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公开(公告)号:US5837314A
公开(公告)日:1998-11-17
申请号:US431612
申请日:1995-05-01
申请人: Stephen Robert Beaton , Wallace Anthony Martin , Ture Kindt-Larsen , Craig William Walker , Gregory Scott Duncan
发明人: Stephen Robert Beaton , Wallace Anthony Martin , Ture Kindt-Larsen , Craig William Walker , Gregory Scott Duncan
IPC分类号: B05D1/28 , B05C1/02 , B05D3/10 , B29C33/58 , B29C33/60 , B29C33/62 , B29C39/02 , B29D11/00 , B29L11/00 , B05C1/00 , B05D3/02
CPC分类号: B29C33/60 , B29C33/58 , B29C33/62 , B29D11/00038 , B29D11/00125 , B29D11/00432 , B29L2011/0016
摘要: A method of and apparatus for employing a surfactant which is provided in order to assist in the release from each other of mold components of a multi-part mold employed in the molding of polymeric articles; for instance, such as a hydrophilic contact lens, upon completion of the molding process for the polymeric articles. The surfactant is applied in the form of a film or coating on surface portions of one of the mold components in order to facilitate the disengagement between the mold components during demolding, and the removal of excess polymeric molding material adhesively deposited on surfaces thereon.
摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于使用表面活性剂的方法和装置,所述表面活性剂被提供以便有助于在聚合物制品的模塑中使用的多部分模具彼此分离模具部件; 例如,在完成聚合物制品的模制过程时,例如亲水性隐形眼镜。 表面活性剂以膜或涂层的形式施加在一个模具部件的表面部分上,以便于在脱模期间促进模具部件之间的脱离,以及去除粘附在其上的表面上的多余的聚合物成型材料。
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公开(公告)号:US06039899A
公开(公告)日:2000-03-21
申请号:US5277
申请日:1998-01-09
申请人: Wallace Anthony Martin , Jonathan Patrick Adams , Finn Thrige Andersen , Stephen Robert Beaton , Svend Christensen , Allan G. Jensen , Ture Kindt-Larsen , Victor Lust , Craig William Walker , Daniel Tsu-Fang Wang
发明人: Wallace Anthony Martin , Jonathan Patrick Adams , Finn Thrige Andersen , Stephen Robert Beaton , Svend Christensen , Allan G. Jensen , Ture Kindt-Larsen , Victor Lust , Craig William Walker , Daniel Tsu-Fang Wang
CPC分类号: B29D11/00221 , B29C31/00 , B29D11/00057 , B29D11/00134 , B29D11/0023 , B29D11/00259 , B29D11/0048 , B29D11/00586 , Y10S425/808
摘要: An automated method and apparatus is provided to mold and cure soft contact lenses. A molding station injection molds first and second mold parts for the production of the lenses and these mold parts are transferred to an inert gas or low oxygen environment wherein a series of automated stations receive the mold parts, deposit a polymerizable hydrogel within the first mold part, assemble and clamp the first and second mold parts together, apply radiant energy for polymerizing the hydrogel and subsequently separate the mold parts.
