System and method for intelligent lens transfer

US6836692B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Richard Leavitt · Stafford Springs, US
• Welton I. Davis, III · Jacksonville, US
• Gregory Scott Duncan · Tecate Mission Road, US
• Michael J. Strong · Mount Vernon, US
• Marinus Evers · Heeze, NL

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 9, 2001
• Grant date: Dec 28, 2004
• Expiry date: Mar 13, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P90/02
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a processing facility comprising a plurality processing stations each for automatically conveying products in various stages of production for controlled processing, an intelligent product transfer and conveyance system that enables uninterrupted processing of only products determined as having passed a first inspection process at an upstream processing station. The intelligent product transfer and conveyance system for a processing facility ensures a continuous flow of a plurality of good products at sufficiently high speeds from an inspection process to subsequent stations for subsequent individualized packaging. The processing facility may comprise a contact lens manufacturing line for manufacturing spherical or toric type ophthalmic contact lens products.