ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,473, issued on March 11, was assigned to Transitions Optical Ltd. (Tuam, Ireland).
"Inert ultraviolet curing apparatus" was invented by Yani Saputera (The Colony, Texas), Lawrence M. Minor (McKinney, Texas), Lex Pace (Largo, Fla.) and Willard Beamer (Palmetto, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A curing apparatus (100) includes a housing (102) having a loading portion (108) open to ambient atmosphere, a curing portion (110) having a curing chamber (124) with a controlled atmosphere, and a transition portion (112) extending between the loading portion (108) and the curing portion (110). A carrier (128) is movable between the loading...