IP Library Patent Application 17434965
Patent Application
App. No. 17/434,965

PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE TAPE AND METHOD FOR MOLDING PLASTIC LENS

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17/434,965
Abstract

A pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for molding a plastic lens having a substrate and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on a surface of the substrate. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer includes an acrylic copolymer having a functional group and a crosslinking agent capable of reacting with the functional group; the acrylic copolymer has a weight-average molecular weight (M w ) of 1,100,000 or more and a molecular-weight polydispersity (M w /M n ) of 10.0 or less; the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has an elution percentage of 48.0% or less when immersed for two hours in toluene the temperature of which being adjusted to 80° C.; the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape exhibits a shift length of 0.15 mm or more and 0.50 mm or less after 800 minutes in a creep test; and the plastic lens has a refractive index of 1.59 or more.

Claims (23)

1 . A pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for molding a plastic lens having a substrate and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on a surface of the substrate,

wherein

the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer comprises an acrylic copolymer having a functional group and a crosslinking agent capable of reacting with the functional group; the acrylic copolymer has a weight-average molecular weight (M w ) of 1,100,000 or more and a polydispersity molecular weight (M w /M n ) of 10.0 or less; the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has an elution percentage of at 48.0% or less when immersed for two hours in toluene the temperature of which being adjusted to 80° C.; the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape exhibits a shift length of 0.15 mm or more and 0.50 mm or less after 800 minutes in a creep test; and the plastic lens has a refractive index of 1.59 or more.

2 . The pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for molding a plastic lens according to claim 1 , wherein the acrylic copolymer has a carboxyl group as a functional group, and the crosslinking agent is a polyisocyanate-based compound.

3 . The pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for molding a plastic lens according to claim 2 , wherein the acrylic copolymer has an acid value of 5.0 to 75.0 mgKOH/g, and the equivalent ratio (NCO/COOH) of the equivalent of the isocyanate group (NCO) of the polyisocyanate-based compound to the equivalent of the carboxyl group (COOH) of the acrylic copolymer is 0.20 to 0.80.

4 . The pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for molding a plastic lens according to claim 1 , wherein monomers as raw materials of the acrylic copolymer contain a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester having an alkyl group having a carbon number of 5 to 18.

5 . The pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for molding a plastic lens according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has an elution percentage of 38% or less when immersed for 2 hours in toluene the temperature of which being adjusted to 80° C.

6 . The pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for molding a plastic lens according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape has a shift length of 0.20 mm or more and 0.50 mm or less after 800 minutes in a creep test.

7 . The pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for molding a plastic lens according to claim 1 , wherein the plastic lens is a thiourethane-based resin.

8 . The pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for molding a plastic lens according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate is a composite substrate in which a sheet-shaped first substrate, an inorganic thin film layer, an adhesive layer, and a sheet-shaped second substrate are sequentially laminated.

9 . The pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for molding a plastic lens according to claim 1 , which has a water vapor transmission rate according to JIS K 7129 of 1.5 g/(m2/24 h) or less.

10 . A method for molding a plastic lens comprising:

a cavity forming step of oppositely arranging a pair of molds at a predetermined interval, sticking the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for molding a plastic lens according to claim 1 on outer peripheral edges of both the molds, and sealing an opening of a space formed between both the molds to form a cavity into which a polymerizable raw material is filled;

a polymerizable raw material filling step of filling the cavity with a polymerizable raw material for plastic lenses having a refractive index of 1.59 or more; and

a polymerization step of polymerizing the polymerizable raw material.

11 . The method for molding a plastic lens according to claim 10 , wherein polymerization conditions of the polymerization step include a polymerization start temperature of 45° C. or higher and 65° C. or lower, a final polymerization temperature of 130° C. or higher and 150° C. or lower, and a temperature elevation rate of 0.10° C./min or higher and 0.45° C./min or lower until the final polymerization temperature is reached.

12 . The method for molding a plastic lens according to claim 11 , wherein the plastic lens is a thiourethane-based resin.

13 . The pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for molding a plastic lens according to claim 3 , wherein monomers as raw materials of the acrylic copolymer contain a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester having an alkyl group having a carbon number of 5 to 18.

14 . The pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for molding a plastic lens according to claim 3 , wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has an elution percentage of 38% or less when immersed for 2 hours in toluene the temperature of which being adjusted to 80° C.

15 . The pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for molding a plastic lens according to claim 3 , wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape has a shift length of 0.20 mm or more and 0.50 mm or less after 800 minutes in a creep test.

16 . The pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for molding a plastic lens according to claim 3 , wherein the plastic lens is a thiourethane-based resin.

17 . The pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for molding a plastic lens according to claim 3 , wherein the substrate is a composite substrate in which a sheet-shaped first substrate, an inorganic thin film layer, an adhesive layer, and a sheet-shaped second substrate are sequentially laminated.

18 . The pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for molding a plastic lens according to claim 3 , which has a water vapor transmission rate according to JIS K 7129 of 1.5 g/(m 2 /24 h) or less.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 3, 2021
From: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058301/0318 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2021
From: TOMITA, HIROFUMI; SHIBUYA, MASANAO
To: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 057330/0734 →