Abstract:
A method and coating used to prepare a photo chromically-enabled bifocal.ophthalmic lens. The method and equipment includes injection molding a single vision lens (10e), for example, from polycarbonate. The clamp opens vertically and the top insert (20) is exchanged for a bifocal mold (30) having a base curve similar to the single vision lens. The thermos et coating includes compounds from several acrylate classes, and is applied to the single vision lens. The coating may include a photochromic dye. The coating is also formulated to receive a photochromic solution through an imbibition process.
Abstract:
A method for forming a coated optical article comprising the steps of : (a) providing a two-part mold having opposed optical surfaces defining therebetween a molding cavity; (b) forming successively, on at least one of the optical surfaces of the mold, an anti-reflecting coating, a scratch-resistant coating and an impact-resistant primer coating; (c) filling the molding cavity with an optical substrate, liquid, curable composition; (d) curing the liquid curable composition, and (e) disassembling the two-part mold for recovering a coated optical article comprising an optical substrate having deposited and adhered on at least one of its faces, an impact-resistant primer coating, a scratch-resistant coating and an anti-reflecting coating.
Abstract:
A composition adapted for use in an in-situ coating process for coating an optical surface for ophthalmic applications. A coating composition according to the present invention includes at least one multifunctional acrylate compound which is cured onto a heated surface with controlled coating distribution in an ophthalmic injection mold. For example, the composition may include an acrylic base cured with an initiator, e.g., t-butyl perbenzoate, and may further include at least one catalyst and at least one metal salt. An acrylic base according to the present invention may include a combination of monofunctional and/or multifunctional acrylate and/or methacrylate compounds.
Abstract:
A substrate having at least one main surface comprising a first coating deposited on said main surface and a second coating having anti-soiling properties deposited and adhering on the surface of said first coating, the first coating being a (meth)acrylate based coating and being obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable composition comprising: i) at least one (meth)acrylate compound and ii) at least one compound I having at least one —M—Z′ bond with M representing Si or a Metal atom, Z′ representing OH or a hydrolysable group, and at least one ethylenic unsaturated group or epoxy group, and/or iii) at least one silica or metal oxide colloid having free ethylenically unsaturated groups; and the second coating, having anti-soiling properties, being obtained by depositing on said first coating an anti-soiling coating composition comprising at least one compound II, or a hydrolyzate thereof, having at least one —Si—Z″ group with Z″ representing OH or a hydrolysable group.
Abstract:
A substrate having at least one main surface comprising a first coating deposited on said main surface and a second coating having anti-soiling properties deposited and adhering on the surface of said first coating, - the first coating being a (meth)acrylate based coating and being obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable composition comprising: i) at least one (meth)acrylate compound and ii) at least one compound I having at least one -M-Z' bond with M representing Si or a Metal atom, Z' representing OH or a hydrolysable group, and at least one ethylenic unsaturated group or epoxy group, and/or iii) at least one silica or metal oxide colloid having free ethylenically unsaturated groups; and the second coating, having anti-soiling properties, being obtained by depositing on said first coating an anti-soiling coating composition comprising at least one compound II, or a hydrolyzate thereof, having at least one - Si-Z'' group with Z'' representing OH or a hydrolysable group.
Abstract:
A method and coating used to prepare a photo chromically-enabled bifocal.ophthalmic lens. The method and equipment includes injection molding a single vision lens (10e), for example, from polycarbonate. The clamp opens vertically and the top insert (20) is exchanged for a bifocal mold (30) having a base curve similar to the single vision lens. The thermos et coating includes compounds from several acrylate classes, and is applied to the single vision lens. The coating may include a photochromic dye. The coating is also formulated to receive a photochromic solution through an imbibition process.
Abstract:
A method that includes providing a lens having a first side, a second side, and an anti-reflective or mirror coating on the first side; depositing a heat-curable coating on the second side of the lens; and heating the heat-curable coating without damaging the anti-reflective or mirror coating. Another method that includes providing a non-pure polycarbonate lens having a first side, a second side, and a first coating on the first side; depositing a heat-curable coating on the second side of the lens; and heating the heat-curable coating without damaging the first coating. Other methods are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A composition adapted for use in an in-situ coating process for coating an optical surface for ophthalmic applications. A coating composition according to the present invention includes at least one multifunctional acrylate compound which is cured onto a heated surface with controlled coating distribution in an ophthalmic injection mold. For example, the composition may include an acrylic base cured with an initiator, e.g., t-butyl perbenzoate, and may further include at least one catalyst and at least one metal salt. An acrylic base according to the present invention may include a combination of monofunctional and/or multifunctional acrylate and/or methacrylate compounds.