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公开(公告)号：US12168328B2
公开(公告)日：2024-12-17
申请号：US17931193
申请日：2022-09-12
Applicant: Alcon Inc.
Inventor： Matthias Braun , Roger Biel , Matthias Schwab , Thomas Leibold , Nicholas Gollas , Shu Zong
IPC: B29D11/00
Abstract: An automated production line for the production of ophthalmic lenses comprises: a production line front end (1) comprising: a first injection-molding machine (10) and a second injection-molding machine (12) a casting module (14) comprising a filling station (144) and a capping station (145); a stacking module (15) and a curing module (16); a destacking module (17) and a demolding and delensing module a production line back end (2) comprising: a scalable treatment module (20) comprising a number of liquid baths for a liquid bath treatment of the cured lenses (CL) carried by the treatment carrier tray (200) to obtain the ophthalmic lenses, wherein the number of liquid baths are reduced or increased pending on the number of ophthalmic lenses concurrently produced by the production lines.
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公开(公告)号：US20230079508A1
公开(公告)日：2023-03-16
申请号：US17931193
申请日：2022-09-12
Applicant: Alcon Inc.
Inventor： Matthias Braun , Roger Biel , Matthias Schwab , Thomas Leibold , Nicholas Gollas , Shu Zong
IPC: B29D11/00
Abstract: An automated production line for the production of ophthalmic lenses comprises: a production line front end (1) comprising: a first injection-molding machine (10) and a second injection-molding machine (12) a casting module (14) comprising a filling station (144) and a capping station (145); a stacking module (15) and a curing module (16); a destacking module (17) and a demolding and delensing module a production line back end (2) comprising: a scalable treatment module (20) comprising a number of liquid baths for a liquid bath treatment of the cured lenses (CL) carried by the treatment carrier tray (200) to obtain the ophthalmic lenses, wherein the number of liquid baths are reduced or increased pending on the number of ophthalmic lenses concurrently produced by the production lines.
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公开(公告)号：US11499888B2
公开(公告)日：2022-11-15
申请号：US17021305
申请日：2020-09-15
Applicant: ALCON INC.
Inventor： Bernhard Pfaff , Roger Biel , Susanne Fechner , Daniel Kessler
Abstract: A lens inspection module comprises: a lens insertion station, at least one lens inspection station, and a lens removal station as well as a closed-loop transportation rail, a cuvette transportation shuttle with a plurality of inspection cuvettes, and a self-driving cleaning shuttle for cleaning the rail. Cleaning shuttle comprises a driving unit a cleaning head, a suction unit, and a tube connecting cleaning head and suction unit. Cleaning head is spaced apart from suction unit and driving unit in the transportation direction and is pivotally arranged about a pivot axis. Cleaning head may comprise a distance sensor for detecting the distance between cleaning shuttle and transportation shuttle. Driving unit is configured to change the speed of the self-driving cleaning shuttle when the distance between the cleaning shuttle and the transportation shuttle is shorter than a predetermined threshold distance.
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公开(公告)号：US20220000231A1
公开(公告)日：2022-01-06
申请号：US17292368
申请日：2019-11-08
Applicant: ALCON INC.
Inventor： Roger Biel , Matthias Schwab , Justyna Justynska -Reimann
Abstract: A lens care container (1), in particular for contact lenses such as hard or soft contact lenses, comprises: a receptacle (2) for receiving a lens and a lens care liquid, a cap (3) configured to be attached to the receptacle (2) to close the receptacle (2), a sensor (5) configured to indicate an actual loading of the container (1) with germs or configured to indicate a pH value of the lens care liquid in the receptacle (2). The sensor (5) is arranged in the receptacle (2) when the cap (3) is attached to the receptacle (2).
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公开(公告)号：US20210223578A1
公开(公告)日：2021-07-22
申请号：US17149213
申请日：2021-01-14
Applicant: ALCON INC.
