American Optical Corporation

Bernard L Laurin

Don H Rotenberg

Patricia M Cuffe

Peter R Ramirez

Harry D Crandon

W Clifford Dawson

George D Bard

Luther W Smith

A cut and/or ground ophthalmic lens surface is finished to optical smoothness and clarity by direct coating with a transparent liquid material which is curable into a clear, tough and tenacious laminate.

Finished ophthalmic lens comprising an optical smooth coating over a

A coating composition which results from hydrolyzing 35 to 70 weight percent tetraethyl orthosilicate and 60 to 20 weight percent of certain silane is useful for providing abrasion resisting coatings for plastics after curing. Optionally, up to 20 weight percent of a silane having a reactive polar site or, in the alternative, a small percentage of a surfactant may be used to provide a dyeable coated article.

Coating composition

A coating composition prepared by simultaneously hydrolyzing 20 to 50 wt. % tetraethylorthosilicate, 37 to 60 wt. % of certain silanes and 15 to 35 wt. % formalin has good abrasion resistance and resistance to crazing on substrates having a high affinity for water as well as those with a low affinity for water.

Abrasion-resistant coating composition

A coating composition which results from hydrolyzing 40 to 70 weight per cent tetraethyl orthosilicate and 60 to 20 weight per cent of certain silane is useful for providing abrasion resisting coatings for plastics after curing. Optionally, up to 20 weight percent of a silane having a reactive polar site or, in the alternative, a small percentage of a surfactant may be used to provide a dyeable coated article.

An optical element is provided having a durable abrasion-resistant, antifog coating applied to at least one surface thereof by coating an optical element comprised of an inorganic or organic transparent base with a transparent abrasion-resistant antifog coating consisting of a lightly cross-linked polyvinyl alcohol, the desired degree of cross-linking being obtained by utilizing a combination of zirconium nitrate and formaldehyde as cross-linking agents.

Abrasion and antifog-resistant optical element

Plastic substrates of optical elements having surfaces coated with the abrasion-resistant coating compositions described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,986,997 are improved by utilizing a tie-coat comprising an A-alkylenealkoxysilane where A contains a group reactive with the substrate. For some substrates, particularly polycarbonate lenses, the coating process is substantially simplified by reducing criticality of conditions when the tie-coat of the present invention is used than when the process of the aforementioned patent is followed with the tie-coats conventionally used and disclosed therein.

Abrasion-resistant lenses and process of making

An abrasion-resistant organic optical element comprising a transparent base of a synthetic organic material having an adhering coating of an abrasion-resistant material comprising a polysilicic acid ester of an alcohol containing from 1 to 12 carbon atoms and a partially hydrolyzed vinyl polymer to provide polyvinyl alcohol, the coating being cross-linked with formaldehyde or zirconyl nitrate or mixtures thereof. The abrasion-resistant organic optical elements can comprise sheet material or a lens.

Abrasion-resistant optical element

An abrasion-resistant organic optical element comprising a transparent base of a synthetic organic material having an adhering coating of an abrasion-resistant material comprising a polysilicic acid ester of an alcohol containing from 1 to 12 carbon atoms and a partially hydrolyzed vinyl polymer to provide polyvinyl alcohol; the coating being cross-linked with formaldehyde or zirconyl nitrate or mixtures thereof. The abrasion-resistant organic optical elements can comprise sheet material or a lens.

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Bernard L Laurin