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Granted Patent B2
US 11,884,032 · App. 16/650,739 · Granted Jan 30, 2024

Production method for spectacle lens molding mold and production method for spectacle lens

Inventor: Yoshiaki Toyoshima (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,884,032
App. No.
16/650,739
Granted
Jan 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a method with which a spectacle lens molding mold having a minute recess can be made with high accuracy, and the like. A method for producing a molding mold 12 for molding a spectacle lens 1 in which a minute protrusion 6 is formed on at least one surface thereof includes a first molding mold preparation step of preparing a first mold 14 that includes a base material 26 and a coating portion 28 , the coating portion being made of a nickel alloy, coating the base material, and having a surface formed into a shape corresponding to the shape of one surface of the spectacle lens; and a cutting step of cutting a recess 28 A corresponding to the protrusion into the surface of the coating portion of the first mold.

Claims (16)

1. A method of producing a spectacle lens, the method comprising:

defining a lens molding space by holding a first mold and a second mold spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, the first mold that includes a base material and a coating portion, the coating portion being made of a nickel alloy, coating the base material, and having a surface formed into a shape corresponding to a shape of one surface of the spectacle lens, the first mold having a recess corresponding to a minute protrusion into a surface of the coating portion of the first mold, the minute protrusion having a height being 0.1 to 10 μm, the second mold having a surface formed into a shape corresponding to a shape of another surface of the spectacle lens, the first mold being held at a lower position with respect to the second mold such that the recess is upwardly oriented;

loading a resin into the space between the first mold and the second mold; and

removing a spectacle lens composed of the cured resin from the first mold and the second mold;

wherein a surface of the minute protrusion has a substantially hemispherical shape.

2. The method for producing a spectacle lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the resin is a thermoplastic resin.

3. The method for producing a spectacle lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the diameter of the minute protrusion is about 0.8 to 2.0 mm.

4. The method for producing a spectacle lens according to claim 2 ,

wherein the curvature of the surface of the minute protrusion is 50 to 250 mmR.

5. The method for producing a spectacle lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the refractive power of the minute protrusion is larger than the refractive power of the base portion by 2.00 to 5.00 diopters.

6. The method for producing a spectacle lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein there are a plurality of minute protrusions;

wherein distance between adjacent minute protrusions is approximately equal to the value of the radius of the minute protrusions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2020
From: TOYOSHIMA, YOSHIAKI
To: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
Reel/Frame 052759/0643 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-242802 · Dec 19, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210387430A1 · Dec 16, 2021
Cited By (1)
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