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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1995
Ture Kindt-Larsen, Holte, DK;
Stephen Robert Beaton, Neptune Beach, FL (US);
Wallace Anthony Martin, Orange Park, FL (US);
Stephen Craig Pegram, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Craig William Walker, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Abstract
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.