US 12,220,031 B1
Hydrated lens inspection container
Randall Pugh, Jacksonville, FL (US); and W. Anthony Martin, Orange Park, FL (US)
Assigned to Atheneum Optical Sciences, LLC, Orange Park, FL (US)
Filed by Atheneum Optical Sciences, LLC, Orange Park, FL (US)
Filed on Sep. 3, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/823,653.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/536,475, filed on Sep. 4, 2023.
Int. Cl. A45C 11/04 (2006.01)
CPC A45C 11/046 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
20. An apparatus for handling a container, the apparatus comprising:
a. a receiver;
b. an upper seal extending from the receiver to form a fulcrum gap between the receiver and the upper seal;
c. an upper guide extending along a length of the upper seal; and
d. a fulcrum located at where the upper seal extends from the receiver,
wherein the receiver is configured to receive the container having a hydration fluid that forms a meniscus forming a seal against the upper seal, upon insertion of the container towards the receiver.