Mod C Unit 2

Front 1

Facet

Back 1

Edge design on high minus lenses that look like beveled glass to reduce edge thickness.

Front 2

Dress Eye Wear

Back 2

Glasses used for every day purpose.

Front 3

Safety Eye Wear

Back 3

Glasses worn while working to protect the eyes.

Front 4

Nylon Cord

Back 4

Clear string used for semi-rimless frames.

Front 5

Skewed Bridge

Back 5

When viewed from the top, one lens appears higher than the other.

Front 6

Temple Parallelism

Back 6

Also called telegraph effect.

Front 7

Open Temple Spread

Back 7

The maximum open angle of the temple in relation to the frame front.

Front 8

Temple Fold Angle

Back 8

The compared angle of each temple to each other when folded.

Front 9

Vertex Distance

Back 9

The space between the back of the lens and the front of the eye.

Front 10

Lateral Pressure

Back 10

The pressure of the temples against the sides of the head.

Front 11

Temple Amputation

Back 11

Cutting the temple to make it shorter.

Front 12

Screw Extractor

Back 12

Used to force stubborn screws out.

Front 13

Spring Hinge Screw

Back 13

Small screw with a sharp point that helps the spring hinge to align.

Front 14

Tap

Back 14

Tool used to rethread a stripped out hinge.

Front 15

Self-Tapping Screw

Back 15

A screw used when the barrel or hinge is stripped, to create its own threads.

Front 16

Hot Fingers

Back 16

Tool used to replace and remove hinge assembly from a plastic frame.

Front 17

Optical Hammer

Back 17

Small lighet weight hammer used in optics for a variety of uses.

Front 18

Add-A-Pad

Back 18

Extra pad added onto the current nose pad for a tighter fit.

Front 19

Pad Popper

Back 19

A pair of tweezers used to remove push in pads.

Front 20

Silicone Pads

Back 20

Soft flexible nase pads used for a more comfortable fit.