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Method of manufacuturing spectacles, and spectacle frames used therefor

  • US 5,926,247 A
  • Filed: 03/19/1997
  • Issued: 07/20/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/27/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A spectacle manufacturing method of processing non-processed lenses into shapes conforming with a spectacle frame and setting the processed lenses in said spectacle frame to complete spectacles, said method comprising:

  • a first step of manufacturing a spectacle frame and of measuring configurations of lens-accommodating portions of the manufactured spectacle frame to obtain frame configuration information representative of the measured configurations;

    a second step of storing frame-related information including said frame configuration obtained in the first step in information storage means;

    a third step of obtaining prescription values for eves of a spectacle wearer;

    a fourth step of reading out said frame-related information stored in said information storage means in the second step;

    a fifth step of obtaining, on the basis of information including said frame configuration information obtained in the first step and said prescription values for said spectacle wearer'"'"'s eyes obtained in the third step, lens processing information necessary for when non-processed lenses are processed into said shapes conforming with said spectacle frame and mounted in said spectacle frame,a sixth step of processing non-processed lenses in accordance with said lens processing information obtained in the fifth step to produce spectacle lenses fittable into said spectacle frame; and

    a seventh step of setting the produced spectacle lenses in said spectacle frame to complete the spectacles.

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