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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2017
Coopervision International Holding Company, Lp, St. Michael, BB;
John Robert Gibson, Farnham Common, GB;
Geoffrey Douglas Sydney Payne, Bolton, GB;
CooperVision International Holding Company, LP, St. Michael, BB;
Abstract
A tray () for holding contact lens mold assemblies () during thermal curing of a contact lens precursor material in an oven () to form contact lenses. The tray () comprises a plurality of plates () and a frame () supporting the plates (). The frame () is configured to be stacked vertically with a plurality of identical frames to form a tray stack (). Each plate () is a carbon-fiber reinforced polymer plate and comprises a plurality of support structures () each arranged to support one contact lens mold assembly () during curing and a plurality of channels () connecting the support structures (), to allow gases to flow between them in the tray stack () during curing.