公开(公告)号：US5972292A

公开(公告)日：1999-10-26

申请号：US54118

申请日：1998-04-02

申请人： Gaetano DeMeo

发明人： Gaetano DeMeo

IPC分类号： A45C11/00 ,  A61L12/12 ,  A61L2/18

CPC分类号： A45C11/005 ,  A61L12/128 ,  Y10S134/901

摘要： A lens case for disinfecting, cleaning, or storing contact lenses is described that provides a sealing and venting system for allowing the release of gas while avoiding liquid leakage. The venting means allows venting of gas when internal pressure increases, while maintaining a seal that is substantially gas and liquid-impermeable at other times. The lens case includes a cap securable to a container barrel and a mating cap. The venting of gas occurs via a tortuous-path mechanism resulting from appropriate surface roughness being produced on at least one of a pair of mating surfaces forming a seal between the cap and the container. In a preferred embodiment, a relatively roughened surface is produced on a cap flange that is in the shape of a circular lip downwardly extending from the inner surface of the cap. The mating surface of the cap flange sealingly presses against the rim portion of the container. The apparatus is particularly useful for the disinfection of contact lenses with hydrogen peroxide in which excess peroxide is decomposed into water and oxygen.

摘要翻译： 描述了用于消毒，清洁或储存隐形眼镜的镜片盒，其提供用于允许释放气体同时避免液体泄漏的密封和排气系统。 当内部压力增加时，排气装置允许排出气体，同时保持在其它时间基本上为气体和不透液体的密封。 透镜壳包括可固定到容器筒和配合帽的帽。 通过在形成盖和容器之间的密封件的一对配合表面中的至少一个上产生的适当的表面粗糙度产生的曲折路径机构进行气体的排放。 在一个优选实施例中，相对较粗糙的表面在帽凸缘上产生，该帽凸缘是从盖的内表面向下延伸的圆形唇形。 帽凸缘的配合表面密封地压靠容器的边缘部分。 该装置对于过氧化氢分解为水和氧气的过氧化氢消毒隐形眼镜特别有用。