公开(公告)号：US12168328B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-17

申请号：US17931193

申请日：2022-09-12

Applicant: Alcon Inc.

Inventor： Matthias Braun ,  Roger Biel ,  Matthias Schwab ,  Thomas Leibold ,  Nicholas Gollas ,  Shu Zong

IPC: B29D11/00

Abstract: An automated production line for the production of ophthalmic lenses comprises: a production line front end (1) comprising: a first injection-molding machine (10) and a second injection-molding machine (12) a casting module (14) comprising a filling station (144) and a capping station (145); a stacking module (15) and a curing module (16); a destacking module (17) and a demolding and delensing module a production line back end (2) comprising: a scalable treatment module (20) comprising a number of liquid baths for a liquid bath treatment of the cured lenses (CL) carried by the treatment carrier tray (200) to obtain the ophthalmic lenses, wherein the number of liquid baths are reduced or increased pending on the number of ophthalmic lenses concurrently produced by the production lines.

公开(公告)号：US20230079508A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-16

申请号：US17931193

申请日：2022-09-12

Applicant: Alcon Inc.

Inventor： Matthias Braun ,  Roger Biel ,  Matthias Schwab ,  Thomas Leibold ,  Nicholas Gollas ,  Shu Zong

IPC: B29D11/00

Abstract: An automated production line for the production of ophthalmic lenses comprises: a production line front end (1) comprising: a first injection-molding machine (10) and a second injection-molding machine (12) a casting module (14) comprising a filling station (144) and a capping station (145); a stacking module (15) and a curing module (16); a destacking module (17) and a demolding and delensing module a production line back end (2) comprising: a scalable treatment module (20) comprising a number of liquid baths for a liquid bath treatment of the cured lenses (CL) carried by the treatment carrier tray (200) to obtain the ophthalmic lenses, wherein the number of liquid baths are reduced or increased pending on the number of ophthalmic lenses concurrently produced by the production lines.

公开(公告)号：US20210371150A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-02

申请号：US17332051

申请日：2021-05-27

Applicant: ALCON INC.

Inventor： Thomas Leibold ,  Jennifer Schmitt ,  Katrin Sylke Struckmeier ,  Michael Stutz

IPC: B65D1/36 ,  B65D21/02 ,  B29D11/00

Abstract: A carrier for carrying an ophthalmic lens during its treatment in a bath comprises: a basket (10) comprising a basket wall defining a concave cavity (50) for accommodating an ophthalmic lens, the basket (10) further comprising a plurality of recesses (17) arranged in the basket wall at different angular locations along the circumference of the basket (10), each recess (17) being arranged to extend downwardly from an upper rim (15) of the basket wall;
and a retainer (20) comprising a plurality of retainer arms (21), the retainer arms (21) being arranged in a star-shaped configuration at angular locations corresponding to the angular locations of the recesses (17), to in an assembled state of two such carriers (1) extends into a corresponding one of the plurality of recesses (17) in the basket wall to retain the ophthalmic lens in the carrier.

公开(公告)号：US20250115014A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-10

申请号：US18982388

申请日：2024-12-16

Applicant: ALCON INC.

Inventor： Matthias Braun ,  Roger Biel ,  Matthias Schwab ,  Thomas Leibold ,  Nicholas Gollas ,  Shu Zong

IPC: B29D11/00 ,  B29C33/38 ,  B29K83/00

Abstract: An automated production line for the production of ophthalmic lenses comprises: a production line front end (1) comprising: a first injection-molding machine (10) and a second injection-molding machine (12) a casting module (14) comprising a filling station (144) and a capping station (145); a stacking module (15) and a curing module (16); a destacking module (17) and a demolding and delensing module a production line back end (2) comprising: a scalable treatment module (20) comprising a number of liquid baths for a liquid bath treatment of the cured lenses (CL) carried by the treatment carrier tray (200) to obtain the ophthalmic lenses, wherein the number of liquid baths are reduced or increased pending on the number of ophthalmic lenses concurrently produced by the production lines.