US4774035A
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Process of coating an ophthalmic lens
Assignee: Camelot Industries Corp
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Filing: 1987-11-13
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Granted: 1988-09-27
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Expires: 2007-11-13
Abstract
Abstract An abrasion-resistant coated plastic lens element and a method for coating the element with an abrasion-resistant coating includes forming a coating on a face of a mold that is substantially cured and adherable to lens-forming material. The coating composition consists of reactants, approximately 70% to 95% of which have at least triacrylate functionality and approximately 5% to 30% of which have diacrylate functionality, a photoinitiator, a polymerization inhibitor reactive with oxygen, and a silane adhesion promoter and an acid to activate the silane adhesion promoter. The coating is applied to the face of the mold to form a substantially uniform coating and is then subjected to ultraviolet light in an ambient oxygen-containing environment such that a hard abrasion-resistant coating is formed on the mold. The mold is then filled with a lens-forming composition which is reactive with acrylate groups of the coating at a coating/lens interface. The lens-forming composition is permitted to cure in the mold to form a lens having a hard abrasion-resistant coating. No further post curing treatment is required since the lens leaves the mold at its maximum cure, hardness, and abrasion resistance.
Inventors
- 👤 Donald D. Carmelite
- 👤 Timothy J. Smith
- 👤 Joseph L. Peralta
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 04:52
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29C; B29C37/00; B29C37/0025; B29C37/0028; B29C37/0032; B29D; B29D11/00; B29D11/00009; B29D11/00317; G; G02; G02B; G02B1/00; G02B1/04; G02B1/041; B29C2037/0035
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
150 words
A process for producing a coated ophthalmic lens, the processing comprising: applying a coating composition in a solvent to a face of a mold, the coating composition including polymeric reactants, 70% to 95% of which have at least triacrylate functionality and 5% to 30% of which have diacrylate functionality, a photoinitiator, a polymerization inhibitor reactive with oxygen and in an amount insufficient to affect substantial curing of the coating composition and in an amount insufficient to substantially affect abrasion resistance of the coating, a silane adhesion promoter and an acid; subjecting the coating composition to an initial single dose of ultraviolet radiation in an oxygen environment sufficient to substantially polymerize the reactants so that the coating is in a hard abrasion-resistant state; filling the lens mold with the lens-forming material; permitting the lens forming material to harden; and removing the hardened lens with the coating attached thereto from the mold.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
150 words
A process for producing a coated ophthalmic lens, the processing comprising: applying a coating composition in a solvent to a face of a mold, the coating composition including polymeric reactants, 70% to 95% of which have at least triacrylate functionality and 5% to 30% of which have diacrylate functionality, a photoinitiator, a polymerization inhibitor reactive with oxygen and in an amount insufficient to affect substantial curing of the coating composition and in an amount insufficient to substantially affect abrasion resistance of the coating, a silane adhesion promoter and an acid; subjecting the coating composition to an initial single dose of ultraviolet radiation in an oxygen environment sufficient to substantially polymerize the reactants so that the coating is in a hard abrasion-resistant state; filling the lens mold with the lens-forming material; permitting the lens forming material to harden; and removing the hardened lens with the coating attached thereto from the mold.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the photoinitiator is selected from the group consisting of aroketones and aromatic-containing ketones.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
11 words
The process of claim 2 wherein the photoinitiator includes 1-hydroxycyclohexyl-phenyl ketone.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the polymerization inhibitor is selected from the group consisting of unsubstituted and substituted hydroquinones.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
13 words
The process of claim 4 wherein the polymerization inhibitor is monoethyl ether hydroquinone.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the coating composition further includes methylene chloride solvent.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
11 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the silane compound is 3-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process of claim 7 wherein the concentration of 3-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane is up to 3% by weight of the polymeric reactants.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
The process of claim 8 wherein the concentration of 3-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane is approximately 0.1% by weight of the polymeric reactants.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
12 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the coating composition includes acrylic acid.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process of claim 10 wherein the concentration of acrylic acid is up to 0.5% by weight of the polymeric reactants.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process of claim 11 wherein the concentration of acrylic acid is approximately 0.1% by weight of the polymeric reactants.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
14 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the triacrylate functional reactant is pentaerythritol triacrylate prepolymer.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
15 words
The process of claim 13 wherein the diacrylate functional reactant is polyethylene glycol diacrylate prepolymer.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process of claim 14 wherein the ratio of pentaerythritol triacrylate prepolymer to polyethylene glycol diacrylate prepolymer is approximately 9:1.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
14 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the lens forming material is an allyl-functional prepolymer.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
12 words
The process of claim 16 wherein the allyl-functional prepolymer is allyldiglycolcarbonate prepolymer.
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