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Abstract

A multiple station disinfector apparatus simultaneously heats a plurality of devices such as contact lenses. Each of these devices is disposed in a quantity of liquid within a closed container. The apparatus comprises a housing having a base portion and a recloseable cover portion and a plurality of similar recessed receptacles in the base for receiving the containers. Each receptacle has a bottom wall and sidewall of complementary shape for surroundingly engaging a bottom wall part and a substantial portion of a sidewall part of one of the containers. Heating elements are disposed for heating the receptacles. The bottom wall and side wall of each receptacle are disposed at a predetermined angular offset relative to vertical and horizontal directions when the base portion is resting on a horizontal surface, to thereby hold each of the containers at a corresponding angular offset for facilitating heat transfer from the heating elements to the liquid in each container through both the bottom wall and a substantial portion of the side wall of the container. A control circuit controls a predetermined cycle of heating effected by the heating elements.

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First Claim