ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,940, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SCHNEIDER GMBH & Co. KG (Fronhausen, Germany).
"Apparatus and method for deblocking a lens" was invented by Gunter Schneider (Marburg, Germany), Klaus Hofmann (Wehrheim, Germany), Thomas Simmer (Biedenkopf-Breidenstein, Germany) and Klaus Kramer (Dautphetal-Friedensdorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and a method for deblocking a lens, wherein the lens is blocked with a block material on a block piece. The block material is preheated by radiation. The blocked lens, the deblocked lens, and the deblocked block piece are handled by means of separate grippers. For deblocking, ...