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Lens inspection module

US11499888B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ALCON INC. · CH

Inventors

Bernhard Pfaff · Traunstein, DE
Roger Biel · Aschaffenburg, DE
Susanne Fechner · Aschaffenburg, DE
Daniel L. Kessler · Dallas, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 15, 2020
Grant date	Nov 15, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 6, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01M11/0278
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A lens inspection module comprises: 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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