IP Library Granted Patent US 9,057,823
Granted Patent B2
US 9,057,823 · App. 14/000,790 · Granted Jun 16, 2015

Method for producing a polarising lens and corresponding polarising lens

Inventors: Didier Clerc (Bellegarde sur Valserine, FR); Franck Ledien (Echallon, FR)
Assignee: BNL EUROLENS
G02B1/08B29C51/422B29D11/00634B29D11/0073B29C51/14B29D11/00009
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Patent No.
US 9,057,823
App. No.
14/000,790
Granted
Jun 16, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A polarizing lens is constituted in succession by a mechanical support layer made of polycarbonate, the intermediate layer made of polyvinyl alcohol, and an outer layer made of cellulose triacetate. The invention also provides a method of fabricating such a lens.

Claims (13)

1. A method of making a lens, the method comprising the steps of:

preheating a laminated film comprising an outer layer of cellulose triacetate (CTA), an intermediate layer of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), and an outer layer of polycarbonate (PC), with different temperatures for the outer layers of the laminated film;

thermoforming the laminated film while heating the outer layers differently;

placing the thermoformed film in a mold having the shape of the lens in such a manner that the cellulose triacetate outer layer extends against a wall of the mold;

injecting polycarbonate into the mold in such a manner that the layer of polycarbonate fuses with the injected polycarbonate to form the mechanical support layer of the lens; and

unmolding the lens as formed in this way.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the preheating is preceded by drying the film.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the thermoforming is performed in a mold comprising a convex part and a concave part.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein, during the thermoforming, the convex part and the concave part are heated to different temperatures.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the deformation of the film during the thermoforming step is performed by applying controlled pressure.

6. The polarizing lens obtained by the method according to claim 1 , the lens comprising in succession: a mechanical support layer comprising a polycarbonate thermoplastic polymer forming a rear face of the lens; and intermediate layer of polyvinyl alcohol; and an outer layer of cellulose triacetate forming a front face of the lens.

7. The polarizing lens according to claim 6 , which lens is a correcting polarizing lens.

8. A The polarizing lens according to claim 6 , which lens is a non-correcting polarizing lens.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded May 11, 2022
From: BNL EUROLENS
To: BNL EUROLENS
Reel/Frame 061034/0716 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2013
From: CLERC, DIDIER; LEDIEN, FRANCK
To: BNL EUROLENS
Reel/Frame 031075/0201 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 11 52281 · Mar 18, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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