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Anti-reflection optical article and process of producing the same
Assignee: Toray Industries Inc
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Filing: 1987-10-29
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Granted: 1990-02-27
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Expires: 2007-10-29
Abstract
Abstract An anti-reflection optical article which has an excellent anti-reflection properties, scratch resistance, impact resistance, flexibility, anti-static properties and weatherability, and which is easy to dye, is disclosed. The anti-reflection optical article of the present invention includes a transparent plastic substrate; a hard coat film formed on a surface of the substrate, the film having an index of refraction of not less than 1.52; and a fluorine-containing organopolysiloxane-based film with a thickness of 10 nm to 500 nm, which has an index of refraction lower than that of the hard coat film by not less than 0.02, and which is formed on the hard coat film.
Inventors
- 👤 Takashi Taniguchi
- 👤 Tetsuya Seki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 22:54
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B1/00; G02B1/10; G02B1/11; G02B1/111; C; C08; C08J; C08J7/00; C08J7/04; C08J7/0427; C08J7/043; C08J7/044; C08J7/046; C08J2333/00; C08J2483/00; C08J2483/02; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/25; Y10T428/256; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2982; Y10T428/2991; Y10T428/2993; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31507; Y10T428/31511; Y10T428/31551; Y10T428/31565; Y10T428/31591; Y10T428/31598; Y10T428/31609; Y10T428/31652; Y10T428/31663; Y10T428/31667; Y10T428/31855; Y10T428/31859; Y10T428/31942; Y10T428/31946
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
88 words
An anti-reflection optical article comprising: a transparent plastic substrate; a hard coat film formed on a surface of the substrate, the film having an index of refraction of not less than 1.52; and a fluorine-containing organopolysiloxane-based film with a thickness of 10 nm to 500 nm, which has an index of refraction lower than that of the hard coat film by not less than 0.02, and which is formed on the hard coat film, where in said anti-reflection optical article has a reflectance of not more than 2.7%.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
88 words
An anti-reflection optical article comprising: a transparent plastic substrate; a hard coat film formed on a surface of the substrate, the film having an index of refraction of not less than 1.52; and a fluorine-containing organopolysiloxane-based film with a thickness of 10 nm to 500 nm, which has an index of refraction lower than that of the hard coat film by not less than 0.02, and which is formed on the hard coat film, where in said anti-reflection optical article has a reflectance of not more than 2.7%.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
100 words
The anti-reflection optical article of claim 1, wherein the fluorine-containing organopolysiloxane is a polymer of a fluorine-containing organic silicon compound of the formula (I) and/or a hydrolysate thereof: (R.sup.1 Q)SiX.sub.a Y.sub.3-a (I) wherein R 1 is a C 1 -C 20 fluorine-containing alkyl group which may contain one or more ether bonds and/or ester bonds; Q is a divalent organic group; X is a C 1 -C 4 alkyl group; Y is a halogen, alkoxy or RCOO - group (wherein R is hydrogen or a C 1 -C 4 alkyl group); and a is an integer of 0 or 1.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The anti-reflection optical article of claim 1, wherein the content of the fluorine-containing organopolysiloxane in the fluorine-containing organopolysiloxane-based film is not less than 10% by weight.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
The anti-reflection optical article of claim 1, wherein the hard coat film comprises inorganic oxide microparticles.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
The anti-reflection optical article of claim 4, wherein the inorganic oxide microparticles comprise an oxide of a metal selected from the group consisting of antimony, titanium, zirconium and tantalum.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
48 words
The anti-reflection optical article of claim 1, wherein the silicon to fluorine ratio by weight in the entire fluorine-containing organopolysiloxane-based film is 0.02 to 10, and the ratio in the uppermost region of the fluorine-containing organopolysiloxane-based film is less than 80% that of the entire fluorine-containing organopolysiloxane-based film.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
51 words
The anti-reflection optical article of claim 1, further comprising a second fluorine-containing organopolysiloxane-based film with a thickness of 1 nm to 30 nm on the fluorine-containing organopolysiloxane-based film, the second fluorine-containing organopolysiloxane-based film having a fluorine to silicon ratio by weight of less than 80% that of the fluorine-containing organopolysiloxane-based film.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
45 words
The anti-reflection optical article of claim 1 wherein said substrate is a member selected from the group consisting of acrylic resins, polystryrenes, polycarbonates, diethylneglycolbisallylcarbonate polymers, di-(meta)-methacrylate polymers of (halogenated) bisphenol A and copolymers thereof, urethane-modified (meta) acrylate polymers of (halogenated) bisphenol A and copolymers thereof
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
The anti-reflection optical article of claim 4, wherein said particles have a mean particle size of about 1-3000 nm.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
The anti-reflection optical article of claim 4, wherein the content of the inorganic microparticlesin the hard coat film is about 10-75% by weight.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
21 words
The anti-reflection optical article of claim 1, wherein said hard coat film has a thickness of 0.5 μm to 20 μm.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
27 words
The anti-reflection optical article of claim 1, wherein said compound of the formula (I) is a member selected from the group consisting of 3,3,3-trifluoropropyltrialkoxysilane, 3,3,3-trifluoropropylmethyldialkoxysilane and 3-trifluoroacetoxypropyltrialkoxysilane.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
69 words
The anti-reflection optical article of claim 2, wherein a compound of the formula (II) is contained with the compound of the formula (I): R.sup.3.sub.b R.sup.4.sub.c SiZ.sub.4-(b+c) (II) wherein R 3 and R 4 are independently alkyl, alkenyl or an aryl group or a hydrocarbon group containing halogen, epoxy, glycidoxy, amino, mercapto, methacryloxy or cyano group; Z is a hydrolyzable group; and b and c independently mean 1 or 0.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
22 words
The anti-reflection optical article of claim 1, wherein said index of refraction of said hard coat film is not less than 1.54.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
43 words
The anti-reflection optical article of claim 1, wherein said hard coat film is constructed of a material selected from the group consisting of acrylic resin, polyester resin, organopolysiloxane resin, polyurethane, cellulose derivatives, epoxide polymer, nylon resin, melamine resin, titanium oxide and zirconium oxide.
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