US 12,064,930 B2
Ultraviolet curing apparatus
Robin Evans, Samut Prakan (TH); Alexander J. Rueberger, Pinellas Park, FL (US); Jared L. Snow, Galway (IE); and Lawrence M. Minor, McKinney, TX (US)
Assigned to Transitions Optical, Ltd., Tuam (IE)
Appl. No. 17/285,661
Filed by Transitions Optical, Ltd., Tuam (IE)
PCT Filed Oct. 16, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/078239
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/078538, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0316520 A1, Oct. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. B29D 11/00 (2006.01); B05D 3/06 (2006.01); B29C 35/08 (2006.01)
CPC B29D 11/00442 (2013.01) [B05D 3/067 (2013.01); B29D 11/00423 (2013.01); B29C 2035/0827 (2013.01); B29D 11/00865 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A curing apparatus comprising:
a housing having a sidewall with an inlet spaced apart from an outlet along an axis, the housing defining an interior chamber;
an open slot extending through the sidewall continuously from the inlet to the outlet of the housing;
at least one ultraviolet radiation source operative for transmitting ultraviolet radiation into the interior chamber; and
at least one nozzle in flow communication with the interior chamber.