Patents by Inventor Mark Schlagel

Mark Schlagel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • HEAT SEAL APPARATUS FOR LENS PACKAGES
    Publication number: 20070157553
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for packaging contact lenses. The apparatus includes a compliant head, improved heater and improved heat seal die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Inventors: Leslie Voss, Gregory Duncan, Ravi Sanka, Gary Hall, Mark Schlagel, Michael Widman
  • Molds for use in contact lens production
    Publication number: 20070132124
    Abstract: The invention provides molds useful in the production of contact lenses having seamless edges and in which molds movement of one mold half in relation to the other mold half is decreased. These results are attained by providing mold halves with shoulder stops and seam-matching features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Dharmesh Dubey, Xu Song, Mark Schlagel
  • Heat seal apparatus for lens packages
    Publication number: 20050188650
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for packaging contact lenses. The apparatus includes a compliant head, improved heater and improved heat seal die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventors: Leslie Voss, Gregory Duncan, Ravi Sanka, Gary Hall, Mark Schlagel, Michael Widman
  • Automated apparatus and method for consolidating products and packaging
    Patent number: 5855104
    Abstract: An automated apparatus for controlling the automatic packaging of contact lenses in a contact lens fabrication facility includes: a first robotic transfer device for periodically transferring a first predetermined amount of individual packages from an inspection station to an intermediate consolidation buffer and depositing the packages on the consolidation buffer; a control device for tracking and identifying each individual contact lens conveyed from the inspection station to the consolidation buffer and including memory and logic circuits for storing the identity of individual packages containing contact lenses that have been previously determined at the inspection station as being out of specification, and, generating a signal to enable the first robotic device to discard any individual package identified as out of specification; and; a second robotic assembly for periodically transferring a second predetermined amount of individual packages from the consolidation buffer to a second processing station, th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Schlagel, Russell J. Edwards, Mary L. Dolan, Svend Christensen, Borge P. Gundersen, John M. Lepper, Daniel Tsu-Fang Wang, Richard W. Abrams, Thomas C. Ravin
  • Automated apparatus and method for consolidating products for packaging
    Patent number: 5829222
    Abstract: An automated apparatus for controlling the automatic packaging of contact lenses in a contact lens fabrication facility includes: a first robotic transfer device for periodically transferring a first predetermined amount of individual packages from an inspection station to an intermediate consolidation buffer and depositing the packages on the consolidation buffer; a control device for tracking and identifying each individual contact lens conveyed from the inspection station to the consolidation buffer and including memory and logic circuits for storing the identity of individual packages containing contact lenses that have been previously determined at the inspection station as being out of specification, and, generating a signal to enable the first robotic device to discard any individual package identified as out of specification; and, a second robotic assembly for periodically transferring a second predetermined amount of individual packages from the consolidation buffer to a second processing station, th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Schlagel, Russell J. Edwards, Mary L. Dolan, Svend Christensen, Borge P. Gundersen, John M. Lepper, Daniel Tsu-Fang Wang, Richard W. Abrams, Thomas C. Ravin