摘要翻译: 提供了一种自动化方法和装置来模制和固化软性隐形眼镜。 模具站注射模具用于制造透镜的第一和第二模具部件和这些模具部件被转移到惰性气体或低氧环境中,其中一系列自动化站接收模具部件,在第一模具部件内沉积可聚合的水凝胶 ,将第一和第二模具部件组装并夹紧在一起,施加用于聚合水凝胶的辐射能并随后分离模具部件。
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公开(公告)号:US5850107A
公开(公告)日:1998-12-15
申请号:US258265
申请日:1994-06-10
申请人: Ture Kindt-Larsen , Stephen Robert Beaton , Wallace Anthony Martin , Stephen Craig Pegram , Craig William Walker
发明人: Ture Kindt-Larsen , Stephen Robert Beaton , Wallace Anthony Martin , Stephen Craig Pegram , Craig William Walker
IPC分类号: G02C7/04 , B29C31/00 , B29C33/00 , B29C33/04 , B29C33/20 , B29C33/44 , B29C33/46 , B29C35/04 , B29C37/00 , B29C39/02 , B29C39/36 , B29D11/00 , B29L11/00
CPC分类号: B29C33/048 , B29C33/20 , B29C33/44 , B29C33/46 , B29D11/00211 , B29D11/00221 , B29C31/00 , B29C33/0011 , B29C37/0007 , Y10S425/06 , Y10S425/808
摘要: An apparatus for separating individual contact lens mold assemblies, the assemblies each being a front curve mold half and a back curve mold half, each mold half having annular circumferential flanges, is included. The apparatus includes a device for applying steam to the back curve mold half to form a temperature gradient from the front mold half to the back mold half. The apparatus also includes a second device to pry the mold halves apart.
摘要翻译: 一种用于分离各个隐形眼镜模具组件的装置,每个隐形眼镜模具组件均包括前曲面半模和后曲面半模,每个半模具有环形圆周凸缘。 该装置包括用于向后曲线半模施加蒸汽以形成从前半模到后模半的温度梯度的装置。 该装置还包括将半模分开的第二装置。
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公开(公告)号:US5804107A
公开(公告)日:1998-09-08
申请号:US258654
申请日:1994-06-10
申请人: Wallace Anthony Martin , Jonathan Patrick Adams , Finn Thrige Andersen , Stephen Robert Beaton , Svend Christensen , Allan G. Jensen , Ture Kindt-Larsen , Victor Lust , Craig William Walker , Daniel Tsu-Fang Wang
发明人: Wallace Anthony Martin , Jonathan Patrick Adams , Finn Thrige Andersen , Stephen Robert Beaton , Svend Christensen , Allan G. Jensen , Ture Kindt-Larsen , Victor Lust , Craig William Walker , Daniel Tsu-Fang Wang
CPC分类号: B29D11/00221 , B29C31/00 , B29D11/00057 , B29D11/00134 , B29D11/0023 , B29D11/00259 , B29D11/0048 , B29D11/00586 , Y10S425/808
摘要: An automated method and apparatus is provided to mold and cure soft contact lenses. At a first station, front curve mold halves are partially filled with a polymerizable monomer. At a second station, a surfactant coating may be applied to a flange on the front curve mold half to provide subsequent preferential adhesion of any excess hydrogel to a back curve mold half at the time the mold halves are separated. At a third station, the mold halves are assembled under vacuum, and clamped to displace any excess hydrogel from the mold cavity. This clamping step firmly seats the back curve mold half, severs any excess monomer from the monomer in the cavity, defines the lens edge, and seals the cavity in a vacuum. Following assembly of the mold halves, the assembly is transported to a precure station and reclamped, and the monomer is precured with actinic radiation, such as UV, to partially cure the monomer to a gel like consistency. The pallets of lens assemblies are transported through an extended cure station using heat and UV radiation to complete polymerization. The lens mold assemblies are then separated by applying a temperature gradient to the back curve mold half through the use of lasers or high energy steam and then pried apart in an automated station, with any excess monomer adhering to the removed back curve mold half. The front curve mold half, and the newly molded lens is then hydrated and separated from the front curve mold half in a subsequent apparatus.
