Contact lens production line pallet system

• Main Authors: DANIEL TSU-FANG WANG, SVEND CHRISTENSEN, KAJ BJERRE, TURE KINDT-LARSEN, CRAIG WILLIAM WALKER, WALLACE ANTHONY MARTIN, MICHAEL FRANCIS WIDMAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.12.1995
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; CHECKING-DEVICES; CONTACT LENSES; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULARARTICLES; OPTICS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCESIN A PLASTIC STATE; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURESAS SPECTACLES; TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

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 (12a) for carrying one or more contact lens mold assemblies throughout a contact lens production line, the pallet having one or more recesses (130a,130b) formed in a surface thereof for receiving a first mold halfA conveyor device for transporting the pallet (12a) from station to station throughout the production line facility is provided, as is a locating device (129a,129b) formed in the pallet surface for enabling precise positioning of the pallet (12a) at one or more manufacturing stations in the production line facility.