Contact lens capsule with indicating means

Claim 1

In the combination of a contact lens holder including a container body, a closure member for said container body and a central support member carried by said closure member and positionable within said container body, said central support member including means for receiving contact lenses to be sterilized by the subjecting thereof to a sterilizing temperature within said container body, said central support including a relatively rotatable transparent vessel, a quantity of eutectic material container within said vessel which material will be substantially solid at temperatures below said sterilization temperature and will become liquid at said sterilizing temperature or above, said quantity of eutectic material only partially filling said vessel, means rotatably mounting said vessel to said central support for rotative movement about a horizontally disposed axis, and means for releasably fixing the position of said vessel relative to said horizontal axis, such that prior to sterilization, said vessel being positioned with the solid eutectic material in an elevated orientation, such that upon achieving the sterilizing temperature, said eutectic material will become liquid and will flow to the bottom of said vessel, thereby providing a visual indication as to the achievement of said sterilizing temperature, with said rotatable mounting enabling said vessel to be repositioned for subsequent sterilizing operations.