摘要翻译: 提供了一种自动化方法和装置来模制和固化软性隐形眼镜。 在第一站,前曲半模半部分被可聚合单体填充。 在第二站,可以将表面活性剂涂层施加到前曲面半模上的凸缘上,以在半模分离时提供任何过量的水凝胶随后优先粘附到背曲线半模上。 在第三工位,将半模在真空下组装,并夹紧以从模腔中移出任何多余的水凝胶。 该夹紧步骤将背曲线半模牢固地安置在半空中,从空腔中的单体中除去任何多余的单体,限定透镜边缘,并在真空中密封空腔。 在组装半模后,将组件输送到预固化位置并重新放置,并且单体用光化辐射(例如UV)预固化,以将单体部分固化成凝胶状的稠度。 透镜组件的托盘通过使用热和UV辐射的扩展固化站输送以完成聚合。 然后通过使用激光或高能量蒸汽向后曲线半模施加温度梯度,然后在自动化站中分离,并且任何多余的单体粘附到去除的后曲线半模上,分离透镜模具组件。 然后将前曲面半模,然后将新模制的透镜在随后的装置中与前曲面半模进行水合和分离。
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公开(公告)号:US06511617B1
公开(公告)日:2003-01-28
申请号:US09455845
申请日:1999-12-07
申请人: Wallace Anthony Martin , Jonathan Patrick Adams , Finn Thrige Andersen , Stephen Robert Beaton , Svend Christensen , Allan G. Jensen , Ture Kindt-Larsen , Victor Lust , Craig William Walker , Daniel Tsu-Fang Wang
发明人: Wallace Anthony Martin , Jonathan Patrick Adams , Finn Thrige Andersen , Stephen Robert Beaton , Svend Christensen , Allan G. Jensen , Ture Kindt-Larsen , Victor Lust , Craig William Walker , Daniel Tsu-Fang Wang
IPC分类号: B29D1100
CPC分类号: B29D11/00221 , B29C31/00 , B29D11/00057 , B29D11/00134 , B29D11/0023 , B29D11/00259 , B29D11/00432 , B29D11/0048 , B29D11/00586 , Y10S425/808
摘要: An automated method and apparatus is provided to mold, cure and package soft contact lenses. A conveyor system transports an array of molds through a plurality of automated work stations. The front curve mold halves are partially filled with a polymerizable monomer or monomer mixture and assembled and clamped to displace any excess hydrogel from the mold cavity. The assembly is precured and then transported through a cure station using UV radiation to complete polymerization, The assemblies are then pried apart in an automated station, with any excess monomer adhering to the removed mold half. The newly molded lens is then hydrated and separated from the front curve mold half in a hydration station. Following hydration the array of lens is automatically deposited into a plurality of packages with a robotic transfer device having a plurality of figures which transfer the lenses.
摘要翻译: 提供自动化方法和装置来模制,固化和包装软性隐形眼镜。 输送机系统通过多个自动化工作站传送模具阵列。 前曲线半模部分地填充有可聚合单体或单体混合物,并组装并夹紧以从模腔中移出任何多余的水凝胶。 该组件被预硫化,然后通过固化站使用紫外线辐射来完成聚合。然后,组件在自动化站中被分开,任何多余的单体粘附到去除的半模上。 然后将新模制的透镜在水化站中与前曲线半模进行水合并分离。 在水合之后,透镜阵列被自动沉积到具有传送透镜的多个图形的机器人传送装置的多个包装中。
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公开(公告)号:US5690973A
公开(公告)日:1997-11-25
申请号:US462501
申请日:1995-06-05
申请人: Ture Kindt-Larsen , Stephen Robert Beaton , Wallace Anthony Martin , Stephen Craig Pegram , Craig William Walker
发明人: Ture Kindt-Larsen , Stephen Robert Beaton , Wallace Anthony Martin , Stephen Craig Pegram , Craig William Walker
IPC分类号: G02C7/04 , B29C31/00 , B29C33/00 , B29C33/04 , B29C33/20 , B29C33/44 , B29C33/46 , B29C35/04 , B29C37/00 , B29C39/02 , B29C39/36 , B29D11/00 , B29L11/00
CPC分类号: B29C33/048 , B29C33/20 , B29C33/44 , B29C33/46 , B29D11/00211 , B29D11/00221 , B29C31/00 , B29C33/0011 , B29C37/0007 , Y10S425/06 , Y10S425/808
摘要: An apparatus for separating individual contact lens mold assemblies that each contain a contact lens mold between a front curve mold half and a back curve mold half, each of the mold halves having annular circumferential flanges, is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a first device for applying steam at a first temperature to the back curve mold half to form a temperature gradient ranging from about 2.5.degree. C. to 6.0.degree. C. between the back curve mold half relative to the front curve mold half, and, a second device including a set of pry tools that are inserted between the circumferential flanges of the front mold and back mold halves of the contact lens mold assembly, the pry tools including a first set of pry fingers for retaining the front curve mold half and a second set of pry fingers for biasing the back curve mold half upwardly at a predetermined force with respect to the front curve mold half to effectively remove the back mold half therefrom.
摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于分离各个隐形眼镜模具组件的装置,每个隐形眼镜模具组件在前曲面半模和后曲面半模之间包含隐形眼镜模具,每个半模具有环形周向凸缘。 该装置包括用于将第一温度的蒸汽施加到后曲线半模上的第一装置,以形成相对于前曲面半模之间的后曲面半模之间的约2.5℃至6.0℃的温度梯度, 以及第二装置,其包括插入在前模具的圆周凸缘和隐形眼镜模具组件的后半模之间的一组撬刀,撬刀包括第一组撬爪,用于保持前曲面半模 以及第二组撬爪,用于以相对于前曲面半模的预定力向上偏压后曲线半模,以有效地从其中去除后模半部。
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公开(公告)号:US5639510A
公开(公告)日:1997-06-17
申请号:US434514
申请日:1995-05-04
CPC分类号: B29D11/00432 , B29C33/58 , B29C33/60 , B29C33/62 , B29D11/00125 , B29L2011/0016 , Y10S425/808
摘要: A method of and apparatus for employing a surfactant which is provided in order to assist in the release from each other of mold components of a multipart mold employed in the molding of polymeric articles; for instance, such as a hydrophilic contact lens, upon completion of the molding process for the polymeric articles. The surfactant is applied in the form of a film or coating on surface portions of one of the mold components in order to facilitate the disengagement between the mold components during demolding, and the removal of excess polymeric molding material adhesively deposited on surfaces thereon.
摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于使用表面活性剂的方法和装置,所述表面活性剂被提供以便有助于在聚合物制品的模塑中使用的多部分模具彼此分离模具部件; 例如,在完成聚合物制品的模制过程时,例如亲水性隐形眼镜。 表面活性剂以膜或涂层的形式施加在一个模具部件的表面部分上,以便于在脱模期间促进模具部件之间的脱离,以及去除粘附在其上的表面上的多余的聚合物成型材料。
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公开(公告)号:US5965172A
公开(公告)日:1999-10-12
申请号:US935002
申请日:1997-09-22
申请人: Daniel Tsu-Fang Wang , Kaj Bjerre , Svend Christensen , Ture Kindt-Larsen , Wallace Anthony Martin , Craig William Walker , Michael Francis Widman
发明人: Daniel Tsu-Fang Wang , Kaj Bjerre , Svend Christensen , Ture Kindt-Larsen , Wallace Anthony Martin , Craig William Walker , Michael Francis Widman
CPC分类号: B29D11/00221 , B29C33/34 , B29D11/00259 , B29D11/00586 , Y10S425/108 , Y10S425/201 , Y10S425/808
摘要: A contact lens production line pallet system transports contact lens mold materials throughout a facility for producing ophthalmic lenses. Specifically, the contact lens production line pallet system includes a pallet for carrying one or more contact lens mold assemblies throughout a contact lens production line, the pallet having one or more first recesses formed in a surface thereof for receiving either a first mold half or a complementary second mold half, the first and second mold halves when placed together constitute an individual contact lens mold assembly. A conveyor device for transporting the pallet from station to station throughout the production line facility is provided, as is a locating device formed in the pallet surface for enabling precise positioning of the pallet at one or more manufacturing stations in the production line facility.
