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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
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);
Assignee:
Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264-11 ; 264 406 ; 264334 ; 425144 ; 425156 ; 425157 ; 425443 ; 425808 ;
Abstract
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.