Inventor： Felix Brinckmann , Nils Schweizer , Roger Biel
Abstract: A cleaner for cleaning grippers for the transport of ophthalmic lenses comprises: an exhaust air box comprising at least one inlet opening for allowing ambient air as well as lenses, lens parts, debris and fluid adhered to the grippers to be sucked into an interior of the exhaust air box, an outlet opening in fluid communication with the interior of the exhaust air box and a cleaner head arranged on the exhaust air box and comprising a plurality of receiver sleeves for receiving the grippers to be cleaned, a plurality of shutters, wherein each individual shutter of the plurality of shutters is arranged to open or close the fluid communication of at least one receiver sleeve (5) of the plurality of receiver sleeves (5) and the interior of the exhaust air box (1).
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公开(公告)号：US20250115014A1
公开(公告)日：2025-04-10
申请号：US18982388
申请日：2024-12-16
Applicant: ALCON INC.
Inventor： Matthias Braun , Roger Biel , Matthias Schwab , Thomas Leibold , Nicholas Gollas , Shu Zong
Abstract: An automated production line for the production of ophthalmic lenses comprises: a production line front end (1) comprising: a first injection-molding machine (10) and a second injection-molding machine (12) a casting module (14) comprising a filling station (144) and a capping station (145); a stacking module (15) and a curing module (16); a destacking module (17) and a demolding and delensing module a production line back end (2) comprising: a scalable treatment module (20) comprising a number of liquid baths for a liquid bath treatment of the cured lenses (CL) carried by the treatment carrier tray (200) to obtain the ophthalmic lenses, wherein the number of liquid baths are reduced or increased pending on the number of ophthalmic lenses concurrently produced by the production lines.
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公开(公告)号：US20240319073A1
公开(公告)日：2024-09-26
申请号：US18610384
申请日：2024-03-20
Applicant: Alcon Inc.
Inventor： Felix Brinckmann , Roger Biel , Daniel Paulus , Nils Schweizer
CPC classification number: G01N21/05 , G01M11/0214 , G01M11/0278 , G01N21/11 , G01N2021/052
Abstract: An inspection cuvette for the optical inspection of an ophthalmic lens comprises a hollow cuvette body defining a cavity for receiving the ophthalmic lens and an inspection liquid, a transparent bottom having a concave upper surface delimiting the cavity at a bottom end thereof, a handling channel having an inner circumferential channel wall and a longitudinal channel axis. The handling channel further has an access opening at a proximal end thereof and is connected to the cavity at a distal end thereof. The inspection cuvette further comprises and an inspection window comprising a flat lower surface delimiting the cavity at an upper end thereof and facing towards the concave upper surface of the transparent bottom. At least that portion of the inner circumferential channel wall which is arranged above the flat lower surface of the inspection window when the cuvette is arranged in an inspection position is round.
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公开(公告)号：US11974642B2
公开(公告)日：2024-05-07
申请号：US17292368
申请日：2019-11-08
Applicant: ALCON INC.
Inventor： Roger Biel , Matthias Schwab , Justyna Justynska-Reimann
CPC classification number: A45C11/005 , A45C15/00 , A61L12/086
Abstract: A lens care container (1), in particular for contact lenses such as hard or soft contact lenses, comprises:
a receptacle (2) for receiving a lens and a lens care liquid,
a cap (3) configured to be attached to the receptacle (2) to close the receptacle (2),
a sensor (5) configured to indicate an actual loading of the container (1) with germs or configured to indicate a pH value of the lens care liquid in the receptacle (2).
The sensor (5) is arranged in the receptacle (2) when the cap (3) is attached to the receptacle (2).-
公开(公告)号：US20230084287A1
公开(公告)日：2023-03-16
申请号：US17931209
申请日：2022-09-12
Applicant: Alcon Inc.
Inventor： Matthias Schwab , Matthias Braun , Roger Biel , Nils Schweizer , Nicholas Gollas , Susanne Fechner , Shu Zong
Abstract: An automated production line for the production of ophthalmic lenses comprises: a production line front end (1) comprising: a first injection-molding machine (10) and a second injection-molding machine (12) a casting module (14) comprising a filling station (144) and a capping station (145); a stacking module (15) and a curing module (16); a destacking module (17) and a demolding and delensing module a production line back end (2) comprising: an inspection module (21); Wherein the inspection module comprising a rail system in which self-driving shuttles carrying the inspection cuvettes are arranged on a closed-loop rail, wherein the rail system can be adapted to the available space in the production plant/hall using curves and straight portions in the manner known from a model railway.
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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
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.
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