Patent ID: 7585167

Claim:
An apparatus for injection molding an ophthalmic lens mold section having an optical surface and a non-optical surface opposite the optical surface, comprising: a non-optical tool assembly for forming the non-optical surface of the ophthalmic lens mold section; and an optical tool assembly in opposed relation to said non-optical tool assembly that together therewith forms a mold cavity for forming the ophthalmic lens mold section, said optical tool assembly includes: a rotatably mounted core member; an optical insert removably secured to said core member, said optical insert having an optical molding surface for forming an optical surface of the ophthalmic lens mold section opposite the non-optical surface; and a locking mechanism selectively operable between an unlocked position and a locked position, wherein when in said unlocked position, said core member may be freely rotated, and when in said locked position said core member is in a selected rotatably fixed position.