Package making – Methods – Filling preformed receptacle
Patent
1995-06-21
1996-10-08
Coan, James F.
Package making
Methods
Filling preformed receptacle
53246, 53251, 53254, B65B 508, B65B 3518
Patent
active
055619703
ABSTRACT:
A method of automatically transferring contact lenses from a plurality of cups good positioned at a first location to a plurality of packages positioned at a second location wherein each good cup contains a transferable contact lens for placement in an individual blister package comprises a step of communicating positional information of good cup locations to a robotic device having an arm with one or more end effectors thereon, each end effector having a tip in connection with a vacuum and air pressure supply device, each end effector independently moveable with respect to the arm. Then, steps of applying a vacuum to the end effector tip to enable pick-up of a transferable lens from a cup located at a good cup location, and, controlling the robot to effect positioning of one end effector tip within the cup having the transferable lens therein to pick up the lens are performed. A further step includes controlling the robot to remove the end effector tip from the good cup location to position it within a blister package cavity, and finally, removing the vacuum and applying air pressure to the end effector tip to deposit the lens from the effector tip into a blister package cavity.
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Chinnaswamy Mano
Edie Robert J.
Wagner Thomas J.
Widman Michael F.
Wilburn Joe E.
Coan James F.
Johnson & Johnson Vision Products Inc.
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