Sealing system for use in variable focus lenses

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9122072
APP PUB NO 20140253872A1
SERIAL NO

14281076

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The present disclosure provides a sealing device for use in variable focus lenses that includes a guide member having at least one internal cavity and a passageway intersecting the internal cavity. A pinch member is slidably engaged within the internal cavity of the guide member and a portion of the pinch member slides across the passageway and into a portion of the internal cavity to deform and seal a fluid tube extending through the passageway. A set of adjustable eyeglasses employing the sealing device is also provided.

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DOW SILICONES CORPORATION2200 WEST SALZBURG ROAD MIDLAND MI 48686-0994

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Goodwin, Edward Henry London, GB 1 0
Hartshorn, Richard Andrew London, GB 1 0
Kecman, Maja London, GB 14 155
Stimson, Jeremy London, GB 1 0
Taylor, Richard Edward Oxford, GB 4 18

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