Gas separation: apparatus – Apparatus for selective diffusion of gases – Membrane to degasify liquid
Patent
1996-02-15
1998-09-29
Smith, Duane S.
Gas separation: apparatus
Apparatus for selective diffusion of gases
Membrane to degasify liquid
95 46, 95266, 96193, 206 51, 222330, B01D 1900
Patent
active
058141340
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus is provided for removing and transporting articles, such as contact lens sections from a manufacturing line to inspection and packaging stations. The lenses are deposited in a transparent plastic primary package which carries the lenses through the inspection station and becomes part of the primary package when a cover is sealed thereto. The invention includes various assemblies, including lens transfer assemblies, deionized water filling and removal assemblies, a water degassing assembly, a lens inspection assembly, and a lens package sealing assembly. The lenses are removed from pallets at a post hydration station, transported and spatially redistributed, and deposited in the primary packages disposed on a second set of pallets. The packages on the second set of pallets are filled with degassed deionized water. The contact lenses and packages are then transported to an inspection station. After inspection, the lenses and packages are transported to a water removal assembly, and then to another transfer assembly. This transfer assembly separates those lenses which passed inspection from those which did not, and places those that did in a consolidating assembly. The lenses and packages are then filled with saline solution and a foil label is then sealed thereto to form the primary package.
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Adams Jonathan P.
Edwards Russell J.
Keene Darren S.
Johnson & Johnson Vision Products Inc.
Smith Duane S.
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