Instrument for checking and inspecting contact lenses

Claim 1

AN OPTICAL INSTRUMENT FOR CHECKING AND INSPECTING CONTACT LENSES COMPRISING, A GENERALLY VERTICALLY EXTENDING HOUSING, MAGNIFYING LENS MEANS MOUNTED IN THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID HOUSING FOR VIEWING THE INTERIOR THEREOF, AN OPENING FORMED IN A SIDE WALL OF SAID HOUSING, FIXED SUPPORT MEANS IN SAID HOUSING ADJACENT SAID OPENING FOR REMOVABLY SUPPORTING A CONTACT LENS SUPPORTING MEMBER INSERTED THROUGH SAID OPENING SO THAT THE FORMER IS ALIGNED WITH THE OPTICAL AXIS OF SAID MAGNIFYING LENS MEANS, SAID CONTACT LENS SUPPORTING MEMBER BEING REMOVABLE AND INSERTABLE THROUGH SAID OPENING AND INCLUDING RELATIVELY MOVABLE FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS FOR MOUNTING A CONTACT LENS TO BE INSPECTED, SAID CONTACT LENS SUPPORTING MEMBER INCLUDING CONTROL MEANS ARRANGED TO EXTEND EXTERIORLY OF SAID OPENING WHEN THE CONTACT LENS SUPPORTING MEMBER IS SUPPORTED ON SAID FIXED SUPPORT MEANS, SAID FIRST AND SECOND MOVABLE MEMBERS BEING MOVABLE RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER BY SAID CONTROL MEANS FOR LOCATING A CONTACT LENS IN A FIRST POSITION WHEREIN THE OPTICAL AXIS OF THE LENS IS SUBSTANTIALLY COAXIAL WITH THE OPTICAL AXIS OF SAID MAGNIFYING LENS MEANS AND A SECOND POSITION WHEREIN THE OPTICAL AXIS OF THE CONTACT LENS IS SUBSTANTIALLY AT A RIGHT ANGLE TO THE OPTICAL AXIS OF THE MAGNIFYING LENS MEANS, AND LAMP MEANS IN SAID HOUSING FOR ILLUMINATING A CONTACT LENS MOUNTED IN EITHER OF SAID POSITIONS.