公开(公告)号：US5467868A

公开(公告)日：1995-11-21

申请号：US174580

申请日：1993-12-28

申请人： Richard Abrams ,  Russell J. Edwards ,  James A. Ebel ,  Darren S. Keene

发明人： Richard Abrams ,  Russell J. Edwards ,  James A. Ebel ,  Darren S. Keene

IPC分类号： A45C11/04 ,  A61F2/16 ,  B65D77/20 ,  B65D85/00 ,  B65D85/38 ,  G02C7/04 ,  G02C13/00

CPC分类号： B65D77/2024 ,  A61F2/1691 ,  B65D2585/545 ,  Y10S134/901

摘要： An ophthalmic lens package for inspection, sterilization, and delivery of the lens having a substantial planar first surface with a concave bowl, the bowl having a radius of curvature larger than the radius of the lens placed inside the bowl allowing the lens to center and settle in the middle of the bowl. About the bowl is an annular sealing area, preferably a planar annulus raised above the first planar surface away from the bowl, circumferentially about the circular boundary of the first planar surface and the concave bowl. The package is hermetically sealed along the sealing area with a sealing sheet substantially parallel with the first planar surface and covering the concave bowl. The package is constructed of a non-nucleated polymer so that when water is placed in the bowl, the polymer surface is sufficiently wettable to substantially flatten the water meniscus in the center and thereby eliminate associated optical aberrations, permitting undistorted in-package inspection.

摘要翻译： 一种用于检查，灭菌和输送透镜的眼镜片包，其具有具有凹面碗的实质平面第一表面，所述碗的曲率半径大于放置在所述碗内的透镜的半径，允许透镜中心和沉降 在碗的中间 关于碗是一个环形密封区域，优选地是在离开碗的第一平面表面上方升高的平面环形空间，周向地围绕第一平面表面和凹形碗的圆形边界。 封装沿着密封区域密封，密封片基本上与第一平坦表面平行并且覆盖凹形凹槽。 包装由非成核聚合物构成，使得当水放置在碗中时，聚合物表面是足够可湿的，以使中心的水弯月面基本上平坦化，从而消除相关的光学像差，允许不变的包装内检查。

公开(公告)号：USD485064S1

公开(公告)日：2004-01-13

申请号：US29039791

申请日：1994-01-25

申请人： Richard W. Abrams ,  Russell J. Edwards ,  James A. Ebel ,  Darren S. Keene ,  John E. Studer

设计人： Richard W. Abrams ,  Russell J. Edwards ,  James A. Ebel ,  Darren S. Keene ,  John E. Studer

公开(公告)号：US5968284A

公开(公告)日：1999-10-19

申请号：US892211

申请日：1997-07-14

申请人： Darren S. Keene ,  Russell J. Edwards

发明人： Darren S. Keene ,  Russell J. Edwards

IPC分类号： B08B3/02 ,  A61F2/16 ,  B29D11/00 ,  B29D11/02 ,  G02C7/04 ,  G02C13/00 ,  B08B5/04

CPC分类号： A61F2/1691 ,  B29D11/00067 ,  B29D11/023 ,  Y10S134/901

摘要： A method for removing a liquid from a container having a bowl and a flange, the bowl holding the liquid and containing a hydrophilic ophthalmic lens, wherein there is provided a nozzle with a central face and a shoulder around the periphery of the face. The shoulder has a sealing means which is sized to fit on the flange of the container, where it forms a sealed volume above the container bowl, this volume including the volume of the bowl itself. The central face has through it at least one fluid entrance passage and at least one fluid exit passage arranged so that the flow is distributed substantially symmetric about the center axis of the lens so that when the purging fluid is introduced into the sealed volume, there is no migration of the lens. There is connected to the entrance passage a source of purging fluid that has a pressure and flow sufficient to remove substantially all the liquid through the exit passage.

摘要翻译： 一种用于从具有碗和凸缘的容器中取出液体的方法，所述碗保持所述液体并含有亲水眼用透镜，其中在所述面的周围设置有具有中心面和肩部的喷嘴。 肩部具有密封装置，其尺寸适于装配在容器的凸缘上，其中容器碗形成密封体积，该体积包括碗本身的体积。 中心面通过它至少一个流体入口通道和至少一个流体出口通道，其布置成使得流体围绕透镜的中心轴线基本上对称分布，使得当清洗流体被引入到密封体积中时，存在 镜片无迁移。 在入口通道上连接有一个净化流体源，其具有足以基本上通过出口通道去除所有液体的压力和流量。

