Method and device for transporting a molded object

US8033761B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Novartis AG · CH

Inventors

• Roger Biel · Aschaffenburg, DE
• Günter Lässig · Obernburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 25, 2008
• Grant date: Oct 11, 2011
• Expiry date: Sep 11, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G51/01
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for transporting a molded object, in particular an ophthalmic lens, specifically a contact lens (CL), in which a molded object is lifted up from a supporting surface (1) and transported to a destination, such that the molded object is acted upon by a fluid so that it is lifted up from the supporting surface (1) and transported to the destination through a transport line (2).