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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2007
Filed:
May. 25, 2001
Dharmesh K. Dubey, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Mark E. Schlagel, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Andrew J. Wagner, Jacksonville, FL (US);
James F. Kirk, Gainesville, FL (US);
Dharmesh K. Dubey, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Mark E. Schlagel, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Andrew J. Wagner, Jacksonville, FL (US);
James F. Kirk, Gainesville, FL (US);
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Abstract
A center touch method and apparatus for use in a contact lens station for use with a contact lens mold assembly comprising a first mold half and a second mold half. The center touch apparatus comprises a center touch engaging member having a center touch engaging surface for engaging a central portion of a non-molding surface of one of the mold halves. The center touch method comprising driving one of the mold halves toward the other mold half using the center touch engaging member to contact a central area of the non-molding surface of the one mold half.