公开(公告)号：US5616184A

公开(公告)日：1997-04-01

申请号：US617304

申请日：1996-03-18

申请人： Gregory S. Duncan ,  Olin W. Calvin ,  Mark E. Schlagel ,  Darren S. Keene ,  Russell J. Edwards

发明人： Gregory S. Duncan ,  Olin W. Calvin ,  Mark E. Schlagel ,  Darren S. Keene ,  Russell J. Edwards

IPC分类号： B08B3/02 ,  A61F2/16 ,  B29D11/00 ,  B29D11/02 ,  G02C7/04 ,  G02C13/00

CPC分类号： A61F2/1691 ,  B29D11/00067 ,  B29D11/023 ,  Y10S134/901

摘要： An apparatus and a method for removing a liquid from a container having a bowl and a flange, the bowl holding the liquid and containing a hydrophilic ophthalmic lens, wherein there is provided a nozzle with a central face and a shoulder around the periphery of the face. The shoulder has a sealing means which is sized to fit on the flange of the container, where it forms a sealed volume above the container bowl, this volume including the volume of the bowl itself. The central face has through it at lease one fluid entrance passage and at least one fluid exit passage arranged so that the flow is distributed substantially symmetric about the center axis of the lens. The apparatus includes a lens retainer which resiliently urges the lens into engagement with the bowl so that when the purging fluid is introduced into the sealed volume, there is no migration of the lens. There is connected to the entrance passage a source of purging fluid that has a pressure and flow sufficient to remove substantially all the liquid through the exit passage.

摘要翻译： 一种用于从具有碗和凸缘的容器中取出液体的装置和方法，所述碗保持所述液体并含有亲水性眼用透镜，其中设置有具有中心面的喷嘴和围绕所述面的周边的肩部 。 肩部具有密封装置，其尺寸适于装配在容器的凸缘上，其中容器碗形成密封体积，该体积包括碗本身的体积。 中心面通过它至少一个流体入口通道和至少一个流体出口通道被布置成使得流体基本上对称地关于透镜的中心轴线分布。 该装置包括：透镜保持器，弹性地将透镜推压到与碗接合，使得当清洗流体被引入到密封容积中时，不存在透镜的迁移。 在入口通道上连接有一个净化流体源，其具有足以基本上通过出口通道去除所有液体的压力和流量。

公开(公告)号：US5636647A

公开(公告)日：1997-06-10

申请号：US502784

申请日：1995-07-14

申请人： Darren S. Keene ,  Russell J. Edwards

发明人： Darren S. Keene ,  Russell J. Edwards

IPC分类号： B08B3/02 ,  A61F2/16 ,  B29D11/00 ,  B29D11/02 ,  G02C7/04 ,  G02C13/00

CPC分类号： A61F2/1691 ,  B29D11/00067 ,  B29D11/023 ,  Y10S134/901

摘要： An apparatus and a method for removing a liquid from a container having a bowl and a flange, the bowl holding the liquid and containing a hydrophilic ophthalmic lens, wherein there is provided a nozzle with a central face and a shoulder around the periphery of the face. The shoulder has a sealing means which is sized to fit on the flange of the container, where it forms a sealed volume above the container bowl, this volume including the volume of the bowl itself. The central face has through it at least one fluid entrance passage and at least one fluid exit passage arranged so that the flow is distributed substantially symmetric about the center axis of the lens so that when the purging fluid is introduced into the sealed volume, there is no migration of the lens. There is connected to the entrance passage a source of purging fluid that has a pressure and flow sufficient to remove substantially all the liquid through the exit passage.

摘要翻译： 一种用于从具有碗和凸缘的容器中取出液体的装置和方法，所述碗保持所述液体并含有亲水性眼用透镜，其中设置有具有中心面的喷嘴和围绕所述面的周边的肩部 。 肩部具有密封装置，其尺寸适于装配在容器的凸缘上，其中容器碗形成密封体积，该体积包括碗本身的体积。 中心面通过它至少一个流体入口通道和至少一个流体出口通道，其布置成使得流体围绕透镜的中心轴线基本对称分布，使得当清洗流体被引入到密封体积中时，存在 镜片无迁移。 在入口通道上连接有一个净化流体源，其具有足以基本上通过出口通道去除所有液体的压力和流量。