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公开(公告)号:US5935492A
公开(公告)日:1999-08-10
申请号:US979663
申请日:1997-11-26
IPC分类号: G02C7/04 , B29C33/20 , B29C33/44 , B29C37/00 , B29C39/02 , B29C39/36 , B29C39/38 , B29D11/00 , B29L11/00
CPC分类号: B29D11/00211 , B29C33/20 , B29C33/44 , B29C37/0003 , B29D11/00221 , Y10S425/808
摘要: Methods and apparatus which are utilized for the production of ophthalmic lenses, and more particularly, a method for the removal or demolding of molded ophthalmic contact lenses from the individual molds in which they are produced. The apparatus implements the demolding of such ophthalmic lenses, the latter of which may consist of suitable hydrogel contact lenses or other types of high-precision ophthalmic lenses; for example, such as intraocular contact lenses. Mechanical prying apart of such mating mold half portions, and to facilitate this procedure at a reduced application of force, while concurrently potentially preventing or at least appreciably ameliorating the extent of any possible sticking together of the mold half portions is effected in that mechanical leverage applied to the upper mold half portion, in addition to the application of the heating action thereto.
摘要翻译: 用于制造眼镜片的方法和装置,更具体地,涉及用于从制造它们的各个模具中去除或脱模模制的眼用隐形眼镜的方法。 该装置实现了这种眼科镜片的脱模,其中后者可由合适的水凝胶隐形眼镜或其它类型的高精度眼科镜片组成; 例如眼内隐形眼镜。 机械地撬开这种配合的半部分,并且在减少的施加力的情况下促进该过程,同时潜在地防止或至少明显地改善模具半部分中任何可能的粘合在一起的程度,这是因为应用机械杠杆 除了对其施加加热作用之外,还与上半部分相连。
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公开(公告)号:US5981618A
公开(公告)日:1999-11-09
申请号:US825281
申请日:1997-03-27
申请人: Wallace Anthony Martin , Jonathan Patrick Adams , Kaj Bjerre , Svend Christensen , Ture Kindt-Larsen , Craig William Walker , Daniel Tsu-Fang Wang , Michael Francis Widman , Stephen Craig Pegram
发明人: Wallace Anthony Martin , Jonathan Patrick Adams , Kaj Bjerre , Svend Christensen , Ture Kindt-Larsen , Craig William Walker , Daniel Tsu-Fang Wang , Michael Francis Widman , Stephen Craig Pegram
IPC分类号: B29D11/00
CPC分类号: B29D11/00134 , B29D11/005 , Y10S425/808
摘要: An apparatus and method for partially curing a polymerizable monomer or monomer mixture to form a soft contact lens includes a transport device for transporting a plurality of contact lens molds to a precure station in a low oxygen environment, each contact lens mold including a first and second mold half with a polymerizable monomer or monomer mixture therebetween. A clamping member having a plurality of mold engagement members clamps a first contact lens mold half against a second contact lens mold half for a predetermined pressure and time. While the mold halves of the contact lens mold are clamped, the polymerizable monomer or monomer mixture is exposed to a radiant energy source for polymerizing the polymerizable monomer or monomer mixture contained in each contact lens mold.
摘要翻译: 用于部分固化可聚合单体或单体混合物以形成软性隐形眼镜的装置和方法包括用于将多个隐形眼镜模具输送到低氧环境中的预固化站的输送装置,每个隐形眼镜模具包括第一和第二 在其间具有可聚合单体或单体混合物的半模。 具有多个模具接合构件的夹紧构件将第一隐形眼镜半模夹在第二隐形眼镜半模上一定的压力和时间。 当隐形眼镜模具的半模夹紧时,可聚合单体或单体混合物暴露于辐射能源以聚合每个隐形眼镜模具中所含的可聚合单体或单体混合物。
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