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Method for Manufacturing a Spectacle Frame Adapted to a Spectacle Wearer

  • US 20180149886A1
  • Filed: 05/30/2016
  • Published: 05/31/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Method for manufacturing a spectacle frame adapted to a spectacle wearer, wherein the spectacle frame comprises a frame front and frame temples, and the method comprises the steps of:

  • providing a collection of virtual 3D models of the spectacle frame to be manufactured with different widths of the spectacle frame, these 3D models comprising at least the frame front of the spectacle frame;

    choosing a virtual 3D model from the collection of virtual 3D models on the basis of the width of the head of the spectacle wearer in order to adapt the width of the spectacle frame to be manufactured to the width of the head of the spectacle wearer;

    providing a virtual 3D model of the head of the spectacle wearer, which comprises at least a part of the head of the spectacle wearer which is in contact with the frame front when the spectacle frame is being worn;

    positioning the frame front of the chosen 3D model of the spectacle frame in a desired position of wear relative to the 3D model of the head in a virtual environment so that the 3D model of the head intersects the rear side of the frame front of the chosen 3D model of the spectacle frame where the frame front of the spectacle frame is worn on the nose of the spectacle wearer in the desired position of wear;

    cutting a portion out of the rear side of the frame front of the chosen 3D model of the spectacle frame along the intersecting plane of the frame front of the chosen 3D model of the spectacle frame and the 3D model of the head in order to adapt the frame front of the spectacle frame to be manufactured to the spectacle wearer; and

    manufacturing the frame front of the spectacle frame on the basis of the chosen 3D model of the spectacle frame, wherein the frame front has an unadapted front side with the original forms and sizes of the chosen 3D model and the frame front has a rear side adapted by means of the cut-out portion.

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