公开(公告)号：US5814134A

公开(公告)日：1998-09-29

申请号：US601716

申请日：1996-02-15

申请人： Russell J. Edwards ,  Darren S. Keene ,  Jonathan P. Adams

发明人： Russell J. Edwards ,  Darren S. Keene ,  Jonathan P. Adams

IPC分类号： G02C7/04 ,  B01D19/00 ,  B29D11/00 ,  B65B5/08 ,  B65B5/10 ,  B65B25/00 ,  B65B51/10 ,  B65B57/10 ,  G01M11/02

CPC分类号： B29D11/00125 ,  B01D19/0031 ,  B29D11/0098 ,  B65B25/008 ,  B65B5/08 ,  B65B5/10 ,  B65B57/10 ,  G01M11/0207 ,  G01M11/0214 ,  B29L2011/0041 ,  B65B2051/105

摘要： An apparatus is provided for removing and transporting articles, such as contact lens sections from a manufacturing line to inspection and packaging stations. The lenses are deposited in a transparent plastic primary package which carries the lenses through the inspection station and becomes part of the primary package when a cover is sealed thereto. The invention includes various assemblies, including lens transfer assemblies, deionized water filling and removal assemblies, a water degassing assembly, a lens inspection assembly, and a lens package sealing assembly. The lenses are removed from pallets at a post hydration station, transported and spatially redistributed, and deposited in the primary packages disposed on a second set of pallets. The packages on the second set of pallets are filled with degassed deionized water. The contact lenses and packages are then transported to an inspection station. After inspection, the lenses and packages are transported to a water removal assembly, and then to another transfer assembly. This transfer assembly separates those lenses which passed inspection from those which did not, and places those that did in a consolidating assembly. The lenses and packages are then filled with saline solution and a foil label is then sealed thereto to form the primary package.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于从制造线去除和运送诸如隐形眼镜部分的物品到检查和包装站的装置。 透镜沉积在透明塑料初级封装中，透明塑料初级封装将透镜运送通过检验站，并且当盖子被密封在其上时成为初级封装的一部分。 本发明包括各种组件，包括透镜转移组件，去离子水填充和去除组件，脱水组件，透镜检查组件和透镜封装密封组件。 透镜在后水化站从托盘上移走，运输并在空间上重新分布，并且沉积在设置在第二组托盘上的初级包装中。 第二组托盘上的包装填充有脱气去离子水。 隐形眼镜和包装然后被运送到检查站。 检查后，将镜片和包装物运送到除水组件，然后运送到另一个转运组件。 这个转移组件将那些通过检查的镜片与那些未经过检查的镜片分开，并将那些透镜放在固结组件中。 然后用盐水溶液填充透镜和包装，然后将箔标签密封到其上以形成初级包装。

公开(公告)号：US5698047A

公开(公告)日：1997-12-16

申请号：US531372

申请日：1995-09-20

申请人： Darren S. Keene ,  Russell J. Edwards

发明人： Darren S. Keene ,  Russell J. Edwards

IPC分类号： B08B3/02 ,  A61F2/16 ,  B29D11/00 ,  B29D11/02 ,  G02C7/04 ,  G02C13/00 ,  B08B9/093 ,  B08B5/02 ,  B08B7/04 ,  B08B9/04

CPC分类号： A61F2/1691 ,  B29D11/00067 ,  B29D11/023 ,  Y10S134/901

摘要： An apparatus and a method for removing a liquid from a container having a bowl and a flange, the bowl holding the liquid and containing a hydrophilic ophthalmic lens, wherein there is provided a nozzle with a central face and a shoulder around the periphery of the face. The shoulder has a sealing means which is sized to fit on the flange of the container, where it forms a sealed volume above the container bowl, this volume including the volume of the bowl itself. The central face has through it at least one fluid entrance passage and at least one fluid exit passage arranged so that the flow is distributed substantially symmetric about the center axis of the lens so that when the purging fluid is introduced into the sealed volume, there is no migration of the lens. There is connected to the entrance passage a source of purging fluid that has a pressure and flow sufficient to remove substantially all the liquid through the exit passage.

