Patents by Inventor Allen Lee Ormiston

Allen Lee Ormiston 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).

  • Toric axis alignment machine and method
    Patent number: 6197227
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for practicing the method of making toric contact lenses having a toric axis and ballast axis located on the anterior and posterior surfaces of a lens. Detectable features are formed on the anterior and posterior mold sections corresponding to the location of the toric axis and ballast axis, respectively. An axis alignment tool having detecting means thereon is used to set the mold sections to a known angular position. The desired axial offset is input into a computer which establishes the axial offset between the mold sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: William John Appleton, Kevin Jacob DeRyke, Michael Henry Dobner, Allen Lee Ormiston, Ian Andrew Powell, Jeffrey Michael Vandewinckel