IP Library Granted Patent US 7,137,701
Granted Patent B2
US 7,137,701 · App. 10/505,049 · Granted Nov 21, 2006

Stain-proofing spectacle lens and manufacturing method thereof

Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,137,701
App. No.
10/505,049
Granted
Nov 21, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A spectacle lens that can lower the slipperiness of a lens surface to an extent that allows an edging process by making without deteriorating the stain-proofing performance of the stain-proofing layer, when a stain-proofing layer is formed of two or more kinds of silane compounds including at least one or more kinds of fluorine-containing silane compounds, and as for the dynamic friction coefficient of lens surfaces defined by each of the two or more kinds of silane compounds as a single component, the highest value of the dynamic friction coefficients 1.4 times or more of the lowest value of the dynamic friction coefficients; and a manufacturing method thereof are provided.

Claims (20)

1. A stain-proofing spectacle lens, comprising:

a stain-proofing layer formed on a surface of the spectacle lens with two or more kinds of silane compounds including at least one or more kinds of fluorine-containing silane compounds;

wherein dynamic friction coefficients of lens surfaces, defined by each of the two or more kinds of silane compounds as a single component, a highest dynamic friction coefficient value is 1.4 times or more of a lowest dynamic friction coefficient value.

2. The stain-proofing spectacle lens according to claim 1 :

wherein, among two or more kinds of the silane compounds, a content of a silane compound that gives a surface lowest in the dynamic friction coefficient is in the range of 30 to 99% by weight relative to a total amount of silane compounds.

3. The stain-proofing spectacle lens according to claim 1 :

wherein the dynamic friction coefficient of a lens surface that is formed with a silane compound that gives the lowest dynamic friction coefficient among two or more kinds of silane compounds as a single component is 0.2 or less.

4. The stain-proofing spectacle lens according to claim 1 :

wherein, among two or more kinds of the silane compounds, at least one kind is expressed with a general formula (1) below

(In the formula, R f expresses a straight chain or a branched chain perfluoroalkyl group having 1 to 16 carbon atoms; X, an iodine atom or a hydrogen atom; Y, a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; Z, a fluorine atom or a trifluoromethyl group; R 1 , a hydrolizable group; R 2 , a hydrogen atom or an inactive monovalent organic group; a, b, c and d, an integer of 0 to 200; e, 0 or 1; m and n each, an integer of 0 to 2; and p, an integer of 1 to 10).

5. The stain-proofing spectacle lens according to any one of claims 1 through 4 :

wherein an anti-reflection coating is formed as for a lower layer of the stain-proofing layer of the stain-proofing spectacle lens.

6. A method of manufacturing a stain-proofing spectacle lens, comprising:

a step of forming an antireflection coating on a surface of a lens base material on which a hard coat film may be formed; and

a step of forming a stain-proofing layer, from two or more kinds of silane compounds including at least one kind or more of fluorine-containing silane compounds, on the antireflection coating;

wherein dynamic friction coefficients of lens surfaces, defined by each of the two or more kinds of silane compounds as a single component, a highest dynamic friction coefficient value is 1.4 times or more a lowest dynamic friction coefficient value.

7. The method of manufacturing a stain-proofing spectacle lens according to claim 6 ,

wherein a treatment agent containing the two or more kinds of the silane compounds is coated on a lens surface in the step of forming a stain-proofing layer from two or more kinds of silane compounds including at least one or more kinds of fluorine-containing silane compounds on the antireflection coating.

8. The method of manufacturing a stain-proofing spectacle lens according to claim 6 :

wherein two or more kinds of the silane compounds are evaporated in a vacuum chamber and stuck on a lens surface in the step of forming a stain-proofing layer from two or more kinds of silane compounds including at least one or more kinds of fluorine-containing silane compounds on the antireflection coating.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2013
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: HOYA LENS MANUFACTURING PHILIPPINES INC.
Reel/Frame 030822/0408 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2004
From: KATAGIRI, HIROSHI; SUZUKI, KEIICHI; KAWASE, AKIKO; TAKESHITA, KATSUYOSHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 016456/0114 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2003-165563 · Jun 10, 2003 · national
Continuity (1)
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