摘要翻译： 一种用于从具有碗和凸缘的容器中取出液体的装置和方法，所述碗保持所述液体并含有亲水性眼用透镜，其中设置有具有中心面的喷嘴和围绕所述面的周边的肩部 。 肩部具有密封装置，其尺寸适于装配在容器的凸缘上，其中容器碗形成密封体积，该体积包括碗本身的体积。 中心面通过它至少一个流体入口通道和至少一个流体出口通道，其布置成使得流体围绕透镜的中心轴线基本对称分布，使得当清洗流体被引入到密封体积中时，存在 镜片无迁移。 在入口通道上连接有一个净化流体源，其具有足以基本上通过出口通道去除所有液体的压力和流量。

公开(公告)号：US5578331A

公开(公告)日：1996-11-26

申请号：US258557

申请日：1994-06-10

申请人： Wallace A. Martin ,  Russell J. Edwards ,  Borge P. Gundersen ,  Darren S. Keene ,  Ture Kindt-Larsen ,  John M. Lepper ,  Niels J. Madsen ,  Thomas C. Ravn ,  Daniel T. Wang ,  William E. Holley

发明人： Wallace A. Martin ,  Russell J. Edwards ,  Borge P. Gundersen ,  Darren S. Keene ,  Ture Kindt-Larsen ,  John M. Lepper ,  Niels J. Madsen ,  Thomas C. Ravn ,  Daniel T. Wang ,  William E. Holley

IPC分类号： G01M11/00 ,  B25J15/06 ,  B29C37/00 ,  B29D11/02 ,  B65B5/08 ,  B65B5/10 ,  B65B25/00 ,  B65B35/36 ,  B65B51/10 ,  B65B55/22 ,  B65B57/10 ,  B65B57/14 ,  G01M11/02 ,  G02C7/04 ,  C08J7/00

CPC分类号： G01M11/0214 ,  B29D11/0024 ,  B65B25/008 ,  B65B35/36 ,  B65B5/08 ,  B65B5/10 ,  B65B55/22 ,  B65B57/10 ,  B65B57/14 ,  G01M11/02 ,  G01M11/0207 ,  B29L2011/0041 ,  B65B2051/105 ,  Y10S134/901

摘要： An apparatus is provided for removing and transporting articles, such as contact lens sections from a manufacturing line to inspection and packaging stations. The lenses are deposited in a transparent plastic primary package which carries the lenses through the inspection station and becomes part of the primary package when a cover is sealed thereto. The invention includes various assemblies, including lens transfer assemblies, deionized water filling and removal assemblies, a water degassing assembly, a lens inspection assembly, and a lens package sealing assembly. The lenses are removed from pallets at a post hydration station, transported and spatially redistributed, and deposited in the primary packages disposed on a second set of pallets. The packages on the second set of pallets are filled with degassed deionized water. The contact lenses and packages are then transported to an inspection station. After inspection, the lenses and packages are transported to a water removal assembly, and then to another transfer assembly. This transfer assembly separates those lenses which passed inspection from those which did not, and places those that did in a consolidating assembly. The lenses and packages are then filled with saline solution and a foil label is then sealed thereto to form the primary package.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于从制造线去除和运送诸如隐形眼镜部分的物品到检查和包装站的装置。 透镜沉积在透明塑料初级封装中，透明塑料初级封装将透镜运送通过检验站，并且当盖子被密封在其上时成为初级封装的一部分。 本发明包括各种组件，包括透镜转移组件，去离子水填充和去除组件，脱水组件，透镜检查组件和透镜封装密封组件。 透镜在后水化站从托盘上移走，运输并在空间上重新分布，并且沉积在设置在第二组托盘上的初级包装中。 第二组托盘上的包装填充有脱气去离子水。 隐形眼镜和包装然后被运送到检查站。 检查后，将镜片和包装物运送到除水组件，然后运送到另一个转运组件。 这个转移组件将那些通过检查的镜片与那些未经过检查的镜片分开，并将那些透镜放在固结组件中。 然后用盐水溶液填充透镜和包装，然后将箔标签密封到其上以形成初级包装。

公开(公告)号：US6071112A

公开(公告)日：2000-06-06

申请号：US363544

申请日：1999-07-29

申请人： Olin W. Calvin ,  Mark E. Schlagel ,  Darren S. Keene ,  Ture Kindt-Larsen ,  Craig W. Walker ,  Wallace A. Martin ,  John C. Heaton

发明人： Olin W. Calvin ,  Mark E. Schlagel ,  Darren S. Keene ,  Ture Kindt-Larsen ,  Craig W. Walker ,  Wallace A. Martin ,  John C. Heaton

IPC分类号： B29C39/36 ,  B29C31/00 ,  B29C33/04 ,  B29C33/34 ,  B29C39/44 ,  B29C43/02 ,  B29C43/50 ,  B29C71/00 ,  B29D11/00 ,  B29D11/02 ,  B29L11/00 ,  B65B25/00 ,  C08J7/00 ,  C08J7/02 ,  G02C7/04

