiving support (4) which is rotatable around the axis of a workpiece spindle (1?). The invention is characterised in that the workpiece (3) is received in the receiving support (4) in such a way that the axis of rotation (2) of the workpiece spindle is placed remotely from the axis (8) of at least one workpiece (3) and the axis (18) of the workpiece support is at least partially in a parallel position to the axis of rotation of the workpiece spindle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventors: Ralf Schorcht, Georg Michels