公开(公告)号：US11215844B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-04

申请号：US16109044

申请日：2018-08-22

Applicant: Alcon Inc.

Inventor： Roger Biel ,  Karin Stoller ,  Daniel Kessler ,  Burkhard Dietrich ,  Jens Hof

IPC: B29D11/00 ,  G02C7/02 ,  G02C7/04

Abstract: A production line (PL) for the production of ophthalmic lenses (7) comprises a manufacturing module (MM), an inspection module (IM), and a packaging module (PP) in which the lenses identified by the inspection module (IM) as being acceptable are packed into primary packages. The manufacturing module (MM) comprises a plurality of manufacturing stations (300, 301, 302, 310, 320, 321, 322, 330, 331, 340, 341, 342, 350, 351, 352). At least one of these manufacturing stations (310; 320, 321, 322, 330, 331) is configured to apply a lens identification code (70, 71, 72) to the respective lens. The lens identification code (70, 71, 72) includes information indicative of the type of the respective lens.
Either the inspection module (IM) or the packaging module (PP) includes a lens detection station (502, 604) configured to read the lens identification code (70, 71, 72) applied to the respective lens and to detect the type of the lens from the lens identification code (70, 71, 72) read from the respective lens in order to determine whether the type of lens detected actually is the type of lens which is expected to be detected by the lens detection station (502, 604) at that time.

公开(公告)号：US11745452B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-05

申请号：US17457147

申请日：2021-12-01

Applicant: Alcon Inc.

Inventor： Roger Biel ,  Karin Stoller ,  Daniel Kessler ,  Burkhard Dietrich ,  Jens Hof

IPC: B29D11/00 ,  G02C7/02 ,  G02C7/04

CPC classification number: B29D11/00009 ,  B29D11/00125 ,  B29D11/00259 ,  G02C7/024 ,  G02C7/04 ,  B29D11/00509

Abstract: A production line (PL) for the production of ophthalmic lenses (7) comprises



a manufacturing module (MM),
an inspection module (IM), and
a packaging module (PP) in which the lenses identified by the inspection module (IM) as being acceptable are packed into primary packages.




The manufacturing module (MM) comprises a plurality of manufacturing stations (300, 301, 302, 310, 320, 321, 322, 330, 331, 340, 341, 342, 350, 351, 352). At least one of these manufacturing stations (310; 320, 321, 322, 330, 331) is configured to apply a lens identification code (70, 71, 72) to the respective lens. The lens identification code (70, 71, 72) includes information indicative of the type of the respective lens.
Either the inspection module (IM) or the packaging module (PP) includes a lens detection station (502, 604) configured to read the lens identification code (70, 71, 72) applied to the respective lens and to detect the type of the lens from the lens identification code (70, 71, 72) read from the respective lens in order to determine whether the type of lens detected actually is the type of lens which is expected to be detected by the lens detection station (502, 604) at that time.

公开(公告)号：US20220082861A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-17

申请号：US17457147

申请日：2021-12-01

Applicant: Alcon Inc.

Inventor： Roger Biel ,  Karin Stoller ,  Daniel Kessler ,  Burkhard Dietrich ,  Jens Hof

IPC: G02C7/02 ,  B29D11/00 ,  G02C7/04

Abstract: A production line (PL) for the production of ophthalmic lenses (7) comprises
a manufacturing module (MM),
an inspection module (IM), and
a packaging module (PP) in which the lenses identified by the inspection module (IM) as being acceptable are packed into primary packages.
The manufacturing module (MM) comprises a plurality of manufacturing stations (300, 301, 302, 310, 320, 321, 322, 330, 331, 340, 341, 342, 350, 351, 352). At least one of these manufacturing stations (310; 320, 321, 322, 330, 331) is configured to apply a lens identification code (70, 71, 72) to the respective lens. The lens identification code (70, 71, 72) includes information indicative of the type of the respective lens.
Either the inspection module (IM) or the packaging module (PP) includes a lens detection station (502, 604) configured to read the lens identification code (70, 71, 72) applied to the respective lens and to detect the type of the lens from the lens identification code (70, 71, 72) read from the respective lens in order to determine whether the type of lens detected actually is the type of lens which is expected to be detected by the lens detection station (502, 604) at that time.