CPC分类号： B29C31/00 ,  B29C31/006 ,  B29C43/021 ,  B29C43/50 ,  B29C71/0009 ,  B29D11/00067 ,  B29D11/00182 ,  B29D11/00221 ,  B65B25/008 ,  B29C2071/0027 ,  B29L2011/0016 ,  B29L2011/0041 ,  B65D2585/545 ,  Y10S134/901

摘要： An automated means for hydrating and packaging a molded hydrophilic contact lens in one of the mold parts used to mold the lens is provided in which a first robotic assembly removes a plurality of contact lens molds from a production line carrier, each of the lens molds having a contact lens adhered therein. The first robotic assembly transports the molds to a first staging area where the lens molds are sandwiched between a lens mold carrier and a top chamber plate to form a first hydration carrier. The hydration carrier is then transported through a plurality of flushing or extraction stations wherein fresh deionized water is introduced into the hydration chambers at each hydration station to flush leachable substances from the hydration chamber. At each flushing station, fresh deionized water is introduced into the hydration chamber to remove previously extracted impurities and the products of hydrolysis. A final robotic dis-assembly device separates the top chamber plate and lens molds in the mold carrier plate, to provide fully hydrated lenses in a concave lens mold ready for transfer to inspection and packaging stations. Following inspection of the lens, the concave lens mold is dosed with saline and used to form part of the package used to distribute the lens.

公开(公告)号：US6012471A

公开(公告)日：2000-01-11

申请号：US696402

申请日：1996-08-14

申请人： Olin W. Calvin ,  Mark E. Schlagel ,  Darren S. Keene ,  Ture Kindt-Larsen ,  Craig W. Walker ,  Wallace A. Martin ,  John C. Heaton

发明人： Olin W. Calvin ,  Mark E. Schlagel ,  Darren S. Keene ,  Ture Kindt-Larsen ,  Craig W. Walker ,  Wallace A. Martin ,  John C. Heaton

IPC分类号： B29C39/36 ,  B29C31/00 ,  B29C33/04 ,  B29C33/34 ,  B29C39/44 ,  B29C43/02 ,  B29C43/50 ,  B29C71/00 ,  B29D11/00 ,  B29D11/02 ,  B29L11/00 ,  B65B25/00 ,  C08J7/00 ,  C08J7/02 ,  G02C7/04 ,  B08B3/04

CPC分类号： B29C31/00 ,  B29C31/006 ,  B29C43/021 ,  B29C43/50 ,  B29C71/0009 ,  B29D11/00067 ,  B29D11/00182 ,  B29D11/00221 ,  B65B25/008 ,  B29C2071/0027 ,  B29L2011/0016 ,  B29L2011/0041 ,  B65D2585/545 ,  Y10S134/901

摘要： An automated means for hydrating and packaging a molded hydrophilic contact lens in one of the mold parts used to mold the lens is provided in which a first robotic assembly removes a plurality of contact lens molds from a production line carrier, each of the lens molds having a contact lens adhered therein. The first robotic assembly transports the molds to a first staging area where the lens molds are sandwiched between a lens mold carrier and a top chamber plate to form a first hydration carrier. The hydration carrier is then transported through a plurality of flushing or extraction stations wherein fresh deionized water is introduced into the hydration chambers at each hydration station to flush leachable substances from the hydration chamber. At each flushing station, fresh deionized water is introduced into the hydration chamber to remove previously extracted impurities and the products of hydrolysis. A final robotic dis-assembly device separates the top chamber plate and lens molds in the mold carrier plate, to provide fully hydrated lenses in a concave lens mold ready for transfer to inspection and packaging stations. Following inspection of the lens, the concave lens mold is dosed with saline and used to form part of the package used to distribute the lens.

摘要翻译： 提供一种将模制的亲水接触透镜水合和包封在用于模制透镜的模具部件之一中的自动装置，其中第一机器人组件从生产线载体上移除多个隐形眼镜模具，每个透镜模具具有 隐形眼镜粘附在其中。 第一机器人组件将模具运输到第一分段区域，其中透镜模具夹在透镜模具托架和顶部室板之间以形成第一水合载体。 然后将水合载体输送通过多个冲洗或提取站，其中在每个水合站将新鲜去离子水引入水合室中以从水合室冲洗可浸出物质。 在每个冲洗站，将新鲜的去离子水引入水合室以除去先前提取的杂质和水解产物。 最终的机器人拆装装置将模具承载板中的顶部室板和透镜模具分开，以在准备传送到检查和包装站的凹形透镜模具中提供完全水合的透镜。 在透镜检查之后，凹透镜模具配有盐水并用于形成用于分配透镜的